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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008SESSION 2: Which Jesus?
If hope is easy, then we aren’t appreciating the desperation of the system. (See Part 1 for the Four Global Crises)
If Christ is the answer to the world’s problems, which Jesus fits the bill? Our culture posits many perceptions of Christ:
+ The Will Ferrell Baby Jesus
+ The “Limp wrist […]
Everything Must Change, Part 1
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Brian McLaren visits LPAC this weekend for the New York leg of his Everything Must Change tour. I’ll be there tonight and tomorrow morning and will blog as much of my notes as possible. Stay tuned for pictures as well.
EMC Session 1
The book’s story begins with … a youth pastor and a flip […]
Welcome, Friend and Guests
Monday, May 7th, 2007Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
If you are […]
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 […]
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 past […]
Urban ministry training resources
Thursday, October 12th, 2006Techmission is working with CCDA to digitize content from it past conferences and have launched a growing site with dozens of free downloads. Two of my personal faves from last year:
Rev. Jim Wallis, “God’s Politics” (Friday evening plenary, 6:30 pm)
MP3: Download / Streaming / Podcast / RSS Feed
Dr. Ray Bakke, “The Gospel according to […]
Does God want you to be rich?
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006A growing and influential cohort of preachers want people to think that. A convenient side benefit: the conditional blessings flow when they tithe more and make the preachers rich. Time magazine has a great cover story on the rise of the so-called “prosperity gospel” that should convict us all. Especially poignant was […]
Theological thought of the day
Saturday, August 26th, 2006No sickly sweet, pie in the sky BS here:
“I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living” (Ps. 27:13).
Thursday, August 10th, 2006
On the mystery of our faith:
While [Billy Graham] believes Scripture is the inspired, authoritative word of God, he does not read the Bible as though it were a collection of Associated Press bulletins straightforwardly reporting on events in the ancient Middle East. “I’m not a literalist in the sense that every single jot and tittle […]
Biblical Compassion: Suffering Together
Friday, August 4th, 2006… if we open up those Bibles the meaning of “compassion” becomes clear; after all, Hebrew and Greek words commonly translated as “compassion” are used over eighty times in the Bible. Their most frequent use is not as an isolated noun but as the culmination of a process. Repeatedly, in Judges and other books, the […]
Kingdom economics?
Thursday, July 20th, 2006“Show me the money,” and, “It’s all about the benjamins.” These are just two recent pop culture catchphrases that illustrate our universal relationship to money. But what are the economics of “the Kingdom of God” that Jesus proclaimed? Capitalist, mercantilist, imperial, tribal, communist, socialist, or none of the above? Do they subscribe to […]
Words of Christ or capitalist screed?
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006“You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
“Take the talent from him and give […]
Early church or Marxist commune?
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006“All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the … courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, … and enjoying the favor of all […]
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. […]
Convergence, McLaren’s way
Friday, August 12th, 2005I hope that recent controversies about emergence will give way to a profound new convergence – where formerly alienated people come together as never before to form Christ-centered communities in which more and more of us learn to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength … in which we learn to love […]
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