We work really hard to manage our lives. Often we find ourselves worn out by managing to live in spite of our nagging passions that run afoul of the Way of Jesus. Dallas Willard suggests we have lived under the weight of “the Gospel of Sin Management.” Our aim … Continue reading
The only miracle common to all four Gospel writers is the feeding of the crowd with five loaves of bread and two fishes. Could it be that it was also miraculous that a teacher of Jesus popularity took the occasion to feed a people without expectation there would be … Continue reading
If you have not clicked on and viewed this week’s “Weekly Video,” consider taking the less than five minutes to do so. One of my current favorite authors is dubbed into the video from a talk he gave. In our highly socialized, Facebook, world, he really asks us to … Continue reading
Read MoreMy recent post on “The Church as Benevolent Slave Girl” garnered some interesting responses here and elsewhere. I could not help but think of one critique that referred to the way in which we sometimes talk about the Sacred Text in a way that betrays our confidence … Continue reading
Read MoreEach week I like to post a video. The content varies. It may be a brief clip of N.T. Wright. Or, maybe a song by a group introduced to me by Steve McCoy like, “I, Love, You” by the Avett Brothers. During the weeks of Advent I liked a … Continue reading
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