Apprentice 2 Jesus

Culture

  • A lament for the American Church

    From Soong-Chan Tah’s book, Prophetic Lament Read more

  • The lack of lament

    I am beginning a book by Soong-Chan Rah called Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. It is a series by IVP that does biblical commentary within the application of current cultural commentary. This one is on Lamentations. His claim is we have no songs of lament in our American Christian culture. We… Read more

  • We remember

    Read more

  • Our love for public shaming

    Read more

  • The number is 300,000

    While our shallow “journalistic” coverage, only driven by our shallow American desire for, well, all things American and culturally relevant to us… and can really stir up controversy on social media… fixates on one county in Kentucky, the story we refuse to pay attention to, among so many, is the immigrant crisis in Europe. As… Read more

  • The anger of Jesus

    I have walked slowly through Mark 1-4 the past few days… over and over. There is a story of a man with a withered hand (Mark 3:1-6). The religious leaders are all standing around seeing if Jesus would dare to heal a man on … horrors! … the Sabbath.  5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved… Read more

  • The Daniel Generation has to KNOW THEIR GOD

    The American Church is headed for a new Dark Ages … but it doesn’t have to. Read more

  • The Daniel Generation

    In our day it’s important to realize we are bridging key cultural shifts. For those my age (somewhere north of 39, you know) it is key we pay attention. This is a word I think the Lord dropped into my heart as I listened to a great preacher utilize the text from Daniel: He shall… Read more

  • Slay the hashtag!

    The latest hashtag movement: #WeStandWithWDBJ Just like #bringbackourgirls and Kony and whatever else… it will fade away and people will go back to their normal routines and nothing will be done. (NOTE: Kony wasn’t brought down by a hashtag.) Here is how “journalists” can honor the two killed live on TV (and I’m not going… Read more

  • Are we MOVED?

    40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” (Mark 1:40-41) Indignant. Other translations choose “moved with compassion.” Early in Mark’s gospel we see… Read more