Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
21st Century Salem?
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about human relationships—and about how we treat each other. If you read my blog Returning to the Playground many months ago, you know this isn’t a new concern for me. But the people I mentioned in that blog weren’t Christians. Although I like to think the majority of people, [...]
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Why the word “Christian” is meaningless
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
I’m not a fan of the word “Christian.” For many, the word has lost its meaning. C.S. Lewis warned us a long time ago that making it mean more or less than simply “One who accepts the common doctrines of Christianity,” would only result in it becoming a useless word, which it nearly has. Take, [...]
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Speaking a foreign language
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
“Nicodemus could not understand how You could truly free us. He struggled with the image of a grown man born again. We might have been good friends, ’cause sometimes I still question too how easily we come to You.” –Nicole Nordeman In the few decades I’ve been on this earth, I’ve never been more aware [...]
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How much can we trust the Spirit in our small groups, part 2
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Been teaching story at my church lately. But I use “teaching” loosely. Really, story is teaching me. See, various books have captured my imagination in the past couple years, like this one, and this one, and this one. And the idea is that one way of looking at Scripture–just one way of many, mind you–is [...]
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How much can we trust the Spirit in our small groups?
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
I’ve been teaching through the Story of God lately. I became interested in a project someone had proposed to The House, and as a means of testing whether it worked in reality the way it sounded in theory, I dove in and started using it. But I’ve hit a hiccup, and as you all are [...]
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Is The House Studio emergent?
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
If you ask us if we’re emergent, and we answer “42,” will you understand?
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Top 10 secular films with Christian themes
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
I am one of those people who think that all of life is a Christian theme because all of life belongs to God. It turns out that it’s far more often that I see themes of God’s presence in a film than to NOT see it.
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