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Ministering with Wisdom

Posted in Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , , on January 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Name almost any activity, and you are sure to find a Christian organization somewhere that has created a corresponding “ministry”: Wednesday Night Bowling Ministry, College Dorm Xbox Ministry, Texas Hold ‘Em Ministry, Dove Hunting Ministry, etc. To be charitable, we must admit that such

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The Cussing Christian

Posted in Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Twenty- and thirty-something evangelical Christians today are an exciting and promising bunch–not because I am one of them. Thanks to some incredible preaching and literature combined with the workings of the Spirit of God, many in my generation seem to really get it. Many of us understand that our primary purpose is

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God Bless Iraq

Posted in Philosophy & Politics, Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , , on June 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

A while back I almost embarked on a potentially controversial publicity campaign. It was going to involve creating and giving away t-shirts, bumper stickers, and yard signs saying, “God Bless Iraq”. Maybe even creating a website with chatrooms and daily blog posts, too. But I wasn’t able to inspire anyone to join me. And due [...]

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More on the Manifesto

Posted in In the News, Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , , , , on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There seems to be quite a bit of discussion and debate regarding the Evangelical Manifesto. Hopefully, it will be resolved relatively quickly and will not lead to more divisions and factions within the Church. For what it’s worth,

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Good News for Evangelicals?

Posted in In the News, Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

On May 7, 2008, a group of prominent Evangelical leaders published what they call “An Evangelical Manifesto”. It amounts to their definition of what it means to be Evangelical. There are three main sections to the manifesto:

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Blue Like Jazz

Posted in Books, Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , on February 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Is Blue Like Jazz emergent? For some, this question makes absolutely no sense; it just sounds like a late Beatles’ song title. For those who are familiar with the whole emergent “conversation”/controversy, it may seem compelling. However, the answer is that it doesn’t matter. (How emergent of me…). What matters is the fact that

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