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2013-06-27T08:15:13-07:00

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Why Did the Buddhists and the Evangelical Christians Cross the Road? To have a potluck.

Last updated on: June 27, 2013 at 8:15 am By Paul Louis Metzger

(Editor’s note: The following is reprinted with permission from Northwest Dharma News where it was originally titled “Evangelicals and Buddhists Share and Probe: A Unique and Fruitful Dialogue in Portland”. It describes a rich and fruitful Buddhist-Christian dialogue that has been unfolding in Portland over many years. The top part of this piece, by Zen Abbot Kyogen Carlson, is followed by a section by me.) By Kyogen Carlson In what might seem an unlikely conversation, conservative Evangelicals and Zen Buddhists in Portland... Read more

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2013-07-09T08:20:05-07:00

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Multi-Faith Discourse: Beyond Lampoon Tract Propaganda

Last updated on: July 9, 2013 at 8:20 am By Paul Louis Metzger

It is important for Christians to know who they are in their faith to enter meaningfully into conversations with those of other religions. It wasn’t an Evangelical Christian from whom I first heard these words, but a professor at a Mainline Protestant liberal seminary, who said his students were not sure how to proceed in conversations with those of other faiths because they were not sure of their own tradition, including such doctrines as Christology. As a result, he said... Read more

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2013-06-18T16:33:55-07:00

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Jesus Is No Midwife

Last updated on: June 18, 2013 at 4:33 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. I am thankful for the midwives who helped us bring our children into the world. They didn’t create our kids or magically pull them out of thin air. They coached my wife and me as my wife took deep breaths and pushed them into the world while I held my breath, praying to Jesus all the way. So many people today look at Jesus as a midwife, not God incarnate. Even those who view him as an incarnation... Read more

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2013-07-09T08:18:43-07:00

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A Father’s Day Reflection: The Grand Prize of Simplicity

Last updated on: July 9, 2013 at 8:18 am By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. I remember Dr. John M. Perkins once saying, “There’s no such thing as a sophisticated Christian.” I have never forgotten those words. Dr. Perkins wasn’t saying that people should be simplistic or unskilled in their work. What I think he was saying is that people should be simple and pure in their devotion to Christ and other people. My father was a simple man. In contrast, I grew up wanting to be sophisticated, and I wished... Read more

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2014-02-21T10:26:45-08:00

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If You Can’t Run with Men, How Will You Run with Horses?

Last updated on: February 21, 2014 at 10:26 am By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. I was going through a very difficult time in ministry and was facing some overt persecution. In sharing some of my angst with one of my closest friends and ministry partners, he referred me to Jeremiah’s lament recorded in Jeremiah 12 and God’s response recorded in verse 5: “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses?” Jeremiah had gone through an intense time of... Read more

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2013-06-10T13:54:43-07:00

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DMins, Not Demons

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 1:54 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. I have joked that I am leading a Demon track, not DMin (Doctor of Ministry) track at the seminary where I teach. This is no reflection on my students, but on me. In fact, as I will share, there is hope for my track because of my students! Perhaps the DMin Director’s little boy has picked up on the banter his father and I have engaged in regarding the wording DMin and demon in various settings.... Read more

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2013-06-10T13:53:53-07:00

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An Evening with Dr. John M. Perkins: On the Twilight of Life and the Dawning of the Next

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 1:53 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. UPDATE: This evening’s public lecture with Dr. Perkins has been cancelled due to illness. My family and I went out to dinner last night in Portland with Dr. John M. Perkins and his young assistant, Thad. During the dinner conversation, we spoke about Dr. Perkins’ long life, his pain and struggles bound up with justice, and his eventual passing into the presence of the Lord (he’s been talking about that topic more often the past few... Read more

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2013-06-10T13:56:15-07:00

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The ABC’s of Predatory Proselytism: Always Be Closing

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 1:56 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. By Paul Louis Metzger and John W. Morehead Most of us cringe when we hear a knock on the door and see a salesperson there. We often have a similar distaste for the prospects of visiting a car lot as we try to buy a new or used car. It’s not that we aren’t interested in purchasing products; it’s that we don’t want to engage certain kinds of salespeople—those geared toward hard sales. Hard sales salespeople... Read more

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2013-06-10T13:57:52-07:00

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Pulp Fiction and Divine Intervention: Fact or Fiction?

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 1:57 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. For those who still haven’t watched the movie, you might find here a spoiler or two. Pulp Fiction is one celebrated, complex, multi-faceted, and troubling gangster movie. Celebrated in that it is considered one of the greatest movies of our time, complex in that the scenes do not go in chronological sequence and the dialogues are often rhetorically robust, multi-faceted in that there are multiple stories within the story, and troubling in that the foul language,... Read more

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2013-06-10T13:59:45-07:00

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Jackie Robinson’s 42: More Than a Number

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 1:59 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. I took my kids to see the movie 42 today. The movie is based on the real life story of baseball great Jackie Robinson, the first African American baseball player in the major leagues. Robinson wore the number 42 for the Dodgers. As I understand, the number 42 is the only number that has been retired for all major league baseball teams; it was retired in honor of Robinson and the values for which he stood. That... Read more

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