I am starting a new series of blog posts focusing on the release of my new book Primal Credo: Your Entrance into the Apostle’s Creed (2011) which will be released this week. Each post will focus on a chapter from the book. With 13 chapters, …
Read MoreThoughts on a Christian Nation
I am happy to be a part of a Christian nation. It has become my sense of identity, my place to belong. I didn’t choose to be a part of the nation, I was born into it. It was not my choice, but I am …
Read MoreN.T. Wright on Blind Spots in American Evangelicalism
N.T. Wright is quickly becoming the most influential theologian of our age. At least that is my humble opinion. He has helped me tremendously over the last few years grow and mature as a follower of Christ and a teacher of the Bible. “The Bishop” …
Read MoreLent 2010
Today is the eve of Ash Wednesday (some traditions call it Shrove Tuesday). It is the day before Lent begins. It is the final day of preparation for a 40-day season of prayer and fasting that will lead up to Resurrection Sunday, the ultimate day …
Read MoreA Few Days with Eugene Peterson
Appreciate your pastoral leaders who gave you the Word of God. Take a good look at the way they live, and let their faithfulness instruct you, as well as their truthfulness. There should be a consistency that runs through us all. For Jesus doesn’t change—yesterday, …
Read MorePrayer of the Frog
Prayer of the Frog by Walter Hollenweger Sometimes, I feel like a frog, Happy in the waterpond—until I run out of air and creep on land. Happy in the fresh air, until my skins hurts in the glaring sun and I plunge back into the …
Read MoreWhy Can’t Walter Brueggemann Leave Me Alone?
Why is it that Walter Brueggemann cannot leave me alone? Why can’t he leave me to my quiet corner of the world going about my business is the same ordinary way I have always done it? Probably because the professor of the Old Testament prophets …
Read MoreA Refocused Hope
I have been reading and listening to N.T. Wright for a few years now. During the 40 days of lent earlier this year, I read through his massive work on the resurrection: The Resurrection of the Son of God. I have also read Simply Christian …
Read MoreIncarnation: Holding on to Our Tradition
An appreciation of tradition puts us on the road towards humility. Pride listens to the council of self-reliance. You don’t need to know how we got here. Just do your thing. Like a 17 year-old rock n’ roller, who wants to start a garage band, …
Read MoreLife Among Losers and Perverts
I was sadden to hear the news of Gary Lamb’s departure from ministry. He planted and pastored Revolution Church in North Georgia. He has stepped out of ministry after confessing an affair with a staff member at his church. I have prayed for Gary, his …
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