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Exploring The Didache

Tony Jones has a new book coming out on the Didache (pronounced DID-ah-kay) called The Teaching of the Twelve: Believing & Practicing the Primitive Christianity of the Ancient Didache Community. It’s a Jesus Way kind of book written before anyone could co-opt the word.  I kind of wonder if this is the first emerging church …

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Straight From The Horses Mouth

“We all have a hunger for certitude.  And the problem is the Gospel is not about certitude, it’s about fidelity.  So what we all want to do if we can is immediately transpose fidelity into certitude.  Because fidelity is a relational category and certitude is a flat mechanical category.  So we have to acknowledge our …

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Jay-Z and Luther Get Mashed Up

[RSS - See Embedded Video] This was creative. PS: If you saw this earlier, I changed the title because I had a brain fart.  I completely blanked and credited it to Dr. Dre.  Silly me.

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Non Violent Exceptions?

Recently I asked what it meant to approach conflict with the idea that, “There is no war!“  And without a doubt the dialogs on non-violent resistance always leads to a single exception to the rule of love.  We can’t help but articulate it because as parents we feel the responsibility to protect our children.  Storm …

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The Charter For Compassion

[RSS - See Embedded Video] (ht) I absolutely implore you to watch this right now.  Or get involved. It’s only 2:10.  But it blows doors on any sermon I’ve heard in a long time.  If this were the message being preached, which is a return to the heart of the Kingdom message Jesus preached, it …

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All Is Love

[RSS - See Embedded Video] I didn’t really like this song when I first heard it.  And then I saw the movie.  For some reason its just this infectious little tune that has grown on me. It’s good to remember love.

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Non-Violent Resistance

What if the way to end a war begins with saying, “There is no war.”? A couple of days ago, I was browsing through my Blog Reader and came across this title” “Winning The Drug War By Ending It” The title refers to a short post from Andrew Sullivan on the war on drugs, but …

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Interesting Stuff

Frank Schaeffer takes on the New Atheists, calling for a more introspective and redemptive dialog, and what it means to follow Jesus in these days. ————————————————————————– Makeesha asks, “What the alternative to Tucker Max?“  Great question. ————————————————————————– Skye Jethani asks, “What did you say?“  Quotes of absurdity.  Some of these are gut bustingly funny. ————————————————————————– …

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A Word For A Wounded Heart

I heard a new word today.  And I like it. Recently I’ve been exploring some of the theories behind atonement.  And a friend recommended a book called Triune Atonement by Andrew Sung Park.  I haven’t read it yet, but it looks intriguing.  After doing some looking around Park seems to be known for highlighting a …

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Why God Gave Us Dogs

[RSS - See Embedded Video] I admit it.  I’m a dog person.  My dog does this every day for me.

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