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May 2014

May 17, 2014
Jesus exhorted his followers sent out on mission to be shrewd as serpents and innocent...
May 12, 2014
If you drive quickly through Luke 3, you might miss the significance of Jesus’ baptism...
May 11, 2014
I don't envy mothers, but I sure do respect them. They carry their children for...
May 05, 2014
Mission is not extraneous to the triune God’s being and activity. It is central. God...
May 03, 2014
Happy Fifth Anniversary, Patheos!   I have decided to honor your fifth year anniversary by...

April 2014

April 26, 2014
Perhaps you have seen the Simpsons episode titled “She of Little Faith.” Homer is responsible...
April 25, 2014
If the world were to end tomorrow, what would you do today? The last time...
April 24, 2014
Perhaps you have watched the video, “What kind of Asian are you?” The humorous video reflects a...
April 21, 2014
Last week, I wrote a blog post titled "Christian Survival Kits in a Post-Christendom Society,...
April 20, 2014
What would have changed if Jesus had not risen from the dead? Not much. We would...
April 19, 2014
Being buried alive is one of the most terrifying things one can imagine. Not being...
April 17, 2014
On Maundy Thursday, we remember the Last Supper, which was the precursor to the Lord’s...
April 16, 2014
I still remember from my childhood the black shroud draped over the cross on Good...
April 11, 2014
One of the many qualities that people admire about Jesus was his open posture toward...
April 10, 2014
Is the Lord's Supper a heavenly happy meal? What do you think? Here are my...
April 09, 2014
At my multi-ethnic church this Sunday, a white man shared constructively and critically about how...
April 07, 2014
My theology of culture class at Multnomah Biblical Seminary is addressing the theme of what...
April 04, 2014
On Sunday, February 23rd, I had the privilege of attending my friend Eugene Woodworth’s memorial...
April 01, 2014
I wonder at times if we have replaced the cross with the Nike swoosh symbol...

March 2014

March 31, 2014
I don't want to spoil the show Breaking Bad for those who have not seen...
March 27, 2014
A friend of mine recently spoke of a meeting he was at where every Christian...
March 24, 2014
Evangelicalism is a very diverse movement, contrary to how the media often portrays us. The...
March 20, 2014
What do you make of the following point about “brilliant personalities” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in...
March 19, 2014
One of the striking features of Karl Barth’s theology is his emphasis on God’s freedom....
March 18, 2014
What is globalization? The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides popular as well as precise considerations....
March 15, 2014
Will Jesus return as Alec Baldwin’s character, Blake, in Glengarry, Glen Ross? Blake came down from the corporate office to shame the...
March 15, 2014
"Sometimes our worst enemies are our best friends." This was the response of one of...
March 15, 2014
The Apostle Paul struggled with Phariseeism. Phariseeism, as I am defining it in this context,...
March 10, 2014
Spending one’s 50th birthday weekend on one’s back in bed as I did can be...
March 07, 2014
It has been said that the lyrics at the beginning of the song “Stairway to Heaven”...
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