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Red Letter Bibles: Should Publishers Print Them?
Read more: Red Letter Bibles: Should Publishers Print Them?There is love, in the red letters There is truth, in the red letters There is hope for the hopeless, peace and forgiveness There is life, in the red letters These lyrics come from the song Red Letters sung by dc Talk in their album, Supernatural, released in 1998. For some, this song is undoubtedly…
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“Karl Barth is Evil”: The Strong and the Weak
Read more: “Karl Barth is Evil”: The Strong and the WeakIn the undergraduate class I am teaching this semester, one of the research assignments students can choose is an analysis of the Barth and Bultmann debate over the nature of Jesus’ resurrection. One student who chose this assignment later changed their mind; this person sent me an email asking if it would be possible change…
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Sweeney Todd & Total Depravity
Read more: Sweeney Todd & Total DepravityWhen I originally saw Sweeney Todd at the theatres in December 2007 my first thought was, “I need to preach a sermon on this.” So in this season leading up to Halloween I thought I’d relive some of those original thoughts and share them with you. Also, if you are looking for a good movie…
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The Gospel According to Job: Job 9:32-35
Read more: The Gospel According to Job: Job 9:32-35Job is my favorite book of the bible. In some ways, this is a bit terrifying. Something in the back of my mind tells me that liking the book of Job so much might not be such a good idea. I say this because if you are always pondering the book of Job, then it…
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Changing the World
Read more: Changing the World“Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world.” This quote, posted by Mark Zuckerberg in tribute to Steve Jobs on the day of his passing last week, makes a pretty incredible statement: Steve Jobs qualifies to be remembered as a person of such influence, that he can go down in history as…
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More Multi-Site in Every Ecclesiological Serving (Part 2)
Read more: More Multi-Site in Every Ecclesiological Serving (Part 2)It’s estimated that there are over 2,000 churches in America that employ the multi-site model in some form. What are their reasons for doing so and is there biblical support for this decision? Browsing through the web for proponents of the multi-site church model reveals a number of arguments in favor of multi-site that are also true of…
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…So I’m Kind of a Pacifist
Read more: …So I’m Kind of a PacifistI say kind of because I’m very inconsistent. On the one hand I enjoy movies about famous wars or war heroes (Gladiator, The Patriot, We Were Soldiers, Saving Private Ryan), I like some violent video games (Halo, Call of Duty), and I have complete respect for those who are willing to support their country and subject…
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Joining in the Dance of the Merrymakers: A Meditation on Jeremiah 31
Read more: Joining in the Dance of the Merrymakers: A Meditation on Jeremiah 31Over the past month or so, I have been making my way through the book of Jeremiah. Sometimes I read through a number of chapters and at other times, something sticks with me from the text and I can’t get past a few verses. This happened about a week and a half ago as I…
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Journeying with Jobs: Finding Biblical Encouragements from the Life of a Legend
Read more: Journeying with Jobs: Finding Biblical Encouragements from the Life of a LegendOn October 5th, the world has begun to mourn the loss of one of its most creative innovators, tenacious entrepreneurs, and iconic figureheads in the passing of Steve Jobs. From the petri-dish of creativity that was a silicon valley garage, Jobs constructed a company that competes with Exxon-Mobil for the largest market capitalization. Obama has…
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Double the Church Sites, Double the Fun: Multi-Site Churches: Part 1
Read more: Double the Church Sites, Double the Fun: Multi-Site Churches: Part 1Over the course of the next few weeks I’ll be looking at multi-site churches. They represent an increasingly popular phenomenon, aided in no small part by advances in technology. In this first installment, we’ll look briefly at what multi-site churches are, with future installments looking at the arguments in favor of and against using such…