The Good, the Bad and the Ugly about Reading Genesis 1-2

Last updated on: August 10, 2013 at 5:51 pm By Scot McKnight

Among evangelicals one can find a number of views on how to read Genesis 1-2: the literary approach and the literal approach are two typical approaches, though behind them all is one simple question: Historical or not? And then this one: In what senses is it historical or non-historical? The big problem here is that one’s conclusions enter into the polemics of evangelicalism where some think anything less than “historical all the way down” (including light before the sun) throws evangelicalism... Read more

Vivaldi Ramped Up a Notch

Last updated on: August 11, 2013 at 1:25 pm By Scot McKnight

And the Introvert has something to say

Last updated on: August 6, 2013 at 9:27 pm By Scot McKnight

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Church Planting Stress

Last updated on: August 6, 2013 at 9:25 pm By Scot McKnight

Ed Stetzer’s article about losing the soul in the church planting process is worth reading for all who (1) are church planting, (2) struggling to get a church self-sustaining, or (3) who are involved in a church plant. What is your wisdom here? Alan (not his real name) started a successful church in a large Northern California community. He worked hard, built up his core group and drew over 300 people to his launch service. By the end of his... Read more

Yoder and Missional Theology

Last updated on: August 6, 2013 at 9:25 pm By Scot McKnight

John Howard Yoder, famed Anabaptist/Mennonite theologian and ethicist, on what is often today called “missional”: Instead of asking, ‘What is God doing in the world?’ the church should ask, ‘How can we distinguish, in the midst of all the things that are going on in the world, where and how God is at work?’ From Royal Priesthood, an essay called “Christ, the Hope of the World,” p. 203. He adds there a dimension that is sometimes missing in missional talk. Often... Read more

Stars are the Light of the World — by Jason Micheli

Last updated on: August 11, 2013 at 9:14 am By Scot McKnight

The Stars are the Light of the World- Romans 4.1-5 (Jason Micheli) Over Memorial Day Weekend I joined 1,000 people from around the world at for the Taize Gathering at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Taize is a monastery in Burgundy, France. Every week the brothers of Taize welcome thousands of pilgrims to their monastery in France to participate in the rhythms of their communal life. Once a year some of the more than 100 brothers take... Read more

Prayer for Your Week

Last updated on: August 10, 2013 at 9:21 pm By Scot McKnight

Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your 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

Outsourcing (Almost) Everything

Last updated on: August 5, 2013 at 8:11 am By Scot McKnight

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US Foods Banned Elsewhere

Last updated on: August 5, 2013 at 8:07 am By Scot McKnight

From Paleoista: Wake Up Call News, an Alternative Media site that “shares all the big top news from the whole world” and whose mission is to “share The Truth and Wake people Up” had an alarming article about foods that are available to us here in the US but are banned elsewhere. Citing mercola.com as their source, we see the following horrifying ‘foods’ that are in every day foods, despite being seen as harmful to toxic in other countries.... Read more

Weekly Meanderings

Last updated on: August 8, 2013 at 6:46 am By Scot McKnight

Source for picture: Kyle Flubacker Our prayers are for Margaret Feinberg: “A month earlier I found a lump in my breast. I scheduled a mammogram and informed the radiologist of my discovery. Two weeks later, the mammogram came back clean. (Note to all the ladies out there: If you find anything in your breast, inform the radiologist. Do not assume the mammogram will catch everything.) During a follow-up ultrasound, they located the hard mass. I returned for a biopsy. On... Read more

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