- 04/05/2011
Democracy and the Role of the U.S. in the Middle East
Can any good come from our continued military intervention in the Middle East? Does our involvement bring peace or foment further division?
- 04/02/2011
Consumers or Creators: Being of the World or Being God's People
Consumers tend to seek experiences or, more accurately, replicate the experiences of others whose image they think is popular
- 03/16/2011
Empowered to Act: Why Christians Should Change the World
The idea that Christians are to bring healing into the world—the restoration of people and the reformation of systems that hinder them—seems reasonable enough
- 03/08/2011
Being For People and the World Rather than Against
Too often, our attitude toward the surrounding culture and those who make it up is judgmental and condemning.
- 03/01/2011
What Does the Christian Do?
If “all the Law” hangs on loving God and loving others, then to love God is to obey him and to obey him is to love others.
- 02/22/2011
Why Knowing Yourself Matters
The point in obtaining a true knowledge of ourselves is so we stop relying on our own righteousness, our own goodness, stop deluding ourselves
- 02/15/2011
Knowing Thyself is Key to Knowing God
For me, the pursuit of accurate self-knowledge is an essential starting point in modern Christian discipleship.
- 02/08/2011
The Kingdom is Revealed through We not Me
Our civilization appears to be racing toward self-destruction and the church appears indistinguishable and either ill-equipped or indifferent to arresting the demise of the very civilization it helped create.
- 02/01/2011
Why Did Jesus Come to Earth?
God’s kingdom, in which Jesus is making all things new, includes the reversal of the curse upon the dominion-exercising activity of men.
- 01/25/2011
Is Jesus a King Without a Kingdom?
Today when evangelicals speak of the gospel, they almost always mean, simply, the personal plan of salvation.
- 01/18/2011
Working Out Our Salvation with Love and Charity
Our human tendency is to build theological fortresses and lob shells over the wall toward anyone who may challenge our presuppositions and beliefs.
- 01/11/2011
Modern Discipleship: Preparing for Evacuation Rather Than Occupation
It is all too evident that biblical discipleship is either absent or woefully inadequate to producing any tangible fruit
- 11/25/2010
With Thanksgiving … Despite Other Stuff
On this Thanksgiving Day may we acknowledge the many and abundant blessings of our Father, accompanied by a deep and sorrowful repentance for our individual, corporate, and national sins.
- 11/18/2010
Secularism and Theological Indifference: A Common Cause
I find there is much confusion about secularism — what it is as well as its impact and origin. For some, secularism asserts the right to be free from religious rule
- 11/15/2010
Changing Culture: A Study in Cultural Engagement – Part 4
If I am correct — and the history of the church bears this out — then the most effective approach to changing the culture in our day begins by being a faithful presence.
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