Category: Church Life

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    What is essential

    Over the past few weeks I have listened to an argument online about the problems of evangelicalism. Two books that recently came out have seemed to arrive at different solutions because they perceive two different problems with evangelicalism. The Holy Post Podcast weighed on the books, the authors, and more in this episode and it is worth the listen. One…

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    Facing the apocalypse

    Anxiety is up. Frustration is high. Anger boils over. AI will take over the world. “I, Robot” was right all along.

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    A confession: I am a big fat failure

    Ezekiel 2:1-7 The biblical calling to a ministry is so different than the “call” Western Christianity calls people to. Ezekiel is called to the prophetic ministry. That has a certain connotation in certain Charismatic/Pentecostal circles, and I would venture to guess that the picture we have in our minds is different than Ezekiel’s call.

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    Worth your time

    “My job is to give myself to Jesus. His job is to transform me.” John Mark Comer in THIS INTERVIEW . When what you thought was “conservative” and “evangelical” turns dark, where do you go and what do you do? Nancy French shares her powerful story HERE. Some thoughts on Beyonce’s new album from some Christian artists and thinkers is…

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    A deepening of my faith and calling

    Two recent books that have deepened my faith and calling: This Foundational Order by Dr. Tara Jernigan The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography by Dr. Alan Jacobs

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    The way home

    I am wrapping up Russell Moore’s book, Losing Our Religion and if there are two places I would copy and keep near me at all times, it would be the section where he talked about the need to make peace with homelessness and the conclusion to the book. Moore is a Southern Baptist to the core, so YES the conclusion…

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    Laying out “Christian Nationalism”

    “Christian nationalism is not a politically enthusiastic version of Christianity, nor is it a religiously informed patriotism. Christian nationalism is a prosperity gospel for nation-states, a liberation theology for white people.” (Russell Moore, Losing Our Religion, p. 117, emphasis added)

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    This is the day I look for

    I am always glad the daily office readings end in Revelation as the New Testament reading. It makes me homesick every time. There will be a time when war will be no more. A time when heaven and earth are truly joined together. A time when our King will finally be known in fullness to all and what we know…

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    Our American Christian aversion to not being in power

    Christendom has protected us from the beginning. We, as American Christians, have never been the “minority” voice. The influence of Christendom (not necessarily Christianity) runs deep because this nation has roots deep in Christendom. That does not mean “this nation was founded as a Christian nation.” Those are not identical comments.

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    The famine of our time

    There are physical famines all around us. Drought conditions are crippling regions of the world. Spiritual famine is real. It is very real in places where churches think they are doing well. The Spirit is trying to warn believers of these conditions. The warnings are being ignored .