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Theology of Joy
Wonderful discussion between NT Wright and Miroslav Volf.
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Why we read Scriptures in every worship service
We follow a public reading of Scripture format every service. They are designed to keep us mindful of the story. The church needs constantly to learn, and constantly to be working on, the practice of telling and retelling the great stories of the world and Israel, especially the creation and the Exodus; the great promises that emerged from those stories;…
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Am I willing to be “Exhibit A?”
Transformation of the heart, soul, and mind isn’t done in a vacuum. This isn’t a “me and Jesus” effort. This is a BODY OF CHRIST effort. We need to surrender our ideals about “rugged individualism” and see the benefit of the Body of Christ. Walking in true transformation means I need to be willing to be “Exhibit A.” I’m willing…
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Transformational thinking starts with suffering. Really.
Picking up N T Wright’s book, After You Believe, is a tremendous bonus as I work through these texts on “live dead” for my messages on Sunday. Wright does not pull any punches. He examines the New Testament texts thoroughly. While a lot of his writing sounds a lot like the old “Kingdom Now” theology, it varies off wildly from…
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Be anxious for nothing. Really.
I am working through a series I’ve called “Live Dead.” I am using the missions theme our denomination uses that is building teams to go into the hardest areas of the world and from that exploring what it means to “live dead” as American Christians. I’ve been drawing from the New Testament readings each week in our services (Revised Common…
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9.14.14 Kevin Senapatiratne Heights Church Podcast
Heights Church Podcast, special guest Kevin Senapatiratne (Technical difficulties in the last attempt — this link will work!) Subscribe in a reader or on iTunes
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Apprehended by Christ
I’ve been home a week and have hit the ground running. It’s left me little time to reflect on the Ethiopia trip, as I had to dive right back into teaching here, getting up to speed on our church property and how the marketing of the property is progressing, etc. Preparing for Sunday, I’ve slowed down somewhat to look at…
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Winner take all
The climate we live in currently in our culture is “winner take all.” Politically, it’s suicide to think of “compromise.” Horrors! In the Christian life, there is a particular way to think of “winner take all” in a proper perspective. It is in the pursuit of Christ. Jesus is Victor. He gets all of us. We then get the opportunity…
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9.28.14 Missionary Josh Amiot Heights Church Podcast
Heights Church Podcast, special guest Missionary Josh Amiot Subscribe in a reader or on iTunes
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The ordinary radical
In the current tension between “radical” (via David Platt, Francis Chan, et al) and the case for the “ordinary” (latest from Michael Horton), there is some sort of balance to strike. We don’t want complacency in our lives, but we should learn something of the term Paul calls content. We don’t want our lives so set on edge we burn the…
