Saskatchewan is the home of the (big) living sky, and I saw it. Here’s a picture of Briercrest where I gave lectures last weekend. Briercrest is a wonderful exhibition of generous evangelicalism with wonderful students and professors (and the big blue sky), and it was great to see Wes Olmstead and his family again. Proud of our students at NPU. (Just had to do that.)Tony Stiff continues the discussion on the missional movement: oak tree or banyan tree?Jim Wallis with... Read more
Saskatchewan is the home of the (big) living sky, and I saw it. Here’s a picture of Briercrest where I gave lectures last weekend. Briercrest is a wonderful exhibition of generous evangelicalism with wonderful students and professors (and the big blue sky), and it was great to see Wes Olmstead and his family again. Proud of our students at NPU. (Just had to do that.)Tony Stiff continues the discussion on the missional movement: oak tree or banyan tree?Jim Wallis with... Read more
Here’s one’s that definitely a possiblility! (Gross.)What’s your favorite? Read more
Christianity Today has a new women’s blog: Her.meneutics. Check it out. A good list of potential authors. Read more
This is a guest post from Jeremy Berg. You have heard the Christian slogan: “Christ is Lord of all or not at all.” Right? National Public Radio had a featured story tonight on the Quiverfull movement. If you’re unfamiliar with this movement, Wikipedia defines Quiverfull as “a movement among conservative evangelical couples…Its viewpoint is to receive children eagerly as blessings from God, eschewing all forms of birth control, including natural family planning and sterilization.” Their own website provides the following mission statement: “We... Read more
This entry in our Friday is (for and from) Friends is by Michelle Van Loon who blogs at The Parable Life. Michelle’s written two fine books on the parables, and I think you’ll find this post of hers is worth some serious conversation today. “These troubling economic times are an unprecedented opportunity for the Gospel.” This sentiment bugs me. And I think I have figured out why. I have been hearing variations of these words for the last few months.... Read more
The Torah, properly understood, leads to a life of freedom. So James 1:25: But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it-he will be blessed in what he does. And there is a promise here, and it comes in the form of a word James learned from Jesus: “blessed.” Instead of being a “peer-er” (which is a looker and not a doer),... Read more
We continue our series on serious commentaries on the New Testament. Today we look at the Gospel of Luke, but before I do that I must announce that volume two of Jimmy Dunn’s magisterial work on the beginnigs of Christianity is now available: Beginning from Jerusalem (Christianity in the Making, vol. 2). OK, now to Luke. When I have a question about a passage in Luke, I begin with: Joel Green, The Gospel of Luke (New International Commentary on the... Read more
Once again, we welcome Chris Folmsbee to our blog to post about youth ministry (and transformative environments). I can’t help but chime in: this is one of the soundest education strategies I’ve seen. Creating opportunities to learn is at the heart of education. I spent this past weekend in San Antonio, TX with some new friends at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and a few other churches within the Diocese of West Texas. I led several conversations for a couple dozens... Read more
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