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Children of the Father or Disciples of Christ?

An essential failure in disciple in our church, and perhaps in evangelicalism, is dawning on me.  Not only a failure to follow Christ in his radical discipleship, in his self-giving love, in his calls from/against the world, for the sake of the world.  This failure of discipleship is of course the great omission of which […]

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Augustinian Inversions

I posted Augustinian Inversions: How would the Bishop Contend in Postmodernity? over at church and pomo. This is how it begins… — Over the last several years of studying contemporary (continental) philosophy and theology and the theology of Augustine, I’ve noticed several recurring themes, or rather, inversion of themes between contemporary theological battles and those […]

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Story of Stuff: Bottled Water

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Bake the bread; give it away.

You need to bake the bread before you give it away.  Likewise, we need to nurture the church to bless the world.  These are the basic movements of the church gathered and scattered. So often we forget one of these steps.  For some, the moment of blessing the world is so emphasized, of going to […]

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NPR on Evangelicals

Here is an interesting piece by NPR on Evangelicals, spurred on my McLaren’s book.  Listen to it below, or read it at NPR.

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Hazards of Homebrewing

So here is a picture of the dangers of homebrewing.  This is a porter that we started last weekend.  If Ivan hadn’t discovered the clogged airlocks (which let the little yeast farts out), the lid probably would have blown, spraying perfectly good almost-beer all around the basement.

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Missional Church Conflict: Mercy is for Mission

When I say mercy is for mission,  I’m not talking about the mission of mercy and justice in the world as a witness to all of the power of the gospel (at least, not right now).  Rather, I’m talking about the mercy God has poured out on all sinners in the life, death, and resurrection […]

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I Passed

So I finally passed by Qualifying Exams, which is the test to end all tests.  So that means I’ll be back blogging, reading/responding to blogs, and other things.  It has really been too long.

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This time in two weeks I’ll begin my comprehensive exams for my doctoral program.  So I just wanted to you all to know that I’ll be checking out of blogging (and most other social media) until after that (which I have already been doing, if you haven’t noticed).

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Two Week Until Comprehensive Exams

This time in two weeks I’ll begin my comprehensive exams for my doctoral program. So I just wanted to you all to know that I’ll be checking out of blogging (and most other social media) until after that (which I have already been doing, if you haven’t noticed). So, pray for me to pass and […]