Lighten Up: A Seeker-Sensitive Church Naming Committee

3 Traits of a Jesus Kind of Church April 7, 2016

A Jesus kind of church (See an introductory post on this here) is called to represent God, just as Christ did. The church is Christ continuing to manifest the true God. Bonhoeffer put it this way, “The Church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ Himself who has taken form…

Lighten Up: Arming Jesus July 25, 2014

This is an actual product that you can buy. But don’t. Please don’t.

Lighten Up: Shoot Christians Say August 9, 2013

Lighten Up: Every Knee Will Bow January 24, 2014

There will be a lot of surprises on the last day. This one would be kind of fun.

The “Christus Victor” View of the Atonement November 29, 2018

God accomplished many things by having his Son become incarnate and die on Calvary. Through Christ God revealed the definitive truth about himself (Rom 5:8, cf. Jn 14:7-10); reconciled all things, including humans, to himself (2 Cor 5:18-19; Col 1:20-22), forgave us our sins (Ac 13:38; Eph 1:7); healed us from our sin-diseased nature (1…

Lighten Up: Jesus is so lucky to have us November 1, 2013

This would actually be funnier if it wasn’t so true.