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A Pro-Life Ethic Revisited
I want to return to my theme of a pro-life ethic. By this I don’t an ethic only anchored in abortion or right to life. It’s an ethic I want to build for ALL of life. But I return to it because of the horrifying case of Kermit Gosnell. He was convicted of killing three babies after they were born.…
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Shouldn’t it be DIFFERENT?
N T Wright in Simply Jesus leaves me with all kinds of crazy questions. If Jesus IS King… why are in such a mess? What has gone wrong? Or, what IS going wrong? One of the tough questions he poses: What is the use of announcing love and peace if you make angry, violent war to achieve it? The message…
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There is ALWAYS Something to Attack
Just when I think I find something new to explore, to look at and see if it something that begins to describe what I am sensing in my own spiritual life, along comes an attack on that exact position. Anthony Bradley takes a swing at the terms “missional” and “radical” and calls it the “new legalism.” Just when I was…
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What is “Good News?”
Reading in an Acts commentary by N.T. Wright, I am summarizing some of his thoughts on what it means to have “good news” come to us. Good news isn’t about getting in touch with your inner spiritual self. It’s not about committing yourself to a life of prayer, worship, and good works. It’s not even about believing some particular theory…
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Rob Bell just…
… Actually, I have no comment… and honestly no care. I just needed some blog hits today and having Rob Bell in the tag really helps. Friends, there are just so many more things that are far more worthy of our spiritual attention and prayer. Rob Bell makes me yawn.
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Careful, Your Inner Zealot is Showing
Scot McKnight has a good word regarding “evangelicals” and “zealotry.” We need to be mindful of what is GOOD and JUST, and not allow our own quest for “being right” get in the way of true freedom in Christ. But, overall, our zeal should be for Christ and his Kingdom and not our own particular agendas, no matter our particular…
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No Other Name
12 Salvation can be found in no one else. Throughout the whole world, no other name has been given among humans through which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12, CEB) “People say this is arrogant, or exclusive, or triumphant. So, indeed it can be, if Christians use the name of Jesus to further their own power or prestige. But for many…
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A Pro-Life Ethic in a Sexually Charged Culture
This story really caught my attention for several reasons. 1. It’s in Iowa. I thought this might be something from New York or California or Florida. But this case happened in Iowa. 2. The court’s decision was 7-0. No dissenting votes. The boss could actually fire his employee because she was too attractive. But beyond that, I thought about the…
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The Way of Peace is Found in Following the Prince of Peace
One of our Advent readings today is Eph. 6:10-20. It’s one we, as Pentecostals, love. Spiritual warfare. Here is the ironic thing I find in this passage and our current attitude in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting. On the one hand I’m fairly sure I could get almost 100 percent agreement from my fellow Pentecostals that we need…
Category: Theology
