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McLaren’s Baseless Trajectory

April 15, 2010

In response to my last post, a friend pointed out how McLaren came from a conservative evangelical background, and so therefore is familiar with all of the arguments we on the “inerrancy team” might use to defend our position. But my contention remains that he has never been on my team (or even listened to [...]

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A New Kind of The Same Old Heresy

April 5, 2010

I wish I had been wrong. I wish I had overstated the case. I wish this were a retraction post. After calling Brian McLaren a “wolf-shepherd” in a previous post, I felt bad that I had dismissed him after just reading one excerpt of his new book. After all, I was just going off of [...]

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An Open Letter to Single People.

March 30, 2010

“I’d love to give to your ministry, but I’m single.” More than one person has laid this line on me. I’ll challenge them to partner with us financially, and then they will (with a serious tone) tell me that the reason they don’t/can’t give is because they are single. Like giving is something that only [...]

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McLaren The Wolf-Shepherd.

March 29, 2010

NPR ran a story on Brian McLaren last week, so I thought I’d weigh in, as one of the “young” evangelicals the story talks about. Here’s a line taken from the article. (read it in it’s entirety here) Campbell adds that young believers are more flexible about Christian doctrine in general. “We also know that [...]

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Christian Pacifism, a Second Look.

March 25, 2010

A while back I talked a bit about my frustration with folks who plaster peace-loving bumper stickers all over their cars but fail to see that they are doing the same thing as the ones they rail against. I got a great response from a friend asking clarification about what I think of Christian pacifists. [...]

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The Intoxicating Lie Of the Next Step.

March 22, 2010

When you’re young, it’s sort of programmed into you. You are told what to do to prepare for school, and then to prepare for middle/high/undergrad/grad school. Then they start telling you how to prepare for retirement, or for career advancement, or kid’s college. You have to learn all over again how to prepare your kids [...]

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Tips for Online Ministry.

March 18, 2010

One of the reasons I am joining Campus Crusade’s regional team is to help staff and students in our region who have a felt need to be effective in online ministry, but lack the tools to do so. I’m by no means an expert, but one of my goals is to become just that over [...]

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Building the Kindgom Using the Devil’s Tools?

March 13, 2010

Derek Webb’s album Ringing Bell has been ringing in my ears today. I got an email through our ministry locator from a minister promoting an upcoming event. It’s not a Campus Crusade affiliated event, as evidenced by the fact that I got alerted about it via our ministry locator. The locator is a tool specifically [...]

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When Would I Tell You to Stop Supporting Our Ministry?

March 11, 2010

Check out Exodus 36:2-7. And take notes. I was blown away by two things: The people were so committed that they gave more than enough. The workers were so committed they told them it was more than enough, and to stop giving. I wrestled this morning with the point at which I would tell folks [...]

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What if Raising Support IS My Ministry?

March 1, 2010

I’m so quick to let heresy come out of my mouth. The other day on a support appointment I said “We can’t wait to report to our assignment and start doing ministry!” What a shame, that I would further the unfortunate stereotype that to challenge someone to worship with their wallet is somehow different from [...]

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