I thought summers were supposed to bring about a slower pace to ministry. So far I’ve been running at breakneck speed. Rather than give you the usual post about how I’m too busy too blog (I promise never to do that here.), I’d like to point you over to the piece that Jim Henderson has […]
Group Allegiance Over Religious Beliefs
In Our Father Abraham, Marvin Wilson explores the Jewish roots of the Christian faith. One of the things he does is show how, with the hellenization of the early church and its gospel, some very important Jewish ways of thinking and being were lost or at least de-emphasized. One example is the Greek emphasis on […]
June 2, 2005 by 15 Comments
Hotel Sudan Isn’t a Film-Yet
Hotel Sudan Isn’t a Film-Yet – Christianity Today Magazine
May 23, 2005 by 1 Comment
The Emergent Order
At the final session of the Emergent Convention, we read the following statements out loud together. By posting these statements here, I’m both affirming them and declaring my intention to live them out in my context. You can read more about them here. 1. Commitment to God in the Way of Jesus: We are committed […]
May 22, 2005 by 4 Comments
Random Notes from Nashville
Internet access has been hard to come by, so here are some accumulated notes and observations from my time here so far. Most pastors struggle with either “super-pastor” (I can do it all) syndrome or “struggling pastor despair” (Look at me, I?m broken). Both are masks we hide behind to conceal our true selves. What […]
May 18, 2005 by 5 Comments
Nashville
I’m off for Nashville very early in the morning. I’ll be checking out the Emergent Convention with the rest of our staff. I haven’t been to an “Emerging Church” type gathering in a few years. Back in 1999 I was at the Young Leaders gathering in Seattle. I got to hang with Brian McLaren before […]
May 17, 2005 by 9 Comments
Set Theory
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.
May 16, 2005 by 14 Comments
A Bona Fide Apologetic: Part 3
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 […]
May 12, 2005 by 18 Comments
A Bona Fide Apologetic: Part 2
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 […]
May 10, 2005 by 16 Comments
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons