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June 24, 2013

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

(Editor’s note: The following is reprinted with permission from Northwest Dharma News where it was originally...

June 22, 2013

Multi-Faith Discourse: Beyond Lampoon Tract Propaganda

It is important for Christians to know who they are in their faith to enter...

June 18, 2013

Jesus Is No Midwife

Listen to this piece. I am thankful for the midwives who helped us bring our...

June 16, 2013

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

Listen to this piece. I remember Dr. John M. Perkins once saying, “There’s no such...

June 11, 2013

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

Listen to this piece. I was going through a very difficult time in ministry and...

June 06, 2013

DMins, Not Demons

Listen to this piece. I have joked that I am leading a Demon track, not...

June 03, 2013

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

Listen to this piece. UPDATE: This evening's public lecture with Dr. Perkins has been cancelled...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

The ABC’s of Predatory Proselytism: Always Be Closing

Listen to this piece. By Paul Louis Metzger and John W. Morehead Most of us...

May 28, 2013

Pulp Fiction and Divine Intervention: Fact or Fiction?

Listen to this piece. For those who still haven’t watched the movie, you might find...

May 26, 2013

Jackie Robinson’s 42: More Than a Number

Listen to this piece. I took my kids to see the movie 42 today. The...

May 23, 2013

Idol Makers

Listen to this piece. We Christians need to be on guard in our understanding of...

May 21, 2013

WANTED: World Christians on Mars Hill

Listen to this piece. Paul was a world Christian. He not only traveled the known...

May 16, 2013

“Please Don’t Squeeze the Charmin!”: On Comparing Religions

Have you ever seen those old Charmin bathroom tissue commercials, where shoppers get addicted to...

May 13, 2013

The Holy Mother’s Day All Year Long

Now that the venerable holiday—Mother’s Day—has passed, I would like to reflect upon what I...

May 11, 2013

The Radical Middle & Fundamentalist Extremes: Crossing the Divide

Fundamentalism comes in all shapes and sizes. Liberals can be fundamentalists, too. I am not...

May 09, 2013

Charles Ramsey: Kidnapped Heroism Unleashed

Listen to this piece. What is it about Charles Ramsey, the hero in the Cleveland...

May 06, 2013

Documented and Undocumented “Parasites”

A friend of Hispanic descent shared with me after New Wine, New Wineskins’ recent conference...

May 03, 2013

Predatory Proselytism: The Hard Sell

By Paul Louis Metzger and John W. Morehead Have you ever had a salesperson try...

May 02, 2013

The Trayvon Martin Case: A Case for Race?

Listen to this piece. The Trayvon Martin case is back in the national news. The...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Aborting Tim Tebow

Listen to this piece. The Jets released Tim Tebow this week. Now the debate is...

April 26, 2013

A Liberal You Don’t Know—And Need to Know

Listen to this piece. Tom Krattenmaker is one of the liberals we evangelicals need to...

April 23, 2013

Biblical Relevance and Immigration Reform

Listen to this piece. Holding firmly to biblical truth makes us more relevant as Christians,...

April 18, 2013

Off the Beaten Track with the Beat Poet

Listen to this piece. What would you expect from a beat poet? Certainly not someone...

April 16, 2013

Bombs at the Boston Marathon

Listen to this piece. No idea is bigger than a little life snuffed out. Eight...

April 12, 2013

Breaking Bad: The Many Faces of Evil

Listen to this piece. Evil has many faces. However, we sometimes forget this truth and...

April 11, 2013

Illegal Questions, Part II

Listen to this piece. It is off-limits—illegal—in some circles to look at the faces and...

April 09, 2013

Illegal Questions, Part I

Listen to this piece. Many people respond to questions about undocumented immigrants by saying that...

April 05, 2013

Shooting from the Hip: Catholics, Evangelicals and Gun Control

Listen to this piece. I am grateful to the Christian Post Blog Team for its...

April 02, 2013

The Jesus Matrix and Mars Hill

Listen to this piece. According to the New Testament, whether people are aware of it...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

The Whipping Boy and “The Whipping Man”

Listen to this piece. Have you ever felt like a whipping boy? Have you ever...

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