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“For many…the American flag has smothered the glory of the cross, and the ugliness of our American version of Caesar has squelched the radiant love of Christ.” [Quotes]
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Tags: Politics, Quotes
“This myth harms the church’s primary mission. For many in America and around the world, the American flag has smothered the glory of the cross, and the ugliness of our American version of Caesar has squelched…
Welcome to ReKnew!
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Thanks for visiting ReKnew.org! We’re delighted you came to check us out!
I and the team of people who helped launch this ministry are incredibly excited about the vision God has given us for ReKnew. We believe God has huge plans in store not only for this website, but for this ministry as a whole. It’s our hope and prayer that you will be impacted by this ministry and inspired to join us as we seek to advance the beautiful, peculiar, Jesus-looking kingdom of God.
Let me introduce you to ReKnew by sharing with you why we exist.
Divine Accommodation and the Cross: where Calvin was onto something
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Tags: Calvinism, Cruciform Theology, Scripture
Over the last few posts, I’ve been arguing that the cross represents the thematic center of everything Jesus was about. Hence, rather than striving to have a “Christocentric” theology — which is so broad it…
How The Imperfections of Scripture Reveal God Perfectly
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Tags: Cruciform Theology, Inerrancy, Scripture
In my previous blog I discussed one important implication of a cruciform (“cross-centered”) approach to biblical inspiration. On the cross, I noted, God revealed his perfection by identifying with human imperfection. Jesus in some sense…
Scripture’s God-Breathed Imperfections
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Tags: Cruciform Theology, Inerrancy, Scripture
“Inerrancy” of Scripture
As a conservative evangelical who accepted the “inerrancy” of Scripture, I used to be profoundly disturbed whenever I confronted contradictions in Scripture, or read books that made strong cases that certain aspects of the biblical narrative conflict with archeological findings.
Caught Between Two Conflicting Truths
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Tags: Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Old Testament, Scripture, Violence
In my previous blog I tried to show that adopting a “Christocentric” approach to Scripture isn’t adequate, as evidenced by the fact that people adopting this approach often come to radically different conclusions. In fact, it seems…
Christ-Centered or Cross-Centered?
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Tags: Cruciform Theology, Theology
The Christocentric Movement Thanks largely to the work of Karl Barth, we have over the last half-century witnessed an increasing number of theologians advocating some form of a Christ-centered (or, to use a fancier theological…
The Atlantic: Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? [On the Web]
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Tags: Ministry, Pop Culture
An excerpt of an article by Stephen Marche in The Atlantic : To [John] Cacioppo, Internet communication allows only ersatz intimacy. Forming connections with pets or online friends or even God is a noble attempt by an obligatorily…
Introduction to ReKnew
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There’s never been anyone like Jesus. Not even close. And yet, there’s no greater disconnect in history than the chasm between Jesus and many who claim his name. If you’re like most thinking people, you’re…
UPDATE & NDY GIG
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Hello blog peeps. Long time no talk (except I yap everyday on Twitter). I miss this!! I didn’t intent to blog again until the ReKnew site was launched (after which time I assure you there…
Hey folks, I have some exciting news!
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If you have been visiting our website lately, you’ve probably noticed there has not been much new content or activity going on. Well, this is about to change. A LOT is about to change! Late…
NDY To Blow Minds This Friday!
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I know I know I know I KNOW! I haven’t blogged in FOUR months! After a long period of writer’s block (which had a lot to do with stupid neck pain) I have finally gotten…
An Interview with Author Darrell Rohling
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Hello internet-peeps, sorry I’ve been so remiss on blogging, but I’ve been completely obsessed with writing Crucifixion of the Warrior God. On top of that, my blog has been quirky, for reasons I can’t figure…
Play that Funky Music NOT DEAD YET!
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Want to jump up and down to loud, pulsating, contemporary club music with raunchy lyrics that you can’t understand anyway? What’s your problem? Seriously! If you have class, however, and thus enjoy listening and dancing…
The “Heresy” of Failing to Love
In what is hands-down the most amazing prayer ever recorded, Jesus prayed to his Father that his disciples “may be one…just as you are in me and I am in you” so that “the world…
Sinful Accusers and Capital Punishment
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Tags: Judgement, Sin
The Pharisees brought to Jesus a woman they had caught in the act of adultery (Jn 8:3-4; where was the guilty man?). They wanted to see how this increasingly popular, would-be Messiah, might respond. Their…
My Review of “The Adjustment Bureau”
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Tags: Pop Culture, Reviews
David (Matt Damon) meets Elise (Emily Blunt) and their attraction is instant and powerful. Consequently, David becomes determined to pursue a relationship with her. Unfortunately, some mysterious men in suits and hats who possess bizarre…
Rob Bell is NOT a Universalist (and I actually read “Love Wins”)
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On the basis of a publisher’s promotional paragraph and an advertising video in which Rob Bell questions someone’s certainty that Ghandi is in hell, Justin Taylor sounded the web-wide alarm that Rob Bell’s forthcoming book…
Baby Universalism and Reasonable Infanticide
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Tags: Afterlife, Problem of Evil, Salvation
Here’s a perfectly random brain stimulator: In contemporary western Christianity it is almost universally assumed that deceased babies automatically go to heaven. I call this the doctrine of “baby universalism” (similar to “canine universalism” =…