Podcast: How Should We Handle Disagreements in the Church?

Lighten Up: A Seeker-Sensitive Church Naming Committee March 27, 2015

What Kind of Sinners Feel Welcomed by Your Church? September 18, 2014

Perhaps the greatest indictment on evangelical churches today is that they are not generally known as refuge houses for sinners—places where hurting, wounded, sinful people can run and find love that does not question, an understanding that does not judge, and an acceptance that knows no conditions. To be sure, evangelical churches are usually refuge…

God’s Church is Not “Pretty” February 4, 2016

This week we’ve been looking at various aspects of what it means to be the church. Today, I want to address the paradox of how the church can be both beautiful and ugly at the same time. Jesus came into our fractured world to manifest the beauty of God’s reign and revolt against the evil…

Why have you consistently stressed the need for the Western Church to learn from the African Church? December 23, 2007

Question: I’ve heard you argue that the white Western church has a lot to learn theologically from African cultures. What is it specifically that you’re referring to? Response: I do strongly believe that the western church needs to humbly sit at the feet of our fellow Christians in Africa. My conviction is based on four…

Are You a Church Misfit? December 1, 2012

Romain Guy via Compfight Here’s a lovely reflection from Rachel Held Evans on the experience of finding that your questions are unwelcome in church. Evans is bumping up against this material as she reads Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior. I suspect this kind of experience is much more common that we’d like to admit. Can you…

Lighten Up: Disruptive Thinkers December 14, 2012

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