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Are Scholars and Teachers Truly Leading the Church? And Should They?

April 7th, 2011

Many of my Christian friends have noted Donald Miller’s recent post about rescuing the Christian Church from leadership dominated by scholars. Miller, the firebrand behind the famous (or infamous, depending on your view) Blue Like Jazz, sells his perspective hard. As always, I recommend you read the whole thing. But is he right? The Internet [...]

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Rethinking Evangelicalism’s Tropes #1: “Rescue Those Who Are Being Taken Away to Death”

March 1st, 2011

In the late 1980s, I was an active footsoldier in Operation Rescue, the anti-abortion organization. Not a leader. Not an organizer. But one of the grunts who did the protests and paid for doing so. I have the battle scars. You may disagree with me if you will, but you can’t challenge my experiences. I [...]

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He’s So Earthly Minded…

May 20th, 2010

Yeah, I bungled the beginning of the old aphorism. It’s supposed to read like this: He’s so heavenly minded, he’s no earthly good. I think it would be interesting to meet someone who embodies that aphorism—at least the first half of it. If you’re a reader of Christian blogs, tweets, and Facebook postings, then you [...]

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