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Guest 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?” The post will go live on Wednesday, if not sooner. It is Continue reading

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You Think You have the truth …

It began, well I cannot really remember when it began. Maybe it was the incessant “matter-of-fact” certainty espoused by some only to discover the “matter-of-fact” did not influence the ethics of these elite former heroes of mine. Maybe it was closer to home. Could be it was the idea … Continue reading

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Surprised at Dinner – Blessed

A few weeks ago Glenn planned to take our staff to dinner – he and Jeanene. We set the date and then discovered I would be out of town so we rescheduled to last evening. Glenn and Jeanene dabble in antiques. They often reserve booth space at Affair of Continue reading

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Round the Room Conversations – McLaren, Franke, McKnight, Guder and Keel

What would you like to ask? Shapevine co-founder Lance Ford proved a great interviewer for an “Around the Room Roundtable” recently at Biblical Theological Seminary. On campus for the Missional Christianity … Church Beyond Borders Conference at Biblical, Brian McLaren, John Franke, Scot McKnight, Darrell Continue reading

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Love Trumps Submission … McKnight at BTS

My brother Trent is a Cubs fan. He and Scot McKnight would enjoy conversations over the “Cubbies.” No doubt they both held out hope there would be no October meltdown. But, like the stock market decline, the Cubs crashed and burned.

It was quite fun to listen to Scot, … Continue reading

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