Barack Obama – President Elect
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Barack Obama on Election Night from CNN Video
Archive for the 'Emerging Church' Category
Legislating Morality
Saturday, July 19th, 2008It’s the time again where the Christian political machine is revving up for another presidential election. This is a time, as a Christian, I truly dread. This is the time where human sexuality, abortion, gay marriage, etc., rule the voting consciences of many Christians. It comes down to a simple principle: The religious right believes [...]
Warning: The Gospels May Be Harmful to Your Religion
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008I once contemplated reading nothing from the Bible except the Gospels for an entire year. I didn’t do it, but I did read the Gospels much more often than any other books that year. That experience was probably the forerunner to my exodus from the establishment and seeking out ways to be the church outside [...]
Pagan Christianity – Hilarious Spoof Video
Friday, March 28th, 2008I love it! Update: Embedding has been turned on and off on this short, and it seems now it is back on. If you can’t get the video to play, click the link in the comments.
Biblical Understanding Through Community Experience
Friday, December 28th, 2007My friend Jason Zahariades is exploring Eastern Orthodoxy. He’s got a lot of great posts on his blog, and a recent post challenges equality in interpretation of the Scriptures. He quotes Fr. Stephen, “Literalism is a false means of interpretation (hermenuetic) and is a vain attempt to democratize the Holy writings. If they can be [...]
OpenSong – Open Source for Your Worship Services
Thursday, December 27th, 2007OpenSong is software for the Mac which can run your multimedia presentation over a projector. And the price is great: free. Definitely worth a look for those of you who use projection for your times of community worship.
Saved by Faith and What You Don’t Do
Thursday, December 27th, 2007“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” – Ephesians 2:8 There’s a disconnect in the common Evangelical doctrine of salvation between faith and works. Perhaps disconnect is not the right word, but there’s a one-sided view of “works.” While we are saved [...]
The Danger of Big Ideas
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007The Environment. Global warming. Universal Health Care. Poverty. War. These are all issues we must be concerned about. Do you feel a “but” coming? But… There’s a danger in big ideas. The danger is we transfer one cause for another. This is especially dangerous in the emerging church. Many of us have come out of [...]
Divisions in Christianity Caused by Need for Persecution
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007I have to admit, it’s pretty rare for me to read a post and see something about Christianity I have not remotely thought about. There are different takes on various ideas, insights I glean, and sometimes truths beating me over the head in such a way I begin to truly understand, but to actually go, [...]
Will Samson on John MacArthur on The Emergent Church
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007I really like what Will Samson had to say about John MacArthur’s most recent attack on the emerging church (specifically Doug Pagitt). More thoughts from me after the quote… John MacArthur on The Emergent Church: “This gives us the chance to say that we are so committed to unity in the Body of Christ that [...]