Title inspired by DC Talk. Because anytime you can reference DC Talk on your blog, you’re doing it right. What have we become was the question I asked myself last Thursday night after I spent the entire day engaging with comments from my post on how whether complementarians and Christian feminists can find any common ground. (If…
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Finding Space for Complementarian Views Within Christian Feminism
If you pay attention to some of the more popular Christian blogs, or if you pay attention to the Christian book publishing industry, it’s pretty easy to see that a wave of Christian feminism is making a big push. I don’t say that as good or bad, just as an observation. I’ve had my fair…
A Lens for Viewing the World
One of the most difficult parts of pastoral work is trying to get people to care about things that will lead toward the abundant life God desires each of us to have. It seems the majority of my time is spent trying to get people to make an effort, rather than supporting those who are.…
Why God Doesn’t Care About Extraordinary
I hear this message from Christian leaders all the time: “God wants to take your ordinary life so he can turn it into something extraordinary.” Or this: “God wants to do extraordinary things through you.” “Ordinary,” or the perception of it, isn’t quite good enough. God frowns upon it, because good Christians accomplish incredible things.…
Allies, Enemies, and Christian Unity
Over the past two weeks I’ve been in an email conversation with a guy who recently unsubscribed from my blog. He’s a busy guy and is trying to cut down on his reading. I thought it was a good decision. Turns out he associated me with one theological perspective, and he wanted more of his…
Discipleship as an Outcome, Not a Mandate
After two months of the ongoing blog series on discipleship, I’d like to summarize what stood out to me. I’m also curious what themes, ideas, and posts connected most with you as well. Share some of your own thoughts in the comments. I knew this series needed to bring in voices from various perspectives because…