What’s In The Stack, Summer 2018 Version
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. – Anna Quindlen…
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Doctrine? Music? Or Relationships? Why People Stay In A Congregation
I’ve always heard faith in Jesus is about relationship, not religion. The relationship to which this statement refers is having “personal relationship” with…
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Why Respond When You Can React?
One thing the current American political climate has revealed in many followers of Jesus how easy it is to react to events, and…
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Who Do They Say That You Are?
You’re the smart one. You’re the lazy one. You’re the pretty one. You’re the useless one. Those kinds of messages from our respective…
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June 2017 Newsletter
Shalom, friend! Nearly a year ago, I took an epic fall on a rain-slicked deck, and ended up with a broken knee and…
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In No Particular Order…
While they’re hot off the press, I wanted to pass on some observations about church, conflict, and coincidence-that’s-not-coincidence that didn’t quite fit into…
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Christian Culture’s Socially-Acceptable Household Idols
I first ran across a mention of household idols years ago when reading Genesis 31. The little statues were common in cultures across…
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A Lot of Evangelicals Have “Unhitched” From the Old Testament
Andy Stanley’s recent sermons contending that we must “unhitch” from the Old Testament in order to get to know Jesus brought a wave…
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Fruit Inspection
What do unscripted charismatic prayer meetings have in common with carefully-crafted public relations statements on behalf of a leader accused of wrongdoing? When…
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