TweetAs I understand it, the really trendy Christian thing to do is to bash Black Friday and bemoan the reality that American consumerism has reached the point where people are literally getting trampled to death at Wal-Mart. Then among the Christians, the still more progressive voices have begun to take a long look in the mirror instead. [...]
TweetDiscussing the Southside baptism party got me thinking about some greater truths. I think there are some greater lessons about holiness to be learned from it. To explain the title for this post, Dictionary.com defines apologetics this way: a-pol-o-get-ics [uh-pol-uh-jet-iks] : (noun) The branch of theology concerned with the defense or proof of Christianity. For a [...]
TweetThere is a storm brewing on the college campuses in America. With the emergence of the merit-based economy of YouTube, Wikipedia, and the blogosphere, anyone with a worthwhile insight, novel thought or creative idea can be an influencer. For the first time in history, each one of us has a real shot at ”going viral” and become a household name overnight. This decentralization [...]
Tweet There seems to be a developing conversation around church relevance. I don’t say that because people are just starting to become interested in church relevance (that’s been happening since Luther and the printing press), but because some people are really starting to challenge its modern conception. At the Cultivate Conference, I repeatedly heard the same question: “How can [...]
TweetThe Passion Conferences crew is one of the Church’s most prominent faces to the college demographic globally. I wanted your thoughts about whether you think their newest video effectively communicates the Gospel to that generation. I specifically would love to hear from those of you who don’t identify as Christian. Does this connect with you? [...]
TweetThe following videos have been stirring up conversation across the Church blog world for the past couple months, and I didn’t want to just jump on board and be unoriginal. But I specifically wanted to post them because I want to launch a discussion on this blog, with my own friends/readers. Please watch the videos and comment on this [...]
TweetThe provocative documentary Lord, Save Us From Your Followers premiered last weekend in select cities throughout the U.S. I’m really excited about this project because of the conversation it starts. I think the title makes it accessible and intriguing to non-Christians, and hopefully not too offensive to Christians. The movie explores which expressions of American Christianity are [...]
TweetIn my last post about this, I shared some troubling trends and statistics regarding the gender ratio imbalance in the Church in America today. There are reasons to be alarmed, but I don’t think this is a losing battle. I see tremendous opportunity in our current predicament, and want to share an idea or two on [...]
TweetLast Thursday, our church had its usual booth set up at the giant campus-wide gathering of student organizations on the U of M Diag known as FestiFall. At our table, we hand out posters, magnets and other paraphernalia, but our primary goal is to meet interested students and let them know who we are, what we do, and that we’d love to know them. Students indicate [...]
TweetAn end result of everything I discussed in Part 1 is that every fall I’m handed a group of new university men with a culturally pathological fear of other men. And somehow I’m supposed to help move them toward a biblical standard of male relationship that includes weeping, intense longing, confession, and unfettered boldness. It’s one of [...]