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Lighten Up: Napoleon Dynamite Dances to Michael W. Smith
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Emmanuel, Humor, Lighten Up, Michael W. Smith, Napoleon Dynamite, The American Jesus, Zack Hunt
This should put a smile on your face. If Napoleon Dynamite cooking it to Emmanuel doesn’t cheer you up, I don’t know what will. Thanks Zack!
ReKnew Update I
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Tags: Fundraising, Greg Boyd, Kingdom, ReKnew
Greg shares an update on the ReKnew fundraiser. Hope you’ll consider joining this Kingdom movement!
The Suffering of God
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Tags: Creation, Current Events, Doubt, Faith, God, Newtown, Pain, Problem of Evil, Suffering, Theodicy
NYC.andre via Compfight This seems like a good follow-up post from what Greg posted yesterday. Charisma posted this reflection on the problem of evil and the suffering of God. It’s a great summary of our…
Let Us Pray
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Tags: Advent, Darkness, David Smith, Grief, Newtown, Prayer, Problem of Evil, T.C. Moore
Per Ola Wiberg via Compfight It’s appropriate to pray and reflect and run to God when tragedies like the one in Newtown, CT take place. We wanted to share a couple of things we found…
Lighten Up: Disruptive Thinkers
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Tags: Cartoons, Church, Humor, Lighten Up
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Join the Revolution!
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Tags: Christianity, Fundraising, Greg Boyd, Jesus, Kingdom, ReKnew, Religion, Revolution
We are living at a very important, and very exciting, juncture of history. The old religion of Christendom that has been identified with “Christianity” the last 1600 years is dying, and out of its ruins…
Do Something Beautiful
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Tags: Art, Beauty, Christian Living, Richard Beck
Wonderlane via Compfight Richard Beck posted this reflection of the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet with her hair and the idea of a Christian aesthetic. It’s inspiring. From the blog: More and more, I’ve come to…
Sermon: The Judgment Boomerang
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Tags: Greg Boyd, Jonathan Edwards, Judgment, Sermons, Wrath
The wrath of God is a misunderstood topic. In this sermon, Greg shows how sin has natural consequences that boomerang back to us. While God’s wrath has serious consequences for us, we need to understand…
Simple Holidays
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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
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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…
Xmas
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
Please Don’t Look the Other Way
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Tags: Animals, Vegetarianism
Topics: Creation Care
I know it’s not pleasant information, But as kingdom people whose first mandate is to rule the animal kingdom the way God rules us – with loving care – we have a responsibility to not…
A Distinctly Christian Take on the Israel-Palestine Conflict
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Tags: Current Events, Israel, Jonathan Martin, Peacemaking
David Masters via Compfight Here is a great essay, written by a young kingdom revolutionary I’m just getting to know, Jonathan Martin. Jonathan addresses the hot topic of the Israel-Palestine conflict with biblical insight, theological…