“love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven”? “And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others?” I don’t know the ins and outs of political protocol, but I wonder if a handshake and a smile might lead [...]
Young Life
Apr 20, 2009 @ 14:53 By 19 Comments
Last Saturday I got up early and drove down to Naperville to speak at a Young Life event. I had prepared myself for a variety of talks since I wasn’t quite sure how Young Life leaders would respond to a 9am session. After listening to the leaders (Bob Davidson and Gail Ebersole)… I adapted a [...]
A Brother’s Wisdom 37
Apr 20, 2009 @ 11:55 By 7 Comments
For James, who once again sounds like his older brother, kow-towing to the rich is not what they learned from Jesus, it is not theologically sound, and furthermore it simply doesn’t make sense. 2:5 Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in [...]
Pastors and Vacations: by PW
Apr 20, 2009 @ 6:06 By 18 Comments
By PW: It’s that time of year when we as a family usually realize we haven’t made a plan for vacation yet this year! Sometimes we make vacation plans at the last minute due to the lack of discretionary funds, but other times it seems that we just get sucked into the busy-ness of ministry [...]
The New Perspective and Resurrection
Apr 20, 2009 @ 0:00 By 81 Comments
I get asked this about once a week, often in an e-mail: “What is the New Perspective on Paul?” Let me answer that question with three brief lines, but first I provide what inspired me to think through the NPP so I could get it to three lines. I was in Lubbock TX and heard [...]
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