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Angry Preaching

Posted in Bible, Missional Church, advocacy, church, leadership, missional, preaching, speech acts on July 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I’m growing evermore concerned about the debased preaching in many American churches. Here’s how it goes, preachers are talking about how sin “pisses off” God or that some people think Jesus “dressed like a fairy,” or that Jesus “wasn’t a wuss.” I’ve even heard one well-known pastor tell a story about dismissing a young man’s [...]

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Celebrity and Humanity

Posted in authentically black, family, fatherhood, grace, life, race relations, ranting, speech acts on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

For some reason, I feel compelled to write a few words about celebrity and humanity with Michael Jackson’s memorial hanging as the backdrop. It should be said at the outset that I have always been a Michael Jackson fan, though a conflicted one.
If MJ were still alive and had a CD coming out next week, [...]

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