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It’s Still the NIV2011
The more I work through texts these days the more impressed I am with the NIV2011. It reads well publicly. Withe CEB leaves me wondering at times… The freshness of the language should catch on. I still have a tough time with the slight Reformed bent of the ESV (at least by its advocates.) Every time I drift away from…
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Steve Jobs and Passion
When Steve Jobs stepped down from Apple it was apparent he didn’t have much longer to live in this world. There is no way a man with that passion would step aside for any other reason. My friend Mark Stevens reflects on Jobs and doing what you love. I so wholeheartedly agree, I encourage you to read his post. I’m…
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The Great Shock of God Doing Something New
In preparation for our church’s prayer retreat this weekend I am reading through Acts. When I come to Acts 10, I pray through this scenario and ask challenging questions. I will never forget several years ago working my way through this passage and asking, “Lord, what segment of our society today would be like the Gentiles?” In Peter’s day, the…
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The Call to Come Aside
Our church is preparing for a weekend prayer and fasting retreat. The agenda is simply prayer. We are using the Book of Acts as our starting point for prayer. In preparation this week, I am challenged by the command of Jesus: “Go and wait until you receive power.” Just wait. And wait until it happens. (Whatever “it” is.) It’s longer…
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Preaching the Prophetic or Preaching the Politics?
Today seems to be a day where a bunch of preachers are going to “climb into their pulpits” and brazenly give their political views. First of all, not too many conservative evangelicals (and that is what they are talking about in this story) “climb into pulpits.” They kind of dance onto a stage, I think. Well, “dance” may not be…
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Fun with my “Hacked” Nook
Practicing with my “Android” reader, I have downloaded the Olive Tree Reader, along with the Cadre Bible. Both allow me to have downloaded Bibles so I don’t need to be connected to wifi. While I am still getting used to electronic Bible reading, it is more useful for taking notes within the text. The Olive Tree Reader is easier to…
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Christian Vampires
Scot McKnight in his book, The King Jesus Gospel, quotes one of my favorite writers and thinkers, Dallas Willard. He takes Willard’s “gospel of sin management” and puts it in his context of h0w our culture is missing the gospel. We don’t want to follow Jesus. We want him to get rid of our sin problem, then we’ll see him…
