I’m not a Chicken Little type when it comes to the changing demographics of the world and the current state of the Christian church. I believe Jesus when he tells Peter that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church. If they do, then Jesus was wrong and we should all go about [...]
Archive for April, 2009
The Christian Sky Falling?
Posted in advocacy, church, history, life, missional, pepperdine, politics, priorities on April 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Gone Live
Posted in change, church on April 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Not that it’s the most important thing in the world, but the new Redwood Church site is now live. See it here.
After you do, shoot me an e-mail (which you can do on the site) giving me your feedback. And I mean that. Most folks looking for a church find it through the web in [...]
Not Preaching
Posted in Bible, Missional Church, church, grace, missional, preaching on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the Senior Minister for a church, you might find it odd for me to say this: There are times when I HATE preaching. I don’t mean the craft or the art, but rather having to say anything at all.
What I mean is this: There are times when the words of scripture are so powerful [...]
Emergent Smackdown Reflections
Posted in Blogroll, change, church, emerging church, speech acts on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Much has already been written (blogged) about the Emergent church smackdown with Tony Jones, Scot McKnight. Kevin DeYoung and Alex and Bret Harris (whom I had never heard of before seeing this) at the Christian Book Expo.
You can see the video here. After you’ve watched the video, come back here.
Here are my reflections.
1. McKnight and [...]
Living The Uncertainty
Posted in Malia, doubt, family, fatherhood, life, theology on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I ended the sermon this past Sunday speaking authoritatively about the Jesus being “Outside the Tomb.” It was what Fred Craddock would describe as a “sermon of orientation.” It was firm in conviction, unambiguous, and strongly worded: “The tomb is empty!” Just what we need on Easter morning.
I said all these things knowing that this [...]
Blog Changes…Coming Soon (And Immediately)
Posted in Blogroll, blogs, books, change, church, consumerism, emerging church, missional, reading, words, writing on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A few months ago I sketched out a blog post about the death of blogging. In the post itself (which never met the net), I described how boring blogging had become and how I felt that there wasn’t much being said on most blogs — including this one. I posited that the reaosn for this was [...]
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