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In our last post, we looked briefly at how ministering the gospel is to take place. This post continues that. How are we to minister the gospel? |inline Read more
In our last post, we looked briefly at how ministering the gospel is to take place. This post continues that. How are we to minister the gospel? |inline Read more
A 350 pound fat man wrestling with another 350 pound fat man so that the latter can manhandle a 215 pound quarterback standing still, or a sleek 200 pound man on the edge of life trying to hit a 95 mph fastball into the creases of a green velvet outfield and, when he does succeed, watching that ball slip into the corners of a ball park while time stands still and 40,000 fans go silent in anticipation of just how... Read more
The answers are this simple: 1. No Yankees. 2. No George Steinbrenner. 3. The Cubs. 4. Wrigley Field. 5. Ryne Sandberg. Read more
We’re back from Grand Rapids and the Civitas Lectures at Cornerstone University on After Evangelicalism. I heard some nice panel sessions, had lunch with Kris and Jim Kinney of Baker (where I heard the story of how they are bringing out a USA edition of The Life of the Christ in which I had a big hand and then I suggested an Emerging Church Commentary Series), then I gave my presentation on the emerging movement where I set the record... Read more
Kris and I spent the night in South Haven, are heading for breakfast, and then up to Grand Rapids for the conference on Post Evangelicalism. I wish we could have heard Bob Webber last night, but we avoided the traffic in Chicago and left too late. I’m hoping we can get a discussion on how to understand emerging, and I hope more will simply learn to use the Wikipedia definition more often. They’ve assembled a stellar group of papers and... Read more
I don’t know your reasons, but for me the #1 reason baseball is superior is… |inline Read more
It is that time of the year when fans are starting to chat about who will get to the World Series. Who cares?, I ask. Why do you say so?, they ask back. Because the World Series is not, in fact, baseball. |inline Read more
The ending of Paul’s first chapter in the letter to the Colossians is rich for the one who wants to know how to minister the gospel. It should be made clear, perhaps, that I’m not here talking simply of “ordained pastors” who are ordained to an “office” in the Church. In fact, Paul’s words apply to each of us in our own ministries of the gospel and, in particular, to those who have the gift of ministering the gospel. |inline Read more
I ranted about Bic pens and that 57 of those little basters (a favorite word in Maine) have sold every second since the 1950s. Then I had to offer something in its place — ranting without a constructive solution is just pent-up nonsense. So, I suggested thinking about a fountain pen. Now I’ve been asked by several of you to talk about my favorite fountain pen. That’s easy. |inline Read more
Recently, but only very recently, a new sect and heresy have been discovered. This group, evidently confined nearly entirely to Chicago but numbering in the hundreds of thousands, has managed to keep itself under wraps for all authorities. Who are they? |inline Read more
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