Theological Issues For The Next Decade
Note: I’m making some changes to this blog in the coming year. I’m going to be expanding my focus. I hope to have a blog redesign very soon. But in the meantime… ———————————————————— What are the theological questions that need to be explored in the coming decade? Here is my list. 1. What is the problem? Much of the conversation …
The Great Commandment
Mark Batterson writes in his book Primal: “The great commandment is the lost soul of Christianity. If Jesus said that loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength is the most important commandment, then doesn’t it logically follow that we ought to spend an inordinate amount of our time and energy trying to understand it and obey it? …
Spiritual Excuses
When Jesus said: (New International Version) 22Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. 23“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets. (Luke 6:22-23) He wasn’t …
Jesus Is Toast
[RSS - See Embedded Video] We see what we want to see.
The Loss Of A Virtual Friend
If anyone doubts the reality or validity of virtual relationships, wait until someone who you know only through the virtual world commits suicide. Yesterday was one of those remarkably surreal days. I was perched in the corner of Starbucks and periodically checking my Twitter account when I read the following tweet. “@jbonewald: Sadenned to hear of the death of one …
Christmas Consumerism
I am so unmotivated for Christmas. And I honestly have Chris Seay to thank for that. The journey began a couple of years ago at Q. I wrote about it then and still feel it now. My heart changed that day. Well, Q finally posted the entire video of Chris’ talk online. I dare you to watch it right now …
I Refuse To Believe In That God Too 2
[RSS - See Embedded Video] (ht) Chalk this one up in the growing series of, “I refused to believe in that God too.” There is only one appropriate response to this video…laugh. The sad thing is I know people who think exactly the way God sounds in this video. But what they fail to see is that it sounds more …
An Economic Mess
What happens when those who have forget how to let go? I have a lot of friend who wish they were financially wealthy. And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard, “If I were rich, I would give it all away.” It’s a nice sentiment, but one I sometimes strain to believe. And here’s why. The above chart …
Radical Uncertainty
Two videos hit me this week dealing with the same principle of radical uncertainty. The first is a comedic interview between Stephen Colbert and Andy Schlafly, who is creating Conservapedia. Andy is a hoot to watch but Stephen throws out a line that captured my attention. He said, “Who are these people who are the experts because I want to …
Straight From The Horses Mouth
“The irony is that even within Christian churches, we’re already post-denominational. Christian churches are already seeing that the issues that defined the denominations are mostly dead issues for people today. The connections are across denominations. Amazing movement called the emerging church. Not only says, ‘to hell with denominations but to hell with church building, traditions pretty much as a whole. …
