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My Blog Has Moved
Dear Readers,
After a year with Beliefnet, I've decided to move to my own domain for my blogging. It's been a fine year -- some things worked, other things didn't. But in the end, I'll be a better blogger on my own. My thanks to the Bnet editorial staff; they've been very supportive.
Ple
posted 12:13:57pm Nov. 13, 2009 |
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The Most Important Cartoon of the Year
By Steve Breen, San Diego Tribune, October 18, 2009
posted 8:51:22am Oct. 25, 2009 |
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Social Media for Pastors
Following up on Christianity21, we at JoPa Productions are developing a series of boot camps for pastors who want to learn about and utilize social media tools like blogging, Twitter, and Facebook. These are one-day, hands-on learning experiences, currently offered in the Twin Cities and soon
posted 10:45:52am Oct. 22, 2009 |
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Ending Christian Euphemisms: "Fundamentalist"
I've taken some heat in the comment section for using yesterday's post on "unbiblical" and a "higher view of scripture" as a thin foil for my own disregard of biblical standards. To the contrary, I was pointing to the use of the word unbiblical as a stand-in for a particularly thin hermeneutic. Ther
posted 10:15:41am Oct. 21, 2009 |
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Why You Should Get GENERATE
Last week at Christianity21, GENERATE Magazine debuted. With the tag line, "an artifact of the emergence conversation," it fit perfectly at the gathering. When I actually got around to reading it last weekend, I was truly surprised at how good it is.There have been several efforts to begin a paper j
posted 3:14:37pm Oct. 20, 2009 |
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posted February 16, 2009 at 1:09 am
I think not, sir…
The only guarantee of peace is being under the blood of His cross (Col. 1:19-20).
posted February 16, 2009 at 1:50 am
Ah yes Jason the problem is all those people who are “under the blood of His cross” and yet are still so unfriendly. The Church has certainly been quite unfriendly throughout history and quite possibly still is in places… Whence peace if not from friendship?
posted February 16, 2009 at 9:15 am
Great quote! Thanks. Christianity has much to learn from Buddhism. And Buddhism has much to learn from Christianity. A dialogue between the two would be mutually transformative.
posted February 16, 2009 at 9:57 am
Hurt promotes hatred, hatred hardens the heart. Friendship is not possible unless a hardened heart heals. Buddha cute little one liner is not possible unless there’s real transformation that can only happen in Christ Jesus. As postmodernism continues to redefine and reinvent Jesus, we dulute the one and only real cure for the disease called hatred. Sure, you might treat a symptom, but the heart will remain battered.
posted February 16, 2009 at 10:23 am
Brian,
What should we be learning from Buddhism?
posted February 16, 2009 at 10:32 am
Come on, this quote doesn’t some up all that Buddha stood for anymore that John 3:16 sums up Jesus absolutely. Let’s just appreciate a good, challenging quote.
Thanks Tony.