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This video was great. Here’s the description… Archaeology and the Bible are intimately related. Here Dr. Sandra L. Richter discusses this important relationship. See more at http://seedbed.com Read more
This video was great. Here’s the description… Archaeology and the Bible are intimately related. Here Dr. Sandra L. Richter discusses this important relationship. See more at http://seedbed.com Read more
Written by Lawrence Garcia The Edward Tyler Nahem Gallery in Manhattan recently managed to transform itself into a neo-Golgotha with the public display of a denigrated Christ submerged in human urine. This is Andres Serrano’s infamous Piss Christ, a photograph taken in 1987 of a crucifix baptized in the artist’s own widdle. Of course, the disclosure is on the heels of heightened global tension between Christians and Muslims giving rise to an outcry of protest across the nation. Moreover,... Read more
A question that many younger followers of Jesus are asking is: What if Jesus meant what he said? It seems like an odd question on the surface. We’d be tempted to answer: Of course he did! Which exposes the deep importance that the question gets at. Many of us who graduated just before or after the turn of the millennium have asked this question in various ways for the past decade or so. We’ve noticed that what we see in... Read more
Red Letter Revolution releases officially this week. To get us ready for further discusion on the book, here is a video of Shane Claiborne discussing the Sermon on the Mount, Red Letter Christianity, and Theology. Read more
I think the title will make more sense once you watch this short Ted Talk. I was thoroughly impressed! Read more
Love this day on the church calendar. I definitely plan to hold animal blessings in the church plant I’m going to be part of… Read more
A couple of years ago, I wrote the following blog post about an approach to the most difficult text when it comes to understanding God’s character. Although I think my view has / is evolv(ed/ing), I think that this article is a good conversation starter. In the next year or so I plan to revisit Old Testament violence. Particularly, I’m looking forward to reading more OT scholars and utilizing Greg Boyd’s forthcoming book, “The Crucifixion of the Warrior God.” What I’m particularly... Read more
In what follows, I’ve pasted an excerpt from an article by Lisa Sharon Harper. She is the co-author of a book I’ve reviewed here on the blog called: Left, Right and Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics. Check out my review to understand her perspective a bit more. Excerpt from Q, written by Lisa Sharon Harper: A Call to Transform Politics Someone asked me recently what I thought of something “as a member of the Christian Left.” My insides tightened and... Read more
THIS CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY OVER! I ENCOURAGE YOU, ASSUMING YOU DIDN’T RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM ME, TO PURCHASE THE BOOK! IT’S AMAZING THUS FAR! There are quite a few books I’m excited about that I plan to tell you about in the coming weeks. Some of these have been out for a while and others come out this Fall. One of these books, which is not available yet for purchase, is called Red Letter Revolution by Shane Claiborne and Tony... Read more
This article is a response to one I poste a week ago. What do you think? Here’s an excerpt: This morning I was reading a post from Kurt Willems’ blog about John Piper’s comments on the Emerging Church. The post contains a You Tube clip of what Piper said and then critiques what is said within that. Willems explains why he views Pipers comments which are summed up by terms like “shambles” and “heresy” as unfair before going on to raise questions about why so many emergent... Read more
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