Jesus Creed
Paul yearns to get to Rome — probably because he knew how important Rome was. His yearning manifests itself in his unceasing, constant prayers for the church at Rome. |inline Read more
Paul yearns to get to Rome — probably because he knew how important Rome was. His yearning manifests itself in his unceasing, constant prayers for the church at Rome. |inline Read more
I had a delightful time with the youth pastors up above Estes Park Tuesday morning. My assignment was to talk about the gospel and how we evangelize in this era when we are trying to get a bigger grip around the full gospel. You can read Marko’s comment and I’ll record some thoughts on my time with the pastors: |inline Read more
Kris and I are not big fans of fiction, even though I generally try to read a new piece of fiction every year. Last year I read Gilead and liked about 80% of it. I’ll try to read Saint Maybe this year. But, what are you reading in either non-fiction or fiction? Any good suggestions? Read more
This is the second in a three-part series on what is now being called “party evangelism.” It presents an interview with a young man who attended one of the parties. |inline Read more
In 1:1 of Romans Paul tells us he is devoted to, or set apart unto, the “gospel of God.” What is the gospel? It might be good today for us to look at this term in Romans. We’ll look at “gospel” (euaggelion) and “preaching the gospel” (euaggelizo). |inline Read more
Mark Oestreicher invited me to come to Estes Park: Need we ask “Why?” before you know I said “Yes!”? Well, I got there about 8pm or so Monday evening to a lovely place tucked away in the mountains at about 7000 feet. When we pulled into a parking spot, our vehicle scared off about 25 Elk. I was there to speak about the gospel to about twenty middle school pastors. The first evening was noteworthy. |inline Read more
It is ordinary for academic types to begin anything they are discussing with a lengthy introduction. I am reminded of a theology that is three volumes with the first volume entirely prolegomena. I’ll avoid that here except to put on the table Tom Wright’s opening salvo to his commentary: |inline Read more
In the next few days I’m publishing here a student project by Renee Dinges, who is preparing herself for church-planting in the Vineyard. She, along with some young folk at the Vineyard Church in Evanston, have initiated a new “party evangelism” format and here are the results of her project: she wants it to be a magazine. |inline Read more
Again, from The Book of Common Prayer as found in Phyllis Tickle, Dvine Hours, but adjusted to “we/us”: Almighty and merciful God, in your goodness keep us, we pray, from all things that may hurt us, that we, being ready both in mind and body, may accomplish with a free heart those things which belong to your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
Kris and I haven’t been to a theater in months. Are there any good movies out right now? Have you been to a movie theater in the last two months? We haven’t. (Home movies don’t count.) Read more
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