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Gordon Fee’s God’s Empowering Presence Changed Me
(This post was originally published at Jennifer Newhart’s blog on a series concerning The Books that Read Us) Gordon Fee’s God’s Empowering Presence is a nine hundred plus page, dense theological doorstop of a book. If I hadn’t been assigned to read it twice during my Masters of Divinity work, I would never have read […]
Favorite With A Heart Instead of a Star: Not Twitter’s Best Idea
So Twitter came up with the terrible idea to turn their favorite button into a heart emoji. I just couldn’t resist ranting about it on Twitter. The following is a curated sampling of my response to the ridiculous change. Rumor has it twitter will replace the retweet sign with a clown riding a unicorn jumping […]
Stop Platforming Mega Church Pumpkins to Help Normal Sized Churches
Eventually there will be more church growth books and articles than people who actually attend churches. Until then, here’s one more. As a pastor, no one has to convince me to desire church growth. On the saintly reason front, I totally want to share the good news of the Gospel with anyone who has ears […]
A Reflection on Subterranean: Rooting in Community
Dan White Jr. has written a new book called Subterranean: Why the Future of the Church is Rootedness. This post is part of the “Blog Tour” for the book. I’m focusing on Chapter 10: Rooting in Community. When Dan White Jr. asked me to join the blog tour for his new book Subterranean: Why the […]
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Has Room for Improvement
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert launched last week and the first shows demonstrate great promise but some weaknesses as well. As a big Colbert fan, I must admit that I’m rather biased in favor of rooting for his success. Thankfully, there is plenty to root for. – I’m glad to see Colbert has embraced […]
Things to remember before I try to change the world
Things to remember before I try to change the world. God is not a Republican. He’s not a Democrat, a Libertarian or a member of the Green Party. God is neither far right nor far left. He is definitely not a moderate. God’s not even an American. God will not show me His papers. God […]
Without Kindness It’s Simply Not Biblical
I’d like to take a break from all the foolish talk and actually just focus on stuff the Bible talks about. So let’s talk about kindness. I have about 6 years of postgraduate theological education, but my theological background is not needed to figure out the Bible’s view of kindness. Just go to your favorite […]
Starbucks Parenting
So a lawyer decided to test Jesus by asking Him one of those big theological questions everyone likes to fight about. He said, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” Jesus responded without hesitation, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all […]
The Problem with Female Pastors and How to Fix It
I believe both men and women are called to preach and teach the word of God. These are the last days, and in the last days God has poured out his Spirit on all flesh. Therefore, the sons and daughters of God will prophesy the good news of the Kingdom of God to all flesh […]
Love…Your Enemies
Jesus commanded us to love: “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil” (Luke 6:35). Jesus called us to love, not because it is easy, but […]