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discipleship politics

What’s Wrong with The Religion of American Greatness?

Interview with Dr. Paul D. Miller (Georgetown University) for the new Grassroots Conversations.

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Christian Nationalism politics

What are Christian Nationalists Thinking? (notes on Christian Nationalism)

Do Christian Nationalists have cogent reasons, or just primal reactions? I look at the 3 assumptions that make it “Christian” Nationalism.

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Christian Nationalism politics

The 4 Assumptions of Nationalism (notes on Christian Nationalism)

We must look at the WHAT and the WHY of “nationalism” before we can look Christian Nationalism.

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ecclesiology evangelical evangelicalism Gospel politics Recent Posts

Why Conservative Christianity Should (and Shouldn’t Be) Charged in the Capitol Assault; or, Why the Folk Religion of Christian Nationalism is a Major Problem for the Church

Should conservative Christianity be charged as partially responsible for inciting violence in the past Capitol Assault and possibly in the near future at Biden’s inauguration? Arrests are still being made as responsibility is being assessed for the destruction and death on January 6th. Should Conservative American Christianity be added to the list? How do we […]

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ecclecia ecclesiology Eucharist politics Recent Posts

How Not To Discern the Body of Jesus

What Do You See? What we expect to see is often what we end up seeing.  Expectations are everything. And changing them is hard.   The same is true for Communion, or the Lord’s Supper, or the Eucharist (depending on your tradition).   Paul tells not to eat or drink of the Lord’s Supper “without […]

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ecclesiology Gospel Leadership missional Pentecost politics theology

Does Pentecost lead to democracy?

Asking if Pentecost leads to democracy might sound like an odd question.  But I really want to ask whether Christianity has a particular political-social form.  In other words, is Christianity particularly suited for (or the cause of) Western Liberalism? Or, does the Spirit that animates Pentecost also animate democracy? Pentecost and Equality Some see Pentecost, […]

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Culture evangelical Glory of God Gospel Jesus Leadership politics Recent Posts

The Loving Militancy of Church Clarity: 5 Ways its just like the Nashville Statement

I choose messy relationships over Church Clarity. And I choose messy relationships over the Nashville Statement (as I’ve said here and here, and David Fitch and I discussed on our podcast). In fact, as I process the launch of Church Clarity I see 5 ways that Church Clarity is just the inversion of the Nashville […]

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evangelical evangelicalism politics Recent Posts

Are Evangelicals White? A Brief History

CEOs withdraw from Trump’s advisory councils because of the Presidents bankrupt statements about Charlottesville—maybe because of their moral backbone, but probably because of the financial bottomline. But so far no evangelical advisors have stepped down. It makes people ask, “Are evangelicals really are just White?” For some this is self-evident. Others vigorously deny it. And […]

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politics Recent Posts

How to Connect with Congress regarding Refugees

This post is about 1) why and how to connect with your member of Congress AND 2) the letter and phone call I plan to make to Peter Roskam, my congressional representative (who happens to be a Republican).

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evangelical evangelicalism politics Racism

Subordination and #AltonSterling

I was about halfway through another post talking about theology and the Trinity and why claims for the “eternal subordination of Son” makes for bad theology. And then I saw the new about #AltonSterling, another black man shot by white police. And so I wrote this instead, because I couldn’t finish the other post…(it is […]