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Sunday, March 25th, 2007On Friday night, 20/20 spotlighted religious money changers in a segment called “Enough!” and profiled a financial accountability group called Ministry Watch that helps expose Christian ministries who refuse to be transparent in how they use donations. John Stossel generally does a good job with these kinds of common sensical approaches to scandal. It was, [...]
The "vortex" of reformation
Friday, March 23rd, 2007Fascinating interview on the future of the emerging church at Christianity Today’s Out of Ur blog: But would you place the emerging church with Evangelicalism, or it is something else? No, it’s not evangelicalism. American religion has four, pretty much equally divided, quadrants. Evangelicalism is one of them, charismatic Pentecostalism is another, the old mainline [...]
Who am I?
Friday, March 23rd, 2007Question to all my Christian brothers in cyberspace: Who said this? “i speak as a christian- one whose commitment to democracy is very deep but whose christian convictions are deeper. democracy is not my faith. and american democracy is not my idol. to see the gospel of jesus christ bastardized by imperial christians and pulverized [...]
“The Art of Speaking in Tongues”
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Nightline’s got it covered, here. Following this New York Times article last November, Nightline reported on the same study tonight. “When they are actually engaged in this whole very intense spiritual practice … their frontal lobes tend to go down in activity. … It is very consistent with the kind of experience they have, because [...]
Reaching post-Christians
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 [...]
Who are the Bible’s real heroes?
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007The past week has been crazy busy, so Matt’s question has lied dormant. Here’s my first attempt at a response. If you missed it, here’s the gist. The rest of the question is here. J, theological question for you to think about. Phrased in it’s broadest form… who is the hero/are the heroes of the [...]
Rated PG, for being too Christian
Saturday, March 10th, 2007Seriously. A film that should have been rated G was given a PG rating for … overt Christian content. Judah and I watched Facing the Giants tonight at grandma and grandpa’s house and enjoyed every moment. Leaving aside the utter predictability of it all, the movie’s message is one we all need to hear — [...]
If an apple a day
Saturday, March 10th, 2007… keeps the doctor away, what does one verse each day of the 365 verses that say, “Fear not” — or some such derivative thereof — do?
Who are the Bible’s real heroes?
Friday, March 9th, 2007Matt Kruse asks a great question here: Phrased in it’s broadest form … who is the hero/are the heroes of the Bible? Are the O.T. saints to be revered for their ability, accomplishments, leadership skills, ethics, etc.? Or are they just jacked up sinners to whom God extended free grace? I haven’t had time the [...]
Faithonomics
Monday, March 5th, 2007Having spent some time at a congregation that evolved into a “name-it-and-claim-it” church in the late 80s, I was skeptical of Pastor Daniel Hill’s series title “Faithonomics” at River City Community Church on Sunday. But given his participation in CCDA and UYWI I figured some slack was due. And it was! Pastor Daniel gave an [...]
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