Read previous posts in this series: Introduction The Narrative Question The Authority Question The God Question The Jesus Question The Gospel Question The Church Question For some reason, every time I write about the issue of sexuality, I get myself into trouble. I’m not sure how I do it, but I do. McLaren seems to… Read More »
Jonathan Acuff and I have a lot in common. We’re both preacher’s kids. We both have a satirical bend when it comes to commenting on Christians. We’re both on Twitter and Facebook. We both blog. Of course, there’s one huge difference. Jonathan Acuff has a published book. I can’t even focus on actually writing my… Read More »
One of the big trends among my contemporaries is sermons and sermon series designed to shock people. They do topical series on things not normally discussed ‘in church’ – subjects like sex (in various forms) seem to come up a lot. On the whole, I avoid doing series on things like this. My reasoning is… Read More »
One of the major problems with Christians in general and pastors/missionaries in specific is the unconscious (I hope) necessity for creating alter egos. What do I mean by this? Let’s take a Christian. A good person who loves Jesus and is faithful in their obligations as a Christian. But he/she attends a church where there… Read More »
One of the things I have really been trying to listen closely to lately is Christ’s heart for his people, especially in this time when everything seems to have ground to a halt. I don’t mean the Spirit’s moving, but everything else. We live in a world where Pakistan, India, North Korea, Iran and only… Read More »
This week, I found a post on our Facebook group. It was written by my wife as a reflection on a message from March, when we were working our way through the Easter Season – a special time of repentance. I hope reading it is as much of a challenge to you as it was… Read More »
