04.10.09
Let’s move beyond Good Friday
I'm not a big fan of Good Friday. As everyone takes today to reflect on Jesus' sacrifice upon the cross, I'm already looking ahead to Sunday. Maybe it's because I've never been much for waiting that I don't particularly like to celebrate Good Friday, maybe it's because I ...
04.1.09
walking away from church.
She stood there with her head hung low and a scarf over her head as she held a sign in her hand. At first I couldn't quite make out the words but then, almost instantly, they became clear: "Sick with cancer, no health insurance. Selling crafts for treatment." ...
03.23.09
Generosity in Action
Last weekend Tracy and I were able to visit some dear friends in the San Diego area who four months ago planted Momentum Christian Church in the city of Chula Vista. On Sunday morning we were able to share with the entire church about our endeavor in the ...
03.17.09
Single-Serving Friends… enter Ted.
I've been traveling an abnormal amount the past couple of months speaking at churches in Boston, NYC, Chicago, etc, about the new church plant in San Francisco. All of this travel has offered me an opportunity to get to know a few "single-serving friends" (a reference from Fight Club) ...
01.27.09
The Church v. Obama
"The Church is the hope of the world." These are the words Bill Hybels has been preaching at Leadership Summits and Conferences, printing in books and writing in articles for many years, but my question is not whether it's true but if it's actually being lived out by the ...
01.14.09
The Absence of God (Evangelical Atheism)
Tim Keller writes a striking statement in his book The Reason for God (p.152), "If there is no God, argues Nietzsche, Sarte, and others, there can be no good reason to be kind, to be loving, or to work for peace" (emphasis mine). This is an all-or-nothing statement, that ...
01.10.09
Who Would Jesus Smack Down?
Mark Driscoll’s sermons are mostly too racy to post on GodTube, the evangelical Christian “family friendly” video-posting Web site. With titles like “Biblical Oral Sex” and “Pleasuring Your Spouse,” his clips do not stand a chance against the site’s content filters. No matter: YouTube is where Driscoll, the pastor of ...
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