I am not great at sound-bite theology. You know the kind I am talking about. It’s those pithy little sayings, often in 140 characters or less that seem so spiritual, deep, and insightful. They are easy to remember getting passed on time and again until they become accepted as a given, collective, cultural, truism. To [...]
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Why Forgetting the Church and Just Following Jesus is Not an Option
Posted: April 4, 2012 in Christians and Culture, community, Uncategorized9
The Paparazzi, Facebook, and Our Need to be Known
Posted: May 28, 2010 in Christians and Culture, community, Fear, UncategorizedTags: 1st Corinthians 13, alienation, belonging, community, Facebook, I Corinthians 13:12, Jerry Springer, Jon and kate, LinkedIn
I have been thinking recently about the seemingly growing mass of people who do things just to be noticed and known. The examples are so numerous that it is hard to decide which ones NOT to mention. Just think on some headlines over the last few months. Remember “Balloon Boy” and his parents scam to [...]
Provocative Bible Verses: No One Lacked Anything They Needed
Posted: August 18, 2009 in communityTags: Acts 2:45, community, love your neighbor, sacirifce for one another
Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. The Book of Acts 2:45 If there was ever a passage that ran counter to our culture of accumulation then this is it. The first generation of followers of Jesus made sure that no one who was a part of their new [...]
Common Ground Between “Pagan Christianity” and “Provocative Christianity”.
Posted: August 16, 2009 in community, DiscipleshipTags: Frank Viola, House Church, Pagan Christianity, Provocative Christianity
A few days ago I had breakfast with Frank Viola. No he is not the Cy Young winning pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins, although that would be a great breakfast also. This Frank Viola is the author of “Pagan Christianity”, a book that calls the church to consider the ways in which we [...]
Jesus’ Answer to the Economic Crisis
Posted: March 20, 2009 in community, loving your neighborTags: Acts 2:44-45, answers to the economic crisis, House Church, Jesus and the economy, john 13:34, love one another, loving your neighbor, materialism, Philippians 2:5-8
I am not a big fan of the WWJD bracelets, simply for the reason that a very good question, “What Would Jesus Do” quickly became a cliche’ and not a way of life. But with that said I have to ask the question about the current economic crisis, “What Would Jesus Do?” It is an [...]
What the Lord of the Rings can Teach Christians About Community Pt 2
Posted: January 19, 2009 in communityTags: christian community, Ephesians 6:12, Koinonia, Lord of the Rings, spiritual warfare
“For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” Ephesians 6:12 What is it that binds people together into the type of community that the Bible refers to as “koinonia – a [...]
