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September 2011

September 06, 2011

I Believe in the “Here and Now” But Live Like I Trust in Escapism

I've noticed a trend in my life. When it comes to my worldview, the way...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

Giving Children Ditch-Water Can Change the World [OR] Please Watch the Video I’m Featured In and Share it Like Crazy! #twakeover

Below is a video that I made about an easy opportunity to help folks get...

August 15, 2011

N.T. Wright – Funerals, Hope, & the Grieving of God

I thought this video was quite insightful. This comes from the good folks at Work...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

N.T. Wright Rightly Reflects on Rob Bell & Hell (Video to Ponder)

Thanks to the good folks at Alter Video for this interview. What are your thoughts????...

May 23, 2011

Camping Responds to Rapture Failure: World to Be Destroyed On October 21, 2011 (My Thoughts)

Tonight on Harold Camping's Open Forum Radio show, he gave his thoughts on what most...

May 23, 2011

Why "No One Knows the Day or Hour" is a WEAK Argument Against Rapture Predictors! (Reflections on Mark 13)

May 21, 2011

If You're Reading This Post, You've Been "Left Behind"

May 16, 2011

The Rapture IS Coming THIS Saturday: May 21, 2011

I grew up in church. Not a typical middle class, white picket fence, awkwardly perfect...

April 2011

April 21, 2011

De-Sanitizing the Resurrection

March 2011

March 02, 2011

Rob Bell Controversy – Your Questions, My Answers OR Why this is a Pastoral Issue!

The following questions are from my original response to Justin Taylor about Rob Bell's new...

February 2011

February 26, 2011

If Rob Bell is a Universalist, then maybe I am – along with many prominent evangelicals? (A response to Justin Taylor)

UPDATE: After you read this original post, please also read the follow up post where...

December 2010

December 15, 2010

All Out War (Partnering with the God who is "gathering up all things!"), part 5

Today, I want to make some “big picture” observations about the Armor of God… 1....

August 2010

August 16, 2010

So, What's The Story Anyway? A Brief Intro to Narrative Theology

Many of you have probably heard language on this blog and in the Christian-world about...

March 2010

March 30, 2010

A Post for Passover! Exodus / Passover Motifs in the New Testament… “The Cups” (repost)

Yesterday evening at sundown began the ancient festival of the Passover. As you may remember,...

March 13, 2010

Thanks N. T. Wright for helping me see a Bigger Gospel!

I want to invite you to join a Facebook group I started called, Thanks N....

June 2009

June 21, 2009

Can You Preach a Passage Using Only a Footnote? Romans 8:28

In seminary you come across great teachers and books that you probably wouldn’t encounter otherwise....

March 2009

March 04, 2009

Groans From Within, Part 3: Problematic Passages, 1 Peter 1:4-5

I have been in a series of posts describing the title of this blog: Groans...

March 01, 2009

Listening to N.T. Wright in Pasadena on Virtue

UPDATE Check out the audio to this lecture at: Parables of a Prodigal World _____________________________________________...

February 2009

February 24, 2009

Groans From Within, Part 2: Problematic Passages, Philippians 3

Several days ago I began a discussion on the title: "Groans From Within." Many in...

February 13, 2009

Groans From Within, Part 1

Many of the people who frequent my blog have probably wondered what the title actually...

January 2009

January 11, 2009

Quote to Ponder: Early Church Belief in Renewal of Creation as Final Hope

Below is a quotation from Irenaeus who was a disciple of Polycarp. This is significant...

December 2008

December 02, 2008

Statement of the Gospel

So, I have attempted to condense my understanding of the gospel of Jesus into a...

October 2008

October 25, 2008

Theology of Mission Statement

Below is my statement of what I see as the mission of God that the...

June 2008

June 07, 2008

Where Is Hope?

The following is an excerpt from a paper I wrote during my undergrad program. It...