One of my favorite questions to ask these days in small groups, classes, blog posts, and informal conversations is: “What is the Gospel?” I keep asking because I’m convinced our present understanding of what the gospel is and what it’s meant to do is inadequate. Sometimes I wonder if I’m jousting at a gospel that […]

In a couple of previous comments, John has mentioned “set theory” and how it applies to evangelism, etc. Here is a good summary by Steve Collins. Give it a look and leave a comment if you want to discuss it further.

Part 1 Part 2 As the following graphic shows, thinking of our faith in terms of good and bad as well as right and wrong makes for some intriguing possibilities. It’s possible to have wrong faith that’s bad; as well as a wrong faith that’s good; and right faith that’s bad; and of course, right […]

Part 1 . . . I want to torque your thinking a bit by suggesting that in the long run quality trumps content. In order for that last statement to make sense, I need to define what I mean by the “quality” of our faith. Our faith can be right or wrong (content). It can […]

At a time when most spiritual conversations are charged with the electricity of suspicion, many of us are asking how we can lovingly tolerate the religious beliefs of our neighbors, while at the same time remaining true to ours. On one hand, we don’t want to be Christian Bin Ladens, believing our goal is to […]