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Alan Hirsch on Making Disciples
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Alan Hirsch, Christianity, Consumerism, Discipleship
This is an excellent clip featuring Alan Hirsch on making disciples (thanks Jeff!). He makes a really interesting point that we are all being formed into disciples of one thing or another. What’s forming you?
Simple Holidays
Category: General
Tags: Christmas, Simplicity
Lawrence OP via Compfight Here’s a reflection from Joshua Becker on Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing During the Holidays. From the article: Surely, each of us will define our holiday most important differently. Many will…
Quotes to Chew on: God’s Love When We Rebel
Category: General
Tags: Jesus, Love, Repenting of Religion
“Despite the fall and its consequent curse, however, God’s love was not deterred. God is love. God doesn’t stop being God simply because the humans he created have rebelled against him. God does not abandon…
A Question about Salvation
Category: Q&A
Tags: Hell, Salvation, Video Q&A
Topics: Death and Salvation
Greg answers a reader question regarding whether people who have never heard of Jesus are going to hell. Can we know who is and who is not saved?
Xmas
Category: General
Tags: Christian Living, Christmas, Consumerism, Jesus
Kevin Dooley via Compfight Zach Hunt brings a huge challenge in this article about the ongoing lament about the “liberal attack on Christmas.” Maybe the real problem is not with the media or the “liberals”…
The Real St. Nicholas
Category: General
Tags: Christmas, Samuel L. Jackson, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas
Steve Rhodes via Compfight Here’s a really funny and informative blog post by Peter Enns. We don’t want to give too much away, but it involves, Santa, St. Nicholas and Samuel L. Jackson. How can…
Look at Jesus
Category: General
Tags: Jesus, N.T. Wright, Video
http://youtu.be/AO2VBoyruIM Here’s a lovely reflection by N.T. Wright for your Sunday. When in doubt, look at Jesus. You can’t go wrong.
Roger Olson on Evangelicalism
Category: General
Tags: Evangelism, Roger Olson, Unity
fusion-of-horizons via Compfight Here’s a great interview with Roger Olson on the state of evangelicalism today. Enjoy!
Quotes to Chew On: Prayer and Finitude
Category: General
Tags: Prayer, Quotes, Warfare Worldview
“We pray as we live: in a sea of ambiguity. This is not because we are fallen but because we are finite. And we are inclined to forget we are finite. We ignore the ambiguity…
Immoral TOHU wa BOHU
Category: General
Tags: Greed, Sermons, Sexual Impurity
Here’s a sneak peek of Greg’s sermon from this last week. In his sermon, Greg discusses that TOHU wa BOHU is the term the Old Testaments writers used to describe the formless, empty and chaotic world…
Theology Matters
Category: General
Tags: God, Theology
DugDownDeep_Carnahan.mov from Covenant Life Church on Vimeo. We found this fun video over at David D. Flowers’ blog and loved it so much we wanted to share it with you here. Thanks David!
For All You Creative Types Out There
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Speaking of Doubt
Xava du via Compfight As long as we’re on the topic of faith and doubt, here’s an excellent piece by Richard Beck on The Gifts and Benefits of Doubt. Are you struggling with doubt and…
Part Three of Greg’s Interview with David D. Flowers
Category: General
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, David D. Flowers, Doubt, Faith, Greg Boyd
Here’s the final interview that Greg did with David D. Flowers in which he discusses his upcoming book Benefit of the Doubt: Dismantling the Idol of Certainty. Check it out! From the interview: Faith in…
The Life and Death of MLK and What it Might Have to Say to Us
Category: General
Tags: Kingdom Living, Martin Luther King, Politics, Social Issues
Tony Fischer via Compfight Here is an EXCELLENT reflection from Jonathan Martin in answer to a question that was posed to him on how he reconciles his rejection of the politics of this world with…
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Category: General
Tags: Non-Violence, Peacemaking
We recently watched a show on Frontline (PBS) called The Interrupters. This two hour long documentary follows several “Interrupters” as they attempt to peacefully resolve conflict in their oftentimes violent neighborhoods in Chicago. The group…
On Biblical Interpretation
Category: General
Tags: Bible, Theology
chad via Compfight Today we’re linking to a blog post from Rachel Held Evans about Biblical interpretation. In her post, Rachel writes about the complexities Christians encounter when our scriptural interpretations differ (emphasis is Rachel’s):…
Part two of a three-part interview with Greg
Category: General
Tags: David D. Flowers, Greg Boyd, Interview
David D. Flowers is doing a three part interview with Greg over on his blog. He posted the first of those interviews last week. The second interview was posted today. Check it out!