Jesus Creed
We finish up our series of Brian McLaren’s book, Everything Must Change. The last section of this book sums up the whole book and makes an appeal. |inline Read more
We finish up our series of Brian McLaren’s book, Everything Must Change. The last section of this book sums up the whole book and makes an appeal. |inline Read more
One of the advantages of flying, as we did this weekend (to Seattle), is some extra time for reading and on the flight out and back I read a book I consider a must-read for all church leaders: Robert Wuthnow, After the Baby Boomers. I won’t do a series on this book but I hope to hear of some church leaders who have read it and responded. |inline Read more
How then is the postmodern dilemma resolved ethically? If there is anxious paralysis or nihilism or simply the resolution in personal experience, is there any way to render moral judgment when one suspects something is wrong? Walsh and Keesmaat, in Colossians Remixed, suggest that postmoderns “know there is something wrong with the moral culture of late or post modernity, but they aren’t at all sure about how to respond” (169). Their answer? |inline Read more
Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
Ah, the taste and aroma … of Aloha Island Diamond. A friend encouraged me to branch out, and so recently I decided to try some of the coffees with reputations of excellence. Exquisite. Read more
One of the sad realities of the California fires: |inline Read more
Lord God Almighty, you have made all the peoples of the earth for your glory, to serve you in freedom and in peace: Give to the people of our country a zeal for justice and the strength of forbearance, that we may use our liberty in accordance with your gracious will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.†Read more
We finish up today Marko Rupnik’s In the Fire of the Burning Bush. The last sections we cover deal with a number of topics and I thought I’d just lay out a few potent statements he makes: |inline Read more
Brian McLaren, in chp. 29 of his Everything Must Change, argues we need to ask a new kind of question or a new set of questions if we are to work for a greater sense of equity as we seek to live out the kingdom vision of Jesus. |inline Read more
Biblical Seminary now has an online certificate in missional studies. Read more
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