I’ll start off with a confession: I’m a terrible blogger. It has been months since my last post. I keep resolving (silently, in my head) to blog more often, but I refrain from ever saying this to anyone so I can’t be held accountable to it. Know this: my spirit is willing, but my flesh [...]
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Okay, so my last post focused on the importance of making the distinction between what is descriptive and prescriptive in Scripture, and in particular, when reading of others personal experiences with God. I concluded that blog post briefly rehashing the story of Hosea who was called by God to marry a prostitute. The Israelites wouldn’t [...]
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In Part 1 of this short series on the sufficiency of Scripture, I made the argument that the hunger among Evangelical Christians for personal revelations from God as requisite to an intimate personal relationship with him is a sin. This blog is dedicated to the question that inevitably gets asked in response: if God doesn’t [...]
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In my last post, I wrote about how, in my opinion, Evangelical Christians do not really trust Scripture. As you can imagine, that sparked some controversy. I’ve had conversations about it over the phone with some, others in person, and a select few actually commented on the blog, Facebook, or Twitter. One thread that seems [...]
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Sola Scriptura. Latin for “by Scripture alone” Sola Scriptura was a foundational theological belief of the Protestant Reformation begun by Martin Luther in 1517. For most evangelical Christians, it is a staple of our faith. Most of us readily admit that Scripture is authoritative on matters of doctrine, but few of us trust Scripture enough [...]
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So, a long time ago, back before www.NeueMinistry.com didn’t redirect to www.NeueResources.com, I wrote an article titled, “How to Sell the Son of God.” When NeueMinistry published it they retitled it “How to Sell Jesus.” Well, when that site shut down and began redirecting, the article was lost somewhere out there in cyberspace. So, I [...]
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Christians pay for all kinds of crazy things. Go into your local Christian bookstore and there is a Jesus-ized version of every product imaginable: jeans, shirts, belts, pencils, mints, video games…you name it, they can make a Christian version of it and sell it to Christians who are willing to pay for it. But there’s [...]
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The notion of a female God is nothing new. But what is new within the past 100 years or so is the notion that the Christian God is, or should be female. The idea of a masculine God, particularly in a patriarchal society, makes it very difficult for some people to relate to God. This [...]
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I recently took a friend of mine out to dinner for his birthday. As we were eating he was telling me about how he was struggling with the fact that his mentor is very ill with cancer and may be dying soon. Interestingly, when I asked him how he would take it if his mentor [...]
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Can you imagine a life with no fear? It is that question that lies at the heart of Max Lucado’s new book Fearless. In it he explores the possibility of a life lived without fear. At a time when the world seems in upheaval – what with the threat of terrorism, economic recessions, a climbing [...]
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