Holiness Reeducation

Yesterday I talked to DCC about the importance of being prepared for a zombie outbreak. Of course I was really just echoing the warnings of the Center for Disease Control that issued a zombie preparedness alert weeks ago. Their reasoning was simple: If you are prepared for a zombiepocalypse you are prepared for anything. What [...]

Does neo-Reformed theology work against missional living as the church? That is the question David Fitch is asking today. I was going to continue my review of The End of Evangelicalism? today but this post merited some thoughts instead. I argued that Reformed theology, extracted out of Medeival Europe and transplanted to the frontiers of [...]

Sometimes as a preacher you plan things out perfectly and moments of life fit perfectly with a particular message or series. Sometimes, however, it is just beautiful happenstance. This Sunday I am preaching on marriage two days after what will be the most talked about and watched wedding in the history of the world. So [...]

Sorry no talk of Wolf Hybrids or Famous People with Raccoons today, just some reflections on the book of Ephesians, the joy of Holy Week and of course the NBA Playoffs. Palm Sunday is Glorious There is a part of me that love Palm Sunday more than Easter. Maybe it is because we weren’t competing [...]

Coming to the end of Ephesians I find myself wrestling with questions of spiritual warfare. The term itself can evoke a wide array of feelings among Christians and non-Christians alike. What does it mean to engage in spiritual warfare? Are we fighting demons? Should we channel our inner Constantine (the Keanu Reeves movie, not the [...]

As if a massive earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster weren’t enough for Japan to deal with, some towns in Japan are also dealing with the devastating effects of liquefaction. Earthquakes can shake loose tightly packed sand and dirt and allow water to rapidly rise through the soil with devastating effects. This town, where Tokyo Disneyland [...]

Will the Butler do it again? How would St. Paul blog? And of course the connection between power and unity, all in today’s ramblings….   Final Four Thoughts What an unexpected championship game tonight. UConn and Butler? UConn finished 8th in the deadly Big East this year and Butler already heard the bell toll midnight [...]

Can Ronald Reagan and Yitzhak Rabin teach the church something about forgiveness? My good friend Jason Reese has a great article on Ronald Reagen’s Legacy and the power of forgiveness. There is a powerful quote from former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on forgiveness. In regards to shaking hands with Yasser Arafat during a peace [...]

At the end of Ephesians two there a remarkable passage that continues through chapter three. Paul is reshaping our understanding of identity in Christ and he says this. “Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles [...]

as From John 1, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” The great mystery of Jesus for me has always been that he never hesitated to call sin what [...]