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August 2013

August 16, 2013
To paraphrase that annoying hit dance song "Party Rock," everyday we're posturing. What I mean...
August 14, 2013
Well I got into a twitter argument with a young Calvinist named John following his...
August 14, 2013
Al Mohler recently put up a post on penal substitution in response to the PCUSA...
August 13, 2013
So what's the big deal with making people flash a photo ID at a poll...
August 13, 2013
This past weekend, I got to hear my favorite podcast preacher Jonathan Martin live for...
August 12, 2013
An official clown at the Missouri state fair wearing an Obama mask with a broom...
August 12, 2013
I have been reading Margaret Farley's Just Love: A Framework for Christian Ethics, the book...
August 11, 2013
The turning point in my Wild Goose experience happened Saturday at about 5:30 pm or...
August 10, 2013
I'm having a better day today. I went to the art and spirit cafe to...
August 10, 2013
I'm not trying to throw a pity party, but yesterday was a tough day for...
August 09, 2013
Wild Goose has been an interesting phenomenon so far. The theme of this years's festival...
August 07, 2013
When people want to take potshots at emergent Christianity, an easy bullseye to tag is...
August 07, 2013
Ephesians 2:8-9 is a passage I have often turned to for a tight summary of...
August 06, 2013
Two years ago, I decided to give myself a challenge as I was starting out...
August 05, 2013
In my second semester of Biblical Greek in seminary, I discovered John 1:5, "The light...
August 04, 2013
I've often told the story of how I discovered the verse that became the basis...
August 03, 2013
If you're coming to Wild Goose, please sign up for the potluck!
August 02, 2013
In seminary, I learned to think of truth as a symphony rather than a single...
August 01, 2013
David Koyzis's recent First Things article, "Millennial Religion and the Sovereign Self," disses the way...

July 2013

July 30, 2013
I'm three years older than Rachel Held Evans, so I really have no business speaking...
July 30, 2013
I've been reading a very stimulating and provocative book by Pauline Biblical scholar Michael Gorman...
July 29, 2013
I have just uploaded my 25 minute trance set that I will play at Wild...
July 28, 2013
Should Christians "stay angry" at the injustice in our world? That's a question raised in...
July 27, 2013
In the beginning there were only one syllable words; when longer words were born, their...
July 26, 2013
In a recent post, John Meunier writes, "You cannot speak intelligently about Wesleyan theology if...
July 25, 2013
Dear hitherto unknown friend, I have been invited into conversation with you by Kile Jones...
July 25, 2013
I recently read a post by fellow Methodist blogger Talbot Davis critiquing the pursuit of...
July 24, 2013
For the first 1500 years of Christianity, the high point of every worship gathering was...
July 23, 2013
Hear me out; I'm not trying to be offensive. Several weeks ago, I listened to...
July 22, 2013
Burke United Methodist Church held our second community open mic this past Thursday at our...
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