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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007Pastor Daniel Hill (River City Community Church, Chicago) offers great insights into reaching “post-Christians” after first contrasting them with “pre-Christians” over at the Christianity Today Leadership Journal website. Pre-Christians: These are individuals who at some level are open to the idea of Christianity and, given the right circumstances, could see themselves embracing it. Maybe this [...]
A fly on the wall
Monday, March 12th, 2007This post is for those who wish they could have been the proverbial “fly on the wall” for historic conversations as they happened. Here are two ongoing “Kingdom” dialogues in the blogosphere worth noting. On “Urban ministry” and “emerging church” partnerships at Chris Brooks’ blog. On environmental justice and a proposed debate between Jim Wallis [...]
Missional on Miami Ink
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007On Wednesday, an NYU student asked me what I think about Christians getting tattoos. I wish I had seen this before then: a pastor “born to raze hell” gets tattooed on Miami Ink. (Jeff, please share this post with that student. Thanks!) “You know, I can’t walk into a strip club or hang out at [...]
One Punk under God, Week 2
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006If you missed last week’s premiere of Jay Bakker’s Sundance special, catch week 2 tonight. The first episode of One Punk Under God depicted a broken life in the process of restoration. The trailer for tonight promises more of the same. Related + Jay Bakker’s CNN Commentary: What the hell happened to Christianity? + Jay’s [...]
Bill Dahl’s Best in the Emerging Church 2006
Friday, December 8th, 2006From Bill Dahl (full list): Best PDL Article in 2006 – Jim Henderson – The 41st Day Syndrome – The most widely read and referred to article about The PDL. Best New Voice in 2006 – Jim Palmer – Author of Divine Nobodies Best ezine for 2006 – Next-Wave – Thanks again, Charlie Wear. Best [...]
One Punk Under God
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006A NYC bus ad turned me onto it this morning: One Punk Under God, an upcoming reality show on Sundance Film Channel featuring “The Prodigal Son of Jim and Tammy Faye.” Jay Bakker was a keynote speaker (download audio) at Urban Youth Workers Institute the same year as me. Now he’s got his own show [...]
Doing Church "in the Margins"
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006I love how Edgeworth Church defines its commitment to justice: If God’s purpose in redemption is not simply to save individuals out of the world, but to renew and restore His creation, His people should be concerned about individual souls and bringing justice to the places they live. For us this means a big-time commitment [...]
Would you listen to these men?
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006I’ve been accused by my Charismatic brethren of being too cerebral when it comes to “receiving” from the Holy Spirit. I counter that God says to love him with all your heart, soul, and MIND. Still, at times I wonder if in my quest to “come now and reason together” I don’t at times overcompensate. [...]
More on the Myspace Generation
Friday, December 30th, 2005Check out Andrew Jones’ article, “Linking to Cyberchurch” at Relevant Magazine: “If you have engaged in the Internet through the reading of religious blogs, downloading church podcasts, watching videos or chatting online with Christian friendsâ€â€chances are, you’ve participated in cyberchurch. Cyberchurch is one of the fastest growing macro-models of church today. So says George Barna [...]
He left a mark
Tuesday, November 1st, 2005Pastor Kyle Lake of University Baptist Church in Waco, TX, tragically died performing baptisms at his church on Sunday. While I never knew him, some of my blog friends did. We join our prayers with them for his wife, kids, and church family. posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 11/01/2005 09:55:00 PM 0 commentsday pay [...]
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