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Why Four Gospels? How come I didn’t know?
I’ve been reading David Alan Black’s mini-book on the synoptic problem since this morning. It’s almost done and I’ll be bummed when I’m through it. The bigger issue I’m having today is that I’ve been around the church for over thirty years and I’m just now getting to this stuff. Why is that? I guess it’s probably my own fault. Either somebody forgot to tell me that Paul and Luke were buddies, that Mark hung out with Peter and likely wrote his gospel as a shorthand narrative of Paul’s sermons to the praetorium, etc. or I was sleeping that day. I guess this kind of thing doesn’t come up in a thirty minute sermon titled “STOP BEING SO DUMB!” which is about the level that pastors today are able to get to with their stubborn and inattentive congregations.
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What’s in a name? I’ll tell you…
I read The Resurgence… a lot. As well as catalystspace.com, Mark Driscoll’s blog, Scott Knight’s blog, and a host of others. This provides a lot of food for thought and some good ideas for how to minister hope and healing to the world around me. I often will blog a trackback to the stuff I think is cool, but I wonder… is it okay to blog the stuff I think is lame?
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the power of a mentor
So, I’ve been studying the last week or so for this weekend’s innagural event… The Gathering goes weekly! Henceforth my problem. You see; it used to be whenever I had opportunity to teach when I lived in california and went to miletwo::church, I could harass Steve Folgheraiter or Scott Boren with my questions on deeper theological issues. I have no formal theology training, never went to seminary, but MAN I love to read and so I do that… a LOT! I have stacks of books on the bible and issues facing today’s Christians, but today I realized… the books are not enough.
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Rick Warren’s Inaguration Prayer
Rick Warren, via The Resurgence.
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God get’s a nod… from the Sierra Club!
Those of you who know me are aware that I have a special fondness for this spinning mudball I stand on. It’s not because I believe God is in the rocks and trees, or because I think the world will end if I keep driving my Land Cruiser. I love the Earth because I love the one who made it.
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Never disrespect another man’s girlfriend
I just finished reading and article titled The Girl Bashers By Kary Oberbrunner over on the Catalyst. I feel horrible. I’m one of those guys.
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Want Better Impact? Get Better at Contextualization
One of the primary goals of a missional outreach (church, mission, seminar, whatever) is reaching the culture around it. The biggest flaw in most of these efforts is failing to contextualize the effort. This doesn’t mean becoming a gnarly, beer-swilling, foul-mouthed, party animal… it means strategically modifying your language, media, and style to match the culture and context into which you are reaching.