My heartfelt thanks for the response yesterday to the young man who was inquiring about preaching and pastoring. A very kind reader asked for his address and will send him a few books and a publisher contacted me to send him a book, too. Nothing like seeing the Jesus Creed in action! Here’s the response yesterday from the young pastor-to-be: |inline Read more
We begin a lengthy series today: the parables of Jesus. Our guide will be Klyne Snodgrass and his book, Stories with Intent. |inline Read more
(Say the Jesus Creed morning and evening during Lent.) We now come to the end of Tom Wright’s book, Surprised by Hope. Today I want only to summarize very briefly the last two chps because we have already come to terms with the central ideas. |inline Read more
Another kingdom text can be found at Matthew 16:24-28: 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give... Read more
(Say the Jesus Creed morning and evening during Lent.) Here is a letter from a reader from a post a week or so ago; the letter is used with permission. Read it to the end because he is asking a question that many are asking today: What is preaching? What good is it? He needs some advice and I’m confident many of you have things that can help him. Pray for him too. I have. |inline Read more
I am now brewing Drew’s Brew, a hand roasted coffee from Nashville, TN, and the particular kind is the Zappia Family Espresso. I’m on official record for saying the benchmark for me is Intelligentsia (Chicago) and the second best is Chestnutt Hill Coffee Co in Philly, but this Zappia Family Espresso is tasty, mild, and a rival to the best coffees I’ve tasted. Read more
Today we enter a text that has been a source of controversy. So, let me quote it in full and offer just a few brief remarks: |inline Read more
When I saw the news that Cedarville chose to uninvite Shane Claiborne, I was saddened. Not only because some watch bloggers were behind the event, but most especially because of educational theory and for its impact on students. So, I got to thinking of what I would do if our President had invited someone and some bloggers raised a protest and then the school chose to uninvite someone. Here are my ideas: |inline Read more
All at once, gathering on my desk of books, is a four-volume collection about public issues — and I could call this post the four evangelical horsemen riding into the American scene with ideas about how Jesus can help our politics. Here they are: |inline Read more
(Say the Jesus Creed morning and evening during Lent.) Chp 13 in Tom Wright’s Surprised by Hope explores building the kingdom and does so by showing that his view of resurrection reshapes justice, beauty, and evangelism. |inline Read more
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