We are privileged people. Many children in the world are not, like this little orphaned child in Swaziland. Would you think of sponsoring this little child? At the Jesus Creed blog, we are asking you to consider joining Kris and me in supporting a CarePoint in Swaziland that could make a life-saving and spiritual difference in the lives of hundreds of underfed and orphaned children. Here is our little Swazi child to the right; you can help a child like this... Read more
Robin Parry’s major focus, in his book The Evangelical Universalist , is a biblical case for (evangelical belief in) universalism (not the same as pluralism). One of the good points about this book is that Parry ponders what he’s doing — so he lays out what would be needed in order to make a biblical case for universalism. First, it must be positively supported by Scripture and that means (1) that it can be explicitly taught in Scripture — and he’ll look... Read more
I began reading Jim Wallis when I was in seminary, and of all his books, my favorite is his book The Call to Conversion , which I consider to be a classic moral text for American Christianity. I’ve also enjoyed the lesser known Faith Works, but I found two of his recent books to be too much about politics and not enough vintage Jim Wallis. But his newest book, Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street ,... Read more
Ten Awful Truths About Book Publishing by Steve Piersanti 6-09 Update Read more
We’ve had a number of posts at Jesus Creed about the outcome-based model of education and how it can reshape both preaching and the entire educational program of a local church. Little did I know that Gary Parrett and S. Steve Kang were about to publish a hefty, new book that takes on the education of the Church. Their book is called Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful: A Biblical Vision for Education in the Church . The first observation... Read more
Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
What do you think of evangelistic tatts? In his Hitchhiker’s Guide To Evangelism Bill Tenny-Brittian addresses this issue — lots of tatts on Hitchhikers — by suggesting Leviticus 19:28 is not about tattoos and that there are good reasons for tatts. Some of them evangelistic. Sometimes folks get tatts that express their own conversion or spiritual experience; others get tatts that provoke conversations and that lead to spiritual discussions. Any stories from those whose tatts lead to evangelistic situations? ... Read more
Our last Weekly Meanderings for 2009. So, let’s move on to 2010! It’s unlikely I will have a Weekly Meanderings ready for next week, as we will be on vacation in warmer climes. To begin with, one of our blog’s Friends is Michael Spencer, known to most of us as iMonk. Michael has been diagnosed with cancer and I’m asking you to join me in praying for Michael and family this weekend. Art and Liz adopted this little Swazi child:... Read more
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