Read previous posts in this series: Introduction The Narrative Question The Authority Question The God Question The Jesus Question The Gospel Question The Church Question For some reason, every time I write about the issue of sexuality, I get myself into trouble. I’m not sure how I do it, but I do. McLaren seems to… Read More »
Book Review – Stuff Christians Like
Jonathan Acuff and I have a lot in common. We’re both preacher’s kids. We both have a satirical bend when it comes to commenting on Christians. We’re both on Twitter and Facebook. We both blog. Of course, there’s one huge difference. Jonathan Acuff has a published book. I can’t even focus on actually writing my… Read More »
Sermons and Shock Value
One of the big trends among my contemporaries is sermons and sermon series designed to shock people. They do topical series on things not normally discussed ‘in church’ – subjects like sex (in various forms) seem to come up a lot. On the whole, I avoid doing series on things like this. My reasoning is… Read More »
The Superman Problem
One of the major problems with Christians in general and pastors/missionaries in specific is the unconscious (I hope) necessity for creating alter egos. What do I mean by this? Let’s take a Christian. A good person who loves Jesus and is faithful in their obligations as a Christian. But he/she attends a church where there… Read More »
Church – What Does It Look Like?
One of the things I have really been trying to listen closely to lately is Christ’s heart for his people, especially in this time when everything seems to have ground to a halt. I don’t mean the Spirit’s moving, but everything else. We live in a world where Pakistan, India, North Korea, Iran and only… Read More »
My Wife Asks, “Where Are the Prostitutes?
This week, I found a post on our Facebook group. It was written by my wife as a reflection on a message from March, when we were working our way through the Easter Season – a special time of repentance. I hope reading it is as much of a challenge to you as it was… Read More »
