A few thoughts

I read through N.T. Wright’s After You Believe late last year, but I’m revisiting it this week in preparation for an upcoming sermon on the parable of the talents in Matt 25. I’ve been thinking about the connection between the response… more ›

This is taken from a paper titled “Soft Difference” by Miroslav Volf, professor of systematic theology at Yale Divinity School. He’s discussing the relation between Christ and culture using the metaphor of being “aliens and strangers” from 1 Peter. He says that… more ›

“In Christ we are invited to participate in the reality of God and the reality of the world at the same time, the one not without the other.” “Thinking in terms of two realms understands the paired concepts worldy-Christian, natural-supernatural,… more ›

It [intercession] is God’s most powerful means for organizing the entire church-community toward God’s own purpose; in it the church-community recognizes itself as an instrument of God’s will, and accordingly organizes itself in active obedience. That is, therefore, the point… more ›

I don’t read many biographies, but I’ve been reading the new Bonhoeffer biography by Erik Metaxas before going to bed. Its gotten excellent reviews, and rightly so. I think Bonhoeffer must have lived one of the most compelling Christian lives… more ›

Apparently I decided to take a little break from blogging in the second half of 2010, so to catch you up on my life by way of my reading list, here are a few of the titles I was carrying… more ›

John Perkins is probably one of the most important Christian leaders that most of the white evangelical world has never heard of. He was beaten and nearly killed during the Civil Rights movement, he is a champion for the cause… more ›

Here’s an excerpt from the sermon I mentioned a couple posts back–It was a sermon reflecting on what I learned in seminary: Sin, I’ve learned, is more comprehensive and far-reaching than I ever thought. It isn’t just something that makes… more ›

I’m reading N.T. Wright’s After You Believe which is a call for the church to rethink discipleship as putting on the virtues and learning the habits of God’s Kingdom. This discipleship begins not by imagining Jesus as our moral mentor,… more ›

Here is a quote from Dr. Al Wolters on the foundational importance of understanding God as Creator not only of the natural world (birds and trees), but also of families, politics, beauty and justice. In other words, all good things… more ›