Month: October 2007

Hello my intellectual internet friends, I’m preaching through the book of Luke these days (actually the last several years), and this last week was on Luke 10:17-24. In this passage the 70 disciples that had…

Hi Folks, Crazy last 9 days for me!*Last Friday through Sunday participated in a conference on faith and politics in Kansas.*Monday was in meetings all day at Woodland Hills Church.*Tuesday worked 14 hours on my…

Hello internet friends, I spent the weekend at a conference at Heston College, a small Mennonite college located just outside of Witchita. I and John Roth, a Mennonite historian, held several sessions and participated in…

Here’s a thought: It’s hard to deny that capitalism is the best economic system around. It creates wealth far better than feudalism, communism, socialism or any other system one could name. But for all its…

Wow, did I have a great time at the Faith and Politics Conference at Yale (it was actually called “Voices and Votes”)! It was quite an experience returning to my Alma Mater after 25 years….

Here are my thoughts for the day on the topic of JUSTICE. People so often say things like: “The Bible calls us to stand for justice” and “We need to live out the biblical mandate…

Sorry. Sorry. Sorrrrrry! I know I know I know. Dr. Boyd is a bad bad blogger. I’ve been completely and totally and unequivocally SWAMPED this week. Honestly. Here’s quick update for today and I promise…

Heh folks, Just a reflection for the day. One of the passages most frequently cited in attempts to refute the open view of the future is Psalm 139:16. Here David says that God viewed him…