What Do You Do About Them? David George Moore blogs at Two Cities “Confirmation bias” is the way we can uncritically use information to show that it agrees with our deeply held beliefs. For example, I believed my Dallas Seminary professors who regularly said, “If you give up inerrancy it is a theological watershed. You may not become a liberal theologically, but many do.” I believed it. It made sense. I could find examples of it in history and in... Read more
Arise: Kathy Escobar co-pastors The Refuge, an eclectic faith community in North Denver, dedicated to those on the margins of life and faith. She is the author of several books, most recently, Down We Go: Living into the Wild Ways of Jesus, and blogs regularly at www.kathyescobar.com. She lives in Arvada, Colorado with her husband, Jose, and five kids. I have been pastoring full-time for ten years now. A decade. It seems like yesterday that I received a phone call from a friend... Read more
If you read the Gospel of Mark and then Matthew and compare them when they can be easily compared you will be forgiven for thinking Matthew is annotating Mark’s Gospel. This is indeed the claim of Richard Hays in his new and very clear and compelling record of how the Gospel writers read the Bible — they read it backwards. Once they encountered Christ they were compelled to read the story toward Christ. (See his new book Reading Backward, and we... Read more
Thom Schultz: At Group’s recent Future of the Church conference, sociologist Josh Packard shared some of his groundbreaking research on the Dones. He explained these de-churched were among the most dedicated and active people in their congregations. To an increasing degree, the church is losing its best. For the church, this phenomenon sets up a growing danger. The very people on whom a church relies for lay leadership, service and financial support, are going away. And the problem is compounded by the... Read more
SOS from the Outer Darkness Hey- Hey, you got a flashlight? Or even a match? Yeah, I figured as much. You can call me #3. No, I was never a Next Generation fan, why? What about ear-plugs? I’d give a kidney and my last pair of clean undies for some ear-plugs. I mean that gnashing sound is one thing. If you’ve ever been married, then it doesn’t take too long to used to that gnashing of teeth sound. But the... Read more
Blessed Lord, Who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. BCP Read more
Baylor University Press is giving away for those in North America five (5) copies of Richard B. Hays’ new book Reading Backwards – Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness. There are several ways to enter the drawing, and it all begins when you click through on the link below, but here’s what you will be able to choose to do: Visit Baylor University Press and/or Scot McKnight’s Facebook pages; Follow Baylor University Press and/or Scot McKnight on Twitter; Tweet... Read more
David George Moore, who regularly does interviews and reviews for the Jesus Creed, decided to turn the tables and interview me on the recently released, Kingdom Conspiracy: Retuning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church. Dave blogs at www.twocities.org. Moore: A note to the Jesus Creed community (and Scot is not paying me for writing this!): I read quite a bit and fairly widely, but Kingdom Conspiracy is in that smaller circle of formative works. Aside from the many... Read more
Inspiring story of the week: Sarah Reinertsen: As a child, I didn’t get to play a lot of sports in school. I was often excluded from games on the playground and struggled to keep up with my friends in gym class. This was due to the fact that I didn’t actually know how to run. I was born with a tissue disorder that ultimately led to the amputation of my left leg above the knee when I was 7 years... Read more
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