Christian Without Adjectives – Labels and The Ex-Reverend
Labels. I recall strolling the streets of Barcelona with a group of pastors. One member of our group and I were locked into a conversation about labels. One aspect of our gathering was to talk about...
View ArticleReverse Critique Or, How Our Children Expose Us
“We are going to look for another church.” The words stung the young pastor. He was quite unaware of how to proceed. Should he confront the members on their way out for some explanation? Would it be...
View ArticleThe Gospels Are Not Appetizers – Weekly Video
Living Jesus’ Way is impossible. And, maybe that is the point. Limited to our own understanding and the way we think the world works could not possibly open up space for us to love our enemies. After...
View ArticleAndrew, You Can’t Do That!
A friend called the other day. He was a bit amped up. Though many miles away, it was clear he had some energy to unload. “Why have we not heard anything from [I will write more about this group he...
View ArticleMcKnight Draws Attention to Greek Accent Just In Time for Advent
Was it Isaiah or Malachi? Maybe it was from Exodus, Malachi, and Isaiah. What does the Gospel text for the Second Sunday in Advent (Mark 1:1-8) have to do with Scot McKnight’s recent foray into ebook...
View ArticleLand’s Al (ibi) or, Mohler Selects Which Sins May Be Minimized by His Silence
Last year Dr. Al Mohler responded to questions about comments he made concerning Evangelicals and homosexuality. He remarked, But we as Evangelicals have a very sad history in dealing with this issue....
View ArticleSouhan, Moltmann, and Theology
Jim Souhan criticizes we Okies. After reading his piece in The Oklahoman titled, Don’t Act Like Okies, Minnesota, I though of responding all schoolyard. You know, something like, “And you really think...
View ArticleSigns, Small Houses, Church, and Gospel Math
A new business is going in near where we live. The east facing sign stood alone for some time. It told passersby a new storage facility would soon be built. After months of no visible activity I...
View ArticleMaterial Reality and Inerrancy or, What About Jesus’ Vision of This Life?
Could it be decades, or more, of talking only about that for which we look for after this life cheapens the gift of life itself? I think so. Yesterday I noted how Phyllis Tickle viewed the Christian...
View ArticleHealth Care for the Least of These – Go Fund Them
One of my friends makes the audacious claim that our attempts to save others may prove a waste of time as those same others may actually be the location of our own healing. Immediately we shudder, that...
View ArticleBridge to Nowhere
I first heard about the Choluteca River bridge listening to Brian McLaren talk about evangelism at the National Pastor’s Convention in San Diego a number of years ago. It was the first NPC. Listen to...
View ArticleCompared to What? – Thoughts from The Edge
In this week’s edition of Thoughts from the Edge, I offer some thoughts on a recent rant by Michael Spencer, a.k.a. internetmonk. You can read the post here. I find a place to tie in a reflection on...
View ArticleGuest Post at The Upstream Collective – What Is the Gospel?
My friends over at The Upstream Collective invited me to offer some guest posts every now and then. A new series on “Cultural Translation” has begun and I offer some thoughts on “What is the Gospel?”...
View ArticleFear the Pagitt – What Role for the Scriptures?
We Southern Baptists know how to make an issue out of the Scriptures. Al Mohler recently tweeted he was sitting in the Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter listening to Paige Patterson describe the...
View ArticleDad, Transmission, and Translatability, Part 1
What does electric power transmission have to do with faith, the Gospel, and pastoring? I am sure the other 60 people in the room wondered after Dad announced I had come to be his guest at the recent...
View ArticleReformation Day Giveaway – Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography
Weighing in on the Reformation reveals opinions as diverse as what to make of the recent indictments handed down by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Team. Nathan Finn offered the following from his...
View ArticleVoices of Hope
Some of us grew up acquainted with choirs. Recently I saw the Voices of Hope Choir on American’s Got Talent. I could not help but think there was a metaphor that would help explicate something Paul...
View ArticleInvasion of Grace – No Other Gospel
Galatians 1:3-9 Pastoral Prayer: Loving and Gracious Lord of All, influences in our lives lure us to be observers and consumers. In order to live that way and claim to follow your Son we must de-form...
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