Many of you have noticed that I haven’t been writing as often for the past couple of months. That will hopefully change toward the backend of summer. I’m in the midst of several life changes. I ended a job, will start a new job, am planting a church, moving 950 miles to a new city and state, had my first baby girl, and the list goes on. This, as Lauren and I said as the clock counted down to midnight... Read more
Check out another great interview with N.T. Wright: INTERVIEW WITH NT WRIGHT from Evangelical Alliance on Vimeo. Read more
This is the ninth and FINAL post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church plant in Seattle. If you want to know more about that project, check out my Church Plant category For the rest of this specific series, go here. ———————————————————————————————————————————— (a)Political The kingdom of God isn’t directionally challenged; it transcends “left” or “right” dichotomies. Following Jesus is certainly political, but not in the sense that the media often portrays. (more…) Read more
This is the eighth post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church plant in Seattle. If you want to know more about that project, check out my Church Plant category For the rest of this specific series, go here. ———————————————————————————————————————————— A Generous Post-Conservative Theological Posture Roger Olson coined a phrase that fits the envisioned theological posture of this church planting project: post-conservative. I would add “Anabaptist” to that description as well. Some theologians and Christian leaders that fit this category... Read more
This is the seventh post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church plant in Seattle. If you want to know more about that project, check out my Church Plant category For the rest of this specific series, go here. ———————————————————————————————————————————— Mutuality in Leadership One of the things I love about the BIC is that we are an egalitarian denomination. What this means is that we believe that both women and men should be empowered to serve mutually within the church—without... Read more
This is the sixth post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church plant in Seattle. If you want to know more about that project, check out my Church Plant category For the rest of this specific series, go here. ————————————————————————————————————————————— Community Authentic relationships guided by love can change the world! In the New Testament we are given a beautiful and messy picture of authentic relationships. The early church committed to: The breaking of bread, the prayers, fellowship, and the Apostles’... Read more
This is the fifth post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church plant in Seattle. If you want to know more about that project, check out my Church Plant category For the rest of this specific series, go here. —————————————————————————————————————————————— We want to create spaces for the Holy Spirit to transform lives. Much of the “charismatic” movement often gets a bad reputation because of some of the outrageous expressions that seem counter-productive to mission. Nevertheless, we believe that the power... Read more
This is the fourth post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church plant in Seattle. If you want to know more about that project, check out my Church Plant category For the rest of this specific series, go here. Liturgical Robert Webber, at the turn of the century, began writing about an evangelical shift back towards the ancient rhythms of Christian worship and spirituality in post-modernity: Ancient worship . . . does truth. All one has... Read more
This is the third post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church plant in Seattle. If you want to know more about that project, check out my Church Plant category For the rest of this specific series, go here. Subversive Discipleship (Transformation) Dallas Willard calls discipleship the “great omission” from the Great Commission. Jesus called the Apostles to lives of disciple-making, which often becomes a secondary issue for modern churches. The tendency of some approaches to... Read more
Today Rachel Evans posted her latest “Ask a…” conversation partner: N.T. Wright. You all probably know that I have several influences in my theological life and that N.T. Wright is at the top of that list. I asked him the following question on Rachel’s post: Hi Dr. Wright, First, allow me to admit that your writing and speaking has been the most influential thing in my theological, missional, and spiritual journey in the last 10 years. Before I was introduced... Read more
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