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As I’ve studied and preached on the radical words of Jesus in the Gospels, I’ve found myself unable to escape one striking observation: Jesus does not give disclaimers. We hear “Take up your cross daily,” “Hate your father and mother,” “Gouge out your eye and hack off your hand,” and “Eat my flesh and drink my […]
July 25, 2008
Here’s a hodge-podge of thoughts on holiness and mission as a follow-up and expansion of the last post and a response to several of the comments. If I had time to organize these into a cohesive, flowing argument, I would try. But late-July is not the time for a TMC Student-Lifer to be writing treatises. I […]
July 16, 2008
The pendulum of evangelicalism is swinging again (not a news flash). It has been for some time now. Everyone is talking about the nature and degree of the church’s responsibility to engage with culture. Some of the buzzwords are “culture,” “relevance,” and “contextualization.” Some of the hot button verses are Acts 17 and 1 Corinthians 9. […]
July 13, 2008
One year ago today, Judah arrived at Los Angeles International Airport with Cindi after a 19-month adoption process. From the first hours to the first week to the court appearance that made everything official to his second birthday, we have enjoyed a year of God’s obvious and relentless blessing. I just spent some time reading over some […]
July 8, 2008
This past year, four tremendous guys served with me in leading the OMC. Juan Moncayo, Nate Brooks, Cameron Knox, and Peter Bugbee. Fellow OMC’er Cole Jeffrey, who has the “It” factor in photography, took the picture (and many others).
July 29, 2008
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