Columns // Jesus (Re)Centered1
When we replace the statement ‘Jesus is Lord’ (which happens to be one of the earliest Christian creeds) with the statement ‘Jesus is Savior’, it fundamentally changes the way we read, understand, and live out the gospel. I’m not interested…Read More→
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I don’t expect someone who has a long-held belief to abandon it the moment that belief is challenged. In fact, I would advise people not too. If we give up a certain belief the first time it is challenged, this…Read More→
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Christians have often struggled with living in a society that has been consistently opposed to biblical ideals. The New Testament, particularly Luke’s account in the Book of Acts, is replete with examples of how the Christian message met with cultural…Read More→
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Here are two things I’ve come to learn over the past 20 years: 1) Christian discipleship is not about being smart. 2) Two degrees in Christian theology isn’t a one-way ticket to Christlikeness. I realize I may have raised the…Read More→
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I want to begin by asking each of us to reflect on this simple question – what is a Christian? If we were in a position where someone asked us to provide a definition of what it means to be…Read More→
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Some time ago I came across this quote and immediately resonated with its message – The songs we sing give words to our beliefs, help us to express our emotions to God, enable us to revisit stories from Scripture, and…Read More→
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We know that contemporary Christian faith is being largely defined as a private affair when, in the name of setting a mood and atmosphere for worship, we make our gathering places so dark that we can barely see those sitting…Read More→
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Experience should always have a role to play in our attempts to better understand God and God’s activity in the world. Experience can help us determine the validity of a certain theological idea about God when we test the idea…Read More→
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When we make the declaration to follow Jesus ‘no matter what the cost,’ I wonder if we really know what we’re promising? I wonder if such a statement is oftentimes ‘made in the moment,’ without much thought as to what…Read More→
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I love reading the story in Matthew 15 about Jesus’s feeding of the 4000. The basic premise is that thousands of people were following Jesus (4000 men, plus women and children), listening to Him speak, and being healed from various…Read More→