manifesto (ˌmænɪˈfɛstəʊ) — n , pl -tos , -toes a public declaration of intent, policy, aims, etc, as issued by apolitical party, government, or movement I am endlessly fascinated by the machinations of the modern church, in our varied attempts to justify our own existence. When we feel that sentiment is pulling toward social engagement, we become activists. When it is pulling toward leadership and programming, we become businessmen. When it pulls toward conversionism, we become evangelists. There… Read More »
Childlike Wonder
I wouldn’t trade being the father of a little girl for anything in the world. My sister has five sons (ages 11-1), and I have a couple of friends with lots of boys. I wouldn’t mind having a boy as well, but Ariel is a tremendous joy. Her friend Paige comes over a couple times… Read More »
Wright's The New Testament and the People of God
Thanks to a big sale at Logos Bible Software, I got four books from N.T. Wright for practically nothing. Although Resurrection and the Son of God wasn’t on sale, I got the first two books of the series for less than $10. They retail for around $40. Last night I started reading The New Testament and… Read More »
Something About Jesus
I learned something interesting yesterday and I thought I would share. In rabbinical Judaism, there are varying degrees of illegitimacy of a child. The lowest possible kind was a mamzer – the child of adultery, incest or other vile sexual sin. But there is another type called a shetuki. This word literally means “silent one”… Read More »
IKON
At Bedford Road, we finished up Luke 5 yesterday. To be honest, I am still a little surprised that it took me so long to work through the chapter but there is just so much depth to these first encounters with Jesus. The way Jesus turned these people’s lives around, and then he encounters a… Read More »
Next Steps?
Steps are pretty important when it comes to getting from one level of a building to another. Otherwise, we’d be jumping and climbing a lot. Our guys are installing new steps on our stage, and as they work on it, it reminds me that every journey takes steps. If the steps are planned out and… Read More »
Insanely Simple: TWO
There are only two kinds of people in the world: Those headed toward God Those headed away from Him. We try to divide the world into denominations and religions, but in reality there are just two kinds of people. God calls to ALL MEN, and salvation is sufficient for all, but not all will come to Him.… Read More »
Insanely Simple
I am going to be running a review of the upcoming book Insanely Simple by Ken Segall (look for the review in April), and reading the manuscript got me thinking a lot about our approach to the work of the church. Our modern age, on the coattails of the medieval one, has a pension for complicating things.… Read More »
Could Jesus Have Been a Shipbuilder?
The first minute and a half or so of this clip from The Passion of the Christ is one of the most heartwarming of the entire film (mind you, this is not exactly a cuddly film). But how accurate is it? Recently, there has been a lot of controversy online about the “masculine nature” of… Read More »
Could Jesus Have Been a Shipbuilder?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7v5bWzx4yE] The first minute and a half or so of this clip from The Passion of the Christ is one of the most heartwarming of the entire film (mind you, this is not exactly a cuddly film). But how accurate is it? Recently, there has been a lot of controversy online about the “masculine nature”… Read More »
