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2012-09-07T09:08:10-07:00

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Why We Eat Together (Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove)

Last updated on: September 7, 2012 at 9:08 am By Kurt Willems

The Work of the People produced a series of small group videos based around the themes of The Awakening of Hope (by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove). You can purchase the video series here from TWOTP!!!!!! Check this out, Part 1: DESCRIPTION: In session 1 of 6 from the Awakening of Hope: Why We Practice a Common Faith video series, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Chris Haw and Shane Claiborne invite us to reflect on the role of food and how it’s reflected and lived out... Read more

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2012-09-07T07:44:18-07:00

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Some “Things” about the 7 Things Christians Need to Remember about Politics

Last updated on: September 7, 2012 at 7:44 am By Kurt Willems

In a recent article by Bryan Roberts’ at Relevant Magazine, he offers us 7 things to remember about politics as Christians. Here’s that list: 1. Both political parties go to church. 2. Political talk radio and cable “news” only want ratings 3. Those who argue over politics don’t love their country more than others. 4. Thinking your party’s platform is unflawed is a mistake. 5. Scripture tells us to pray for our governing leaders (2 Tim 2:1-4) and to respect... Read more

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2012-09-05T08:11:12-07:00

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When we feel Insignificant, we might discover how God is changing the world

Last updated on: September 5, 2012 at 8:11 am By Kurt Willems

Chris went from being on staff at church to teaching in the 8th Grade. For some of us, the mere idea of teaching in a Junior High School is terrifying enough and would easily yield the sort of depressing symptoms listed above. What if I were to add to this change the fact that Chris found himself teaching at the “School from Hell” as a New York Post article by Susan Edelman described it. She said the school is “a hellhole where teachers get combat pay – they are cursed, assaulted and sometimes groped….” Read more

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2012-09-04T07:30:27-07:00

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Faith and the Challenge of Suffering: Is God to Blame?

Last updated on: September 4, 2012 at 7:30 am By Kurt Willems

Jesus’ most famous prayer includes these words, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” To pray for God’s will to be done means that there will be times when God’s will will not done because love involves choice. This means that God will not revoke our freedom even when we act in unloving ways. If God were to revoke our freedom every time we used it in evil ways, we wouldn’t be truly free. But God respects the integrity of our freedom, even when we use it in unloving ways. Read more

2012-09-02T16:55:51-07:00

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If God Knows The Future, Why Pray?

Last updated on: September 2, 2012 at 4:55 pm By Kurt Willems

*** This blog post comes to us from my friend Derek Ouellette. He just launched his brand-new blog and I highly recommend that you check it out, follow him, and read his stuff! (Kurt) If you’ve been a Christian for any length of time you would have asked yourself at some point, “does my prayer matter?” And if you’re like me and countless other people I’ve spoken to, you would have sat down across the desk of a spiritual leader... Read more

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2012-09-01T12:56:31-07:00

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Where’s Waldo?, Jesus, and the Least of These (Tim Day of The Meeting House)

Last updated on: September 1, 2012 at 12:56 pm By Kurt Willems

What a great illustration for finding Jesus among the ordinary, the least, and the broken. Watch this short clip! Check out Tim Day on Twitter and on the Web. Read more

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2012-08-30T23:29:01-07:00

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Greg Boyd on the Old Testament as a Shadow of the New

Last updated on: August 30, 2012 at 11:29 pm By Kurt Willems

FROM GREG BOYD AT REKNEW: “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.” Colossians 2:16-17 If we believe the whole Bible is inspired, how do we reconcile the Old Testament with the self-sacrificial, enemy-loving God revealed in Jesus Christ? In this past... Read more

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2012-08-29T22:54:14-07:00

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Do you have to believe in Christ’s literal physical resurrection to be a Christian?

Last updated on: August 29, 2012 at 10:54 pm By Kurt Willems

Resurrection is the central theme in Christianity. The New Testament goes out of its way to make this clear. Just as Christ rose from the dead in a physical body to inaugurate the new creation, so Christians will rise from the dead to restored bodies in the renewed world. I embrace this as truth as the center of the Christian hope. Read more

2012-08-29T11:04:06-07:00

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Evangelical Culture Myths: #3 I’m Not Good Enough for God

Last updated on: August 29, 2012 at 11:04 am By Kurt Willems

Today I continue a long term series called “Evangelical Culture Myths.” I invite you to submit various sorts of cultural myths that we evangelicals tell. I’d love to cover some myths that you are interested in: either theological or practical in nature. Send them to me via email, FB, or Twitter (to tweet ideas, use this #EvangelicalMyths and “@kurtwillems”)! —————————————— “God is love.” Or so the writer of 1 John tells us. And for those of us who grew up... Read more

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2012-08-27T22:22:22-07:00

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How can a God of love kill Ananias and Sapphira? (Greg Boyd answers)

Last updated on: August 27, 2012 at 10:22 pm By Kurt Willems

I appreciate the ministry of Greg Boyd and his new website, Reknew.org. Recently, he took on a question that often comes up when dealing with the nature of God. Is God violent and wrathful? Here’s and excerpt. I encourage you to read the fullness of his response on Reknew as well: Ananias and Sapphira? This couple said they had given all the money they’d made from a piece of property to the apostles when, in fact, they had kept some... Read more

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