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Aesthetics Apologetics Translational Living The Encoding & Decoding God (or, Apologetic Fruit) The Best Way to Evaluate Christianity The New Standard for Evaluating Christianity Fear of Commitment: Why Some of Our Friends Resist Becoming Christian What Santa Can (and Can’t) Teach Us About Faith Guilt-Based Evangelism Two Things No One Can Deny: The “Mannishness” of Man Two Things No One Can Deny: The External World Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 6: What Gives the Bible Its Authority? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 5: How Do We Know We Got the Right Books? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 4: Who Put the Bible Together? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 3: How Do We Know the Bible Is Scripture? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 2: Doesn’t the Bible Contain Errors? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 1: Hasn’t the Bible Been Changed Over Time? Why Bill Nye Thinks You’re an Idiot Book of the Month: Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl The Gospel Is Good News to Every Culture A Theology of People Watching, Part 2 Apologetics Requires Compassion Why We Can’t Argue People to Christ Why We Should Argue for Christ Two Arguments Against Naturalism, Part 3 Two Arguments Against Naturalism, Part 2 Two Arguments Against Naturalism, Part 1 Book Reviews Books On Being Well Read All the Light We Cannot See The Best Books on Christianity & the Arts Falling Asleep & the Filling of the Spirit Book of the Month: Culture Care Book of the Month: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness Walls Fall Down Marriage Is Bigger than Your Happiness A Proposed Cover Revision for You & Me Forever Book of the Month: Desiring the Kingdom Bad Little Girls Get Thrown Away (Win A Free Copy of Charis) Announcing You & Me Forever: A Forthcoming Book from Francis & Lisa Chan On the Use of Vulgar Language Grace and Obedience: Friends or Foes? Resonate: Book Giveaway Grace Has No Leash How Music Works Two Ways to Use a Microphone Review of Matthew Vines, God & the Gay Christian, Part 2 Review of Matthew Vines, God & the Gay Christian, Part 1 Arcade Fire: God-Honoring Music Beyond the Secular/Sacred Divide Writing about Music Is Like Dancing about Architecture Killer Book Alert: Jesus Is Better than You Imagined Thank God for J. K. Rowling Book of the Month: Purge with Passion Book of the Month: Death By Living Book of the Month: Fight C. S. Lewis: Why Christians Should Read Fiction C. S. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 4 C. S. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 3 C. S. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 2 C. S. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 1 Christians and Violence Revisited, Part 2: Shoot the Thug? Christians and Violence Revisited, Part 1 Choosing the Right Children’s Bible Book of the Month: Everyday Justice Lessons from Elijah: Identity Why Christians Should Read Harry Potter Only for a Moment: Looking Ahead and Looking Behind Book of the Month: The Crowd, The Critic, & the Muse Mentoring Emerging Adults Defending Multiply: A Response to Frank Viola at Patheos Book of the Month: Truth & Transformation Discipleship: More Than a Buzzword Book of the Month: Altared The Christian Origins of Science Why a Rockstar Won’t Lead the World to Christ Sometimes Children See More Clearly The Bible As Literature Book of the Month: Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl The Dangers of Reading Dead Theologians The Benefits of Reading Dead Theologians Book of the Month: The Drama of Scripture Book of the Month: Radical Together We Are Rome (And That’s Not a Good Thing) When Violence Is a Good Thing (or What Do Flannery O’Connor & the Hunger Games Have in Common?) Book of the Month: When Helping Hurts Freakonomics, Roe V. Wade, & God’s Will for Mankind Why I Read the Apocrypha, & Why You Should Too Book of the Month: You Can Change Hiatus Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 4 The Hunger Games, Parts 2 & 3 The Hunger Games & Human Dignity Announcing Multiply: Free Discipleship Material from Francis Chan Erasing Hell Interview with Francis Chan & Preston Sprinkle Counseling Culture Healing Shame…with God’s Honor iV The Church Is a Place to Feel at Home & Foreign Can Consumerism Be a Tool for the Gospel? Why Social Media Makes Us Angry & Opinionated When the Maker Made a Maker Book of the Month: Culture Care Why I’m Not Afraid of Halloween What iPhone 6 Reveals about the Human Heart Erosion Book of the Month: Desiring the Kingdom Evangelicalism: Beyond the Culture Wars The Devil’s Greatest Trick Making Sense of the Grammys Christ-Myth Angels Phil Robertson on Homosexuality: A Conservative Christian’s Response Immanuel in the Shopping Mall Secular Joy to the Secular World Everything Is Theological Thinking Theologically about Trick-or-Treating When Healthy Is Unhealthy Go Easy on Miley Talents, the Talented, & the Thirst for God The Light By Which We See The Christian Way to Demean the Spirit Of the World but Not in It Don’t Fitch the Homeless Texting as Worship Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Destruction The Possibilities of Putting the Bible on the Silver Screen The Problem with Putting the Bible on the Silver Screen A Theology of Pinterest Cheating Does Facebook Enhance or Undermine Friendship? The World: Playground or Cesspool? Why Christians Should Read Harry Potter Smart Phones: Humanizing or Dehumanizing? The [True & False] Hope of Being a Wallflower Sufjan Stevens’ Christmas Unicorn Is Jesus Really the Reason for the Season? Selling Jesus Book of the Month: The Crowd, The Critic, & the Muse The Eschatology of It’s a Small World Mentoring Emerging Adults What’s wrong with YOLO? Black Friday & the Loss of Humanity Thanksgiving Got Run Over by a Reindeer Redeeming the Time Mummies, Zombies, & the Resurrection of the Dead Why My Kids Might Go Trick-or-Treating, & Why They Might Not Sin Is Expensive When Poetry Becomes a Weapon Sin Is a Stain, Not the Fabric Itself Nothing but the Kingdom; Everything Because of the Kingdom The Welcome Wagon: Christian Music You Won’t Find in a Christian Store Book of the Month: Meaning at the Movies Why the Hippie Revolution Failed Two Values that Destroyed Modern Society A Theological Defense of Hardcore Music The Olympics & God’s Heart for the World A Thought on the Christian Music Industry (The Positive Side) A Thought on the Christian Music Industry (The Negative Side) What Do Thomas Kinkade & Quentin Tarantino Have in Common? The Gospel Subverts Every Culture The Gospel Is Good News to Every Culture Borrowing Happiness: Why the American Dream Is Literally Bankrupt “The Holy Games:” When Our Pursuit of Relevance Makes Us Anything But The Church Is a Mystery: Come As You Are The Church Is a Mystery: The Church in Amsterdam In Search of the Golden Age: Old Is the New New When Your Church Meets Next to a Porn Studio (or Church in All the Right Places) We Are Rome (And That’s Not a Good Thing) Announcing Eternity’s 2nd Annual Art & Music Benefit Women One Night Stands & the Doctrine of the Trinity Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 4 Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 3 Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 2 Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 1 Why I Watch “The Office” Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 4 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 3 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 2 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 1 You Don’t Have to Marry Your Youth Pastor What Art Can’t Do A Theology of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Beer Two Types of Christmas Question of the Week #5 (a question of the season…It’s December, I am obligated) Can Bad Movies Teach Good Things? Water for Elephants: Can Good Movies Teach Bad Things? Happy Birthday Dear Jesus? Loving, Hating, & Learning Question of the Week #3 (this is showing some potential) Question of the Week #2 (a second attempt: still not sure this has the legs to be a regular feature) On the Validity of Theological Interpretations of Things Beautiful Authority How Should the Church Respond to Occupy Wall Street More Things the Church Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street Things the Church can Learn From Occupy Wall Street We are the 99%—really? Occupy Wall Street: A Few Observations The [Purely Secular] Hope of Steve Jobs An Effective Short Term Mission Trip The Upside of Consumerism A Final Thought From Africa (at least until I have another) Lifeboat Theology Some Things Transcend Culture Freakonomics & the Human Condition JesUSAves? Beauty Truly Is in the Eye of the Beholder (On Beauty, Part 2) On Beauty, Part 1 The Franchise Gospel On Depressing Truths & Beautiful Music Truth & Suppression in the Arts & Media Can Secular Movies be Christian? Or Christian Movies Secular? The Gospel versus/in/to Culture Can Christian Music be Secular? Or Secular Music Christian? Jewish Messianism & You Theology for Today Education Looking Back on 2015 Eternity Is Helping Reach Some of the Least Reached Learn about Art & Faith in Your Spare Time Re-Imagining Education Bible Study Matters for Cross-Cultural Ministry Training Cross-Cultural Church Planters Learn the Old Testament from Preston Sprinkle (in your living room) Eternity Boise Accordance—The Photoshop of Bible Software Book of the Month: Desiring the Kingdom The First Ten Years A Life Transformed by the Gospel Evangelicalism: Beyond the Culture Wars Everything Is Theological 3 Reasons Not To Get a Bible Education Engines with No Rudder? Theology, Art, & the Mission of Eternity Bible College Why Silo is Perfect for You Why Eternity Bible College? A Theology of Plagiarism (& Other Professional Sins) C. S. Lewis: Why Christians Should Read Fiction C. S. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 4 C. S. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 3 C. S. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 2 C. S. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 1 I Am the Light of the World Disagreeing without Demonizing Our Practical Response to “Higher Ed at a Crossroad” God Loves Creativity Announcing The Silo Project: Biblical Training for Normal People The Kingdom of God African Christian University Why Learn the Biblical Languages at Eternity? An Easy Way to Learn Hebrew or Greek Next Stop: Zambia The Local Church Is First Jesus & the Kingdom (2013 Winterim) Growing Old to the Glory of God A Creative Way to Stay Off the Mission Field College Presidents Need To Fight Student Debt Sin Is a Stain, Not the Fabric Itself How to Follow God’s Calling without Committing Idolatry Two Values that Destroyed Modern Society Do You Need the People Who Need You? The Dangers of Reading Dead Theologians The Benefits of Reading Dead Theologians The Student Debt Crisis, Part 6 (Survey Results) Question of the Week #7 (More Like Question of the Year) The Student Debt Crisis, Part 5 (How Christian Is Christian Higher Education?) The Student Debt Crisis, Part 4 (How to Avoid It & How to Get Out of It) The Student Debt Crisis, Part 3 (Income$ or Outcomes Based Education) The Student Debt Crisis, Part 2 (Experience or an Education?) The Student Debt Crisis, Part 1 (Lessons in Missing the Point) Student Debt Kills Book of the Month: When Helping Hurts John Calvin Got Paul Right Paul and Judaism Revisited Hiatus Education & Your Relationship with God, Part 2 Education & Your Relationship with God, Part 1 Question of the Week # 4 (at what point does this become a fixture?) Announcing Multiply: Free Discipleship Material from Francis Chan Passion for Heart and Mind, Part 4: Albert Schweitzer Passion for Heart and Mind, Part 3: My Journey Passion for Heart and Mind, Part 2: The Church NEEDS Scholars! Passion for Heart and Mind, Part 1 Learning from the Wrong People (And Why That’s a Good Thing) Theological Education & the Church Eschatology Ethnicity Film History God Should Have Dumped the Church by Now, But He Hasn’t Why You Should Be Thankful for Denominations To Our Christian Brothers Who Conquered ISIS Don’t Pray Like a Pig Why We Have So Many Denominations Why I’m Not Afraid of Halloween Review of Matthew Vines, God & the Gay Christian, Part 2 Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Narrative Why the Bible Is Full of Genealogies Similes for Suffering: Seneca on the Problem of Evil, Part 2 Similes for Suffering: Seneca on the Problem of Evil, Part 1 Jesus & Homosexuality Biological Influences on Same Sex Attraction According to Rome Was “Homosexuality” Unknown to Paul? Homosexuality in Ancient Rome & Why It Matters Syria: The Right Reaction for the Wrong Reasons The Best Way to Evaluate Christianity The New Standard for Evaluating Christianity I Am the Light of the World Come Out of the Wicked City You Can’t Read the Bible Alone Divine Estrogen Sometimes Angels Lie God Loves Creativity Stop Worrying & Love Your Neighbor, Part 1 The Possibilities of Putting the Bible on the Silver Screen The Problem with Putting the Bible on the Silver Screen Conquering Lambs Are House Churches Biblical? What Santa Can (and Can’t) Teach Us About Faith Is Jesus Really the Reason for the Season? Mummies, Zombies, & the Resurrection of the Dead Book of the Month: Truth & Transformation Does Excellence Have a Place in the Church? The Biblical Side of Once Upon a Time Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 5: How Do We Know We Got the Right Books? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 4: Who Put the Bible Together? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 3: How Do We Know the Bible Is Scripture? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 1: Hasn’t the Bible Been Changed Over Time? They Didn’t Actually Kill Them All, and (Perhaps) They Were Never Commanded To Did Jesus Have a Wife? Canaan: God’s Living Room The Christian Origins of Science Why Nietzsche’s Superman Can’t Fly Straight How Nietzsche Killed God What Darwin Knew but Couldn’t Explain Why the Hippie Revolution Failed Two Values that Destroyed Modern Society A Theological Defense of Hardcore Music Reform Your Church in One Easy Step How Aristotle Messed Up the Church How Plato Messed Up the Church Book of the Month: Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl The Dangers of Reading Dead Theologians The Benefits of Reading Dead Theologians Was Jesus Really Human? Why We Should Lock the Church Doors In Search of the Golden Age: Old Is the New New Women Why I Read the Apocrypha, & Why You Should Too John Calvin Got Paul Right Of Sinners & Superheroes Paul and Judaism Revisited Hiatus Sin Will Be No More (On Sin, Part 5) Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 2 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 1 The Dangers of Reading Biographies What Science Can’t Do The Hunger Games & Human Dignity MLK Education & Your Relationship with God, Part 1 Kim Jong-Il’s Regime & the Justice of God Was Jesus a Carpenter? Was Jesus born at an inn? Better watch your back, St. Nick is coming to town! How Should the Church Respond to Occupy Wall Street More Things the Church Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street Jewish Messianism & You Theology for Today Humanity Healing Shame…with God’s Honor Translational Living The Curious Case of Bob Armstrong God Should Have Dumped the Church by Now, But He Hasn’t Letting Go: (Over-Dramatic) Reflections of a Father upon the First Day of Kindergarten All the Light We Cannot See Music Is Medicine I Might Be Wrong: How Social Media May Actually Harm Your Soul Falling Asleep & the Filling of the Spirit Small Theology When Your Best Isn’t Good Enough Why Social Media Makes Us Angry & Opinionated Why You’re Always Tired: The Theological Reason When the Maker Made a Maker Stop Looking for “The One” Will You Go Out with / Hang Out with / Date / Court / Marry Me? Missionaries Are People Too Cultivation When Christmas Is Lonely Why Christians Can Disagree Social Media Doesn’t Ruin Lives Three Things to Be Famous For Discipline VS Punishment 19 Weddings & Counting Why We Have So Many Denominations Her Feet Go Down to Death The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness Why I Am So Thankful for Christianity The Uniqueness of Man What iPhone 6 Reveals about the Human Heart The Encoding & Decoding God (or, Apologetic Fruit) Depression Book of the Month: Desiring the Kingdom Men & Women CAN Be Friends Learn about Homosexuality from Preston Sprinkle at a Major Discount God Creates through Our Creativity Why the Church Needs AudioFeed Announcing You & Me Forever: A Forthcoming Book from Francis & Lisa Chan Homosexuality: Have I Changed My View? Should Chris & Pat get married? How to Bring Light to an Impoverished Neighborhood Before We Rush to Judge Donald Sterling Review of Matthew Vines, God & the Gay Christian, Part 2 Arcade Fire: God-Honoring Music Beyond the Secular/Sacred Divide Writing about Music Is Like Dancing about Architecture Homosexuality Class – Week 6: An Evening with Matt Jones Katy Perry, Roar, & the Power of Music Why the Bible Is Full of Genealogies Similes for Suffering: Seneca on the Problem of Evil, Part 2 Similes for Suffering: Seneca on the Problem of Evil, Part 1 A Soft Answer Celibate Gay Christians Do Feelings Follow Action? I’ll Love ‘Em But I Don’t Have To Like ‘Em Biological Influences on Same Sex Attraction According to Rome When Healthy Is Unhealthy A Theology of Plagiarism (& Other Professional Sins) Go Easy on Miley Does the Bible Condemn Homosexuality? Talents, the Talented, & the Thirst for God When I Sang in Three Languages A Christian Approach to the US Citizenship Debates A Christian Response to the Zimmerman Verdict Fear of Commitment: Why Some of Our Friends Resist Becoming Christian The Christian Way to Demean the Spirit Divine Estrogen Of the World but Not in It Theology Ought to Produce Humility, But… I’m Right, You’re Wrong Don’t Fitch the Homeless Death by Ministry Disagreeing without Demonizing Texting as Worship Stop Worrying & Love Your Neighbor, Part 2 Stop Worrying & Love Your Neighbor, Part 1 3 Reasons to Pray for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev What Tragedy Reveals About Humanity The Most Random Book in the Bible (or, Why You Should Read Philemon) When God Gives Us Idols What Paul Wants You to Be Famous For Lessons from Elijah: Burnout You’ll Never Outgrow the Church A Theology of Pinterest Love Is Never Lonely Two Kinds of Love Cheating Does Facebook Enhance or Undermine Friendship? The Congregation Does Not Praise Alone When the Curtain Falls, Costumes Are Irrelevant Reflections on Nepal World Upside Down The World: Playground or Cesspool? And God Will Open Their Eyes Smart Phones: Humanizing or Dehumanizing? The [True & False] Hope of Being a Wallflower Only for a Moment: Looking Ahead and Looking Behind Why I Watch “Arrested Development” Guilt-Based Evangelism The Eschatology of It’s a Small World Black Friday & the Loss of Humanity Thankful for the Boring Things Thanksgiving Got Run Over by a Reindeer Two Things No One Can Deny: The “Mannishness” of Man Bob Dylan & the Search for Meaning Why Science Can’t End the Abortion Debate Don’t Hog Your Suffering Mummies, Zombies, & the Resurrection of the Dead Book of the Month: Truth & Transformation Craigslist’s Faulty Theological Foundation What Are Kids For? Church Must Be Awkward for Celebrities Book of the Month: Altared Why Nietzsche’s Superman Can’t Fly Straight Labor Day: A Call to Renounce Idolatry Nothing but the Kingdom; Everything Because of the Kingdom What Darwin Knew but Couldn’t Explain Book of the Month: Meaning at the Movies Why the Hippie Revolution Failed Two Values that Destroyed Modern Society A Theological Defense of Hardcore Music The Olympics & God’s Heart for the World Do You Need the People Who Need You? Book of the Month: Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl What Do Thomas Kinkade & Quentin Tarantino Have in Common? Was Jesus Really Human? Would Jesus Celebrate the Fourth of July? The Gospel Subverts Every Culture The Gospel Is Good News to Every Culture A Theology of People Watching, Part 2 A Theology of People Watching, Part 1 A Thought on Fatherhood Apologetics Requires Compassion In Search of the Golden Age: Old Is the New New We Are Rome (And That’s Not a Good Thing) A Theology of Rest Finding God in a Busy Schedule, Part 1 When Violence Is a Good Thing (or What Do Flannery O’Connor & the Hunger Games Have in Common?) Women Gentle High Priests Child Sacrifices on the Altar of Convenience What Makes a Person? Should We Let Our Children Live? Post-Birth Abortions? Who Are We Kidding? Porn Stars, Prostitutes, and the Scandalous Grace of God Meet Gomer Book of the Month: When Helping Hurts Why Breakups Hurt One Night Stands & the Doctrine of the Trinity Freakonomics, Roe V. Wade, & God’s Will for Mankind The Gospel According to Jason Bourne A Tale of Three Kingdoms Why I Watch “The Office” Of Sinners & Superheroes Sin Will Be No More (On Sin, Part 5) The Death of Sin (On Sin, Part 4) Sin Permeates the Human Condition (On Sin, Part 3) Sin Is Everywhere (On Sin, Part 2) The Sinfulness of Sin (On Sin, Part 1) Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 6: Breakups Are Okay Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 5: Playing the Field Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 4: Test-Driving Marriage Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 3: The Love Cocoon Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 2: What Do We Call It? Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 1: The Pressure to Marry Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 4 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 3 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 2 The Hunger Games, Parts 2 & 3 You Don’t Have to Marry Your Youth Pastor What Art Can’t Do What Science Can’t Do The Hunger Games & Human Dignity Grace over Race Red and Yellow, Black and White MLK The Color of Church Racial Reconciliation A Theology of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Extreme Cheapskates & the Love of Money Can Bad Movies Teach Good Things? Beauty vs. Compassion—Adventures in False Dichotomies Loving, Hating, & Learning On Papers and Poverty, Part 2: How Biblical Are We? The Transfiguration & the Christian Imagination On the Validity of Theological Interpretations of Things On Papers and Poverty Question of the Week #1 (in order for this to work we need you to comment) How Should the Church Respond to Occupy Wall Street More Things the Church Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street Things the Church can Learn From Occupy Wall Street We are the 99%—really? Occupy Wall Street: A Few Observations The Gospel According to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Harry Potter & the Human Condition The Aesthetic Affect of Sin (On Beauty, Part 3) Literature Ministry Eternity Is Helping Reach Some of the Least Reached The Problem with Expecting God to Do the Spectacular Why We Need Artists in Our Churches Translational Living Avoiding the One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Discipleship Do Your Church Programs Help or Hinder Discipleship? Can Consumerism Be a Tool for the Gospel? Re-Imagining Education Bible Study Matters for Cross-Cultural Ministry Training Cross-Cultural Church Planters Missionaries Are People Too Why You Need to Pray for Your Pastor More Why Christians Can Disagree Three Things to Be Famous For Why We Have So Many Denominations Why Worship Leaders Are More Spiritual Accordance—The Photoshop of Bible Software Depression Learn about Homosexuality from Preston Sprinkle at a Major Discount Announcing You & Me Forever: A Forthcoming Book from Francis & Lisa Chan The Right Kind of Crazy How to Bring Light to an Impoverished Neighborhood Two Ways to Use a Microphone Homosexuality Class – Week 6: An Evening with Matt Jones 3 Reasons Not To Get a Bible Education Engines with No Rudder? Theology, Art, & the Mission of Eternity Bible College A Soft Answer To the Child Care Workers Who Deepen Our Church Celibate Gay Christians Why Silo is Perfect for You Why Eternity Bible College? Three Preachers Who Changed My Life The Foot-Washing God Touch Nepal Thoughts on Preaching Artists in Our Churches Theology Ought to Produce Humility, But… We Are the Called Feeling Called? I’m Right, You’re Wrong Death by Ministry How to Change the World Through Music Is the Bible Working in Your Church? Don’t Excommunicate Yourself Praise with What You Have The Style of New Testament Worship Confessions of a [former?] Pastor: Who am I? Lessons from Elijah: Identity Announcing The Silo Project: Biblical Training for Normal People What Paul Wants You to Be Famous For Lessons from Elijah: Burnout You’ll Never Outgrow the Church Luke Comes Before Acts The Jerusalem Collection The Church Is a Mystery: Transitions When Your Pastor Goes into Labor The Congregation Does Not Praise Alone African Christian University Why Learn the Biblical Languages at Eternity? An Easy Way to Learn Hebrew or Greek Next Stop: Zambia Reflections on Nepal Behind Enemy Lines Frustrated Joy World Upside Down And God Will Open Their Eyes Growing Old to the Glory of God Guilt-Based Evangelism Mentoring Emerging Adults A Creative Way to Stay Off the Mission Field Don’t Hog Your Suffering To Those Who Want to Be the Next Francis Chan Why I Baptized My Kids Last Sunday Good Grief Why a Rockstar Won’t Lead the World to Christ When Prayer Goes Unanswered Hearing the Voice of God Why We Misunderstand Pastors’ Wives Gentle High Priests Why Breakups Hurt A Tale of Three Kingdoms Book of the Month: You Can Change Hi. My Name Is ______, and I’m a _______? Free, Yet Still Imprisoned There Is No Strategy for Sanctification Stop Trying Harder You’ll Never Outgrow the Gospel Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 6: Breakups Are Okay Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 5: Playing the Field Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 4: Test-Driving Marriage Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 3: The Love Cocoon Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 2: What Do We Call It? Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 1: The Pressure to Marry You Don’t Have to Marry Your Youth Pastor The Transfiguration & the Christian Imagination Announcing Multiply: Free Discipleship Material from Francis Chan Harry Potter & the Human Condition Mission Eternity Is Helping Reach Some of the Least Reached The Problem with Expecting God to Do the Spectacular Why We Need Artists in Our Churches The Church Is a Place to Feel at Home & Foreign Translational Living Avoiding the One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Discipleship Do Your Church Programs Help or Hinder Discipleship? Can Consumerism Be a Tool for the Gospel? God Should Have Dumped the Church by Now, But He Hasn’t Letting Go: (Over-Dramatic) Reflections of a Father upon the First Day of Kindergarten The Obvious Reality We Never See Re-Imagining Education Why You Should Be Thankful for Denominations The Day Between Bible Study Matters for Cross-Cultural Ministry Training Cross-Cultural Church Planters When the Maker Made a Maker To Our Christian Brothers Who Conquered ISIS Missionaries Are People Too Why We Have So Many Denominations Marriage Is Bigger than Your Happiness Why the Church Needs AudioFeed Announcing You & Me Forever: A Forthcoming Book from Francis & Lisa Chan The Right Kind of Crazy The First Ten Years How to Bring Light to an Impoverished Neighborhood A Great Night to Be Human Two Ways to Use a Microphone Why a Bible College Cares about Art & Music Evangelicalism: Beyond the Culture Wars The God-Centerdness of God Everything Is Theological Engines with No Rudder? Theology, Art, & the Mission of Eternity Bible College Thinking Theologically about Trick-or-Treating Jesus, Unconditional Love, & LGBT Why Eternity Bible College? The Foot-Washing God A Church of Rich Young Rulers Discipleship: The Person or the Task? When I Sang in Three Languages A Christian Approach to the US Citizenship Debates Christians and Violence Revisited, Part 2: Shoot the Thug? Fear of Commitment: Why Some of Our Friends Resist Becoming Christian The Light By Which We See The Invisible Church Touch Nepal Of the World but Not in It We Are the Called Feeling Called? The Streakers of the Bible I’m Right, You’re Wrong How to Change the World Through Music Stop Worrying & Love Your Neighbor, Part 2 Stop Worrying & Love Your Neighbor, Part 1 The Most Random Book in the Bible (or, Why You Should Read Philemon) Does the Resurrection Matter on Monday? Confessions of a [former?] Pastor: Who am I? Announcing The Silo Project: Biblical Training for Normal People Luke Comes Before Acts The Jerusalem Collection African Christian University Next Stop: Zambia Reflections on Nepal Behind Enemy Lines Frustrated Joy World Upside Down The World: Playground or Cesspool? And God Will Open Their Eyes Growing Old to the Glory of God Guilt-Based Evangelism Defending Multiply: A Response to Frank Viola at Patheos Redeeming the Time A Creative Way to Stay Off the Mission Field The Right Kind of Environmentalism A Christian Response to a Finished Election Don’t Hog Your Suffering Why My Kids Might Go Trick-or-Treating, & Why They Might Not Discipleship: More Than a Buzzword To Those Who Want to Be the Next Francis Chan What Are Kids For? U2: Musical Missionaries or Satanic Deceivers? Why a Rockstar Won’t Lead the World to Christ C. S. Lewis on Picking a Church Sin Is a Stain, Not the Fabric Itself Nothing but the Kingdom; Everything Because of the Kingdom How to Follow God’s Calling without Committing Idolatry The Welcome Wagon: Christian Music You Won’t Find in a Christian Store Why the Hippie Revolution Failed The Olympics & God’s Heart for the World Do You Need the People Who Need You? What Is Christian Music, Part 3 (Is it music directed at Christian audiences?) Reform Your Church in One Easy Step When Your Landlord Builds a Hindu Altar in Your Church What Do Thomas Kinkade & Quentin Tarantino Have in Common? Would Jesus Celebrate the Fourth of July? Why We Should Lock the Church Doors The Gospel Subverts Every Culture The Gospel Is Good News to Every Culture “The Holy Games:” When Our Pursuit of Relevance Makes Us Anything But Book of the Month: The Drama of Scripture In Search of the Golden Age: Old Is the New New When Your Church Meets Next to a Porn Studio (or Church in All the Right Places) A Theology of Rest Finding God in a Busy Schedule, Part 3 Question of the Week #6 Gentle High Priests Creation: The Cutting Room Floor Book of the Month: When Helping Hurts A Tale of Three Kingdoms A Tale of Two Kingdoms Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 4 Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 3 Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 2 Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 1 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 2 Selling the Truth (Salesman Evangelism, Part 2) Grace over Race Red and Yellow, Black and White The Color of Church Racial Reconciliation Education & Your Relationship with God, Part 1 Attractive Christianity or Attractive Christians? Small Churches Matter, Part 2 Small Churches Matter, Part 1 O’doul’s Beer On Papers and Poverty, Part 2: How Biblical Are We? Announcing Multiply: Free Discipleship Material from Francis Chan On Papers and Poverty The Biggest Loser & Other Types of Losers We Need Bible Studies Passion for Heart and Mind, Part 4: Albert Schweitzer Relationship: A good reason to go on a short term trip Are Short Term Building Projects Doing a Good Thing? An Effective Short Term Mission Trip Are Short Term Trips Worth It? Short-Term Missions for Me Rwandan Forgiveness Global Christianity and the American Church A Final Thought From Africa (at least until I have another) Some Things Transcend Culture Syncretism in Various Forms (and a very nice solution) Christianity and the Poor, Part 2 Christianity and the Poor, Part 1 The Franchise Gospel Salesman Evangelism The Gospel versus/in/to Culture Theology for Today Money Music Why Malcolm Gladwell Is Wrong about Country Music The Best Books on Christianity & the Arts Music Is Medicine Small Theology What Christian Artists Can Learn from Lord Huron The Composer When the Maker Made a Maker Why I’ve Always Loved Punk Rock Why Worship Leaders Are More Spiritual Why the Church Needs AudioFeed Every Artist Is a Mirror Resonate: Book Giveaway How Music Works A Great Night to Be Human Two Ways to Use a Microphone Why a Bible College Cares about Art & Music Arcade Fire: God-Honoring Music Beyond the Secular/Sacred Divide Writing about Music Is Like Dancing about Architecture Making Sense of the Grammys Disney’s Frozen, “Let It Go,” & the Importance of Story He Shines in All That’s Fair Katy Perry, Roar, & the Power of Music God, The Smashing Pumpkins, & Christian Music From Ivory Towers to Muddy Waters How to Change the World Through Music Praise with What You Have Bob Dylan: Christian Music You Won’t Find in a Christian Bookstore The Congregation Does Not Praise Alone The World: Playground or Cesspool? Sufjan Stevens’ Christmas Unicorn Book of the Month: The Crowd, The Critic, & the Muse God Commands You to Sing Bob Dylan & the Search for Meaning Wilco’s Musical Savior Is Mumford & Sons a Christian Band? Why Mumford & Sons Is the Most Compelling Band Around U2: Can We Trust Someone Who Tells Us to Coexist? U2: Musical Missionaries or Satanic Deceivers? Why a Rockstar Won’t Lead the World to Christ The Welcome Wagon: Christian Music You Won’t Find in a Christian Store A Theological Defense of Hardcore Music A Thought on the Christian Music Industry (The Positive Side) A Thought on the Christian Music Industry (The Negative Side) What Is Christian Music, Part 5 (Conclusion) What Is Christian Music, Part 4 (Two Important Clarifications) What Is Christian Music, Part 3 (Is it music directed at Christian audiences?) What Is Christian Music, Part 2 (Is it music with Christian subject matter?) What Is Christian Music, Part 1 (Is it music made by Christians?) 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How to Bring Light to an Impoverished Neighborhood Arcade Fire: God-Honoring Music Beyond the Secular/Sacred Divide Homosexuality Class – Week 6: An Evening with Matt Jones A Soft Answer Celibate Gay Christians Do Feelings Follow Action? I’ll Love ‘Em But I Don’t Have To Like ‘Em Fear of Commitment: Why Some of Our Friends Resist Becoming Christian Theology Ought to Produce Humility, But… I’m Right, You’re Wrong Disagreeing without Demonizing The Most Random Book in the Bible (or, Why You Should Read Philemon) What Paul Wants You to Be Famous For You’ll Never Outgrow the Church Love Is Never Lonely Two Kinds of Love Cheating Smart Phones: Humanizing or Dehumanizing? The [True & False] Hope of Being a Wallflower Only for a Moment: Looking Ahead and Looking Behind Why I Watch “Arrested Development” Guilt-Based Evangelism Thankful for the Boring Things Thanksgiving Got Run Over by a Reindeer Don’t Hog Your Suffering What Are Kids For? Church Must Be Awkward for Celebrities Book of the Month: Altared Do You Need the People Who Need You? The Gospel Subverts Every Culture Apologetics Requires Compassion Finding God in a Busy Schedule, Part 1 Why Breakups Hurt One Night Stands & the Doctrine of the Trinity Freakonomics, Roe V. Wade, & God’s Will for Mankind A Tale of Three Kingdoms Sin Is Everywhere (On Sin, Part 2) Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 6: Breakups Are Okay Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 5: Playing the Field Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 4: Test-Driving Marriage Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 3: The Love Cocoon Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 2: What Do We Call It? Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 1: The Pressure to Marry You Don’t Have to Marry Your Youth Pastor Science & Technology Social Justice Marriage Is Bigger than Your Happiness How to Bring Light to an Impoverished Neighborhood Before We Rush to Judge Donald Sterling A Christian Approach to the US Citizenship Debates A Christian Response to the Zimmerman Verdict Don’t Fitch the Homeless Stop Worrying & Love Your Neighbor, Part 2 Stop Worrying & Love Your Neighbor, Part 1 3 Reasons to Pray for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Book of the Month: Everyday Justice The Jerusalem Collection Reflections on Nepal Behind Enemy Lines Frustrated Joy World Upside Down Does Thanksgiving Promote Gluttony? The Right Kind of Environmentalism A Christian Response to a Finished Election Why Science Can’t End the Abortion Debate Sin Is a Stain, Not the Fabric Itself Nothing but the Kingdom; Everything Because of the Kingdom Why the Hippie Revolution Failed Two Values that Destroyed Modern Society A Theological Defense of Hardcore Music The Gospel Subverts Every Culture The Gospel Is Good News to Every Culture Christians & Violence, Part 5 Christians & Violence, Part 1 We Are Rome (And That’s Not a Good Thing) Child Sacrifices on the Altar of Convenience What Makes a Person? Should We Let Our Children Live? Post-Birth Abortions? Who Are We Kidding? 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Social Action Television The Arts & Culture Why Malcolm Gladwell Is Wrong about Country Music Healing Shame…with God’s Honor Learn about Art & Faith in Your Spare Time Why We Need Artists in Our Churches iV The Church Is a Place to Feel at Home & Foreign Can Consumerism Be a Tool for the Gospel? On Being Well Read All the Light We Cannot See The Best Books on Christianity & the Arts Music Is Medicine Small Theology What Christian Artists Can Learn from Lord Huron Why Social Media Makes Us Angry & Opinionated The Composer When the Maker Made a Maker Why I’m Glad My Kids Watch Movies Book of the Month: Culture Care Why I’ve Always Loved Punk Rock Book of the Month: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 19 Weddings & Counting Why I’m Not Afraid of Halloween What iPhone 6 Reveals about the Human Heart Why Worship Leaders Are More Spiritual Erosion Book of the Month: Desiring the Kingdom God Creates through Our Creativity Why the Church Needs AudioFeed Every Artist Is a Mirror Resonate: Book Giveaway How Music Works A Great Night to Be Human Two Ways to Use a Microphone Why a Bible College Cares about Art & Music Arcade Fire: God-Honoring Music Beyond the Secular/Sacred Divide Writing about Music Is Like Dancing about Architecture Evangelicalism: Beyond the Culture Wars The Biblical Foundation of Disney’s Frozen One Verse Hollywood Believes The Apologetic Value of Beauty The Devil’s Greatest Trick Making Sense of the Grammys Thank God for J. K. Rowling Disney’s Frozen, “Let It Go,” & the Importance of Story He Shines in All That’s Fair Katy Perry, Roar, & the Power of Music Christ-Myth Angels Phil Robertson on Homosexuality: A Conservative Christian’s Response Immanuel in the Shopping Mall Secular Joy to the Secular World Everything Is Theological Thinking Theologically about Trick-or-Treating God, The Smashing Pumpkins, & Christian Music The Rebellious Little Mermaid When Healthy Is Unhealthy Go Easy on Miley Talents, the Talented, & the Thirst for God Jesus, Superman, & Solomon: Typology in the Other Direction C. S. Lewis: Why Christians Should Read Fiction C. S. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 4 C. S. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 3 C. S. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 2 C. S. 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Only for a Moment: Looking Ahead and Looking Behind Why I Watch “Arrested Development” Selling Jesus Book of the Month: The Crowd, The Critic, & the Muse The Eschatology of It’s a Small World Mentoring Emerging Adults What’s wrong with YOLO? Black Friday & the Loss of Humanity Thanksgiving Got Run Over by a Reindeer Redeeming the Time God Commands You to Sing Bob Dylan & the Search for Meaning Mummies, Zombies, & the Resurrection of the Dead Why My Kids Might Go Trick-or-Treating, & Why They Might Not Sin Is Expensive Wilco’s Musical Savior Does Excellence Have a Place in the Church? The Biblical Side of Happily Ever After Is Mumford & Sons a Christian Band? Why Mumford & Sons Is the Most Compelling Band Around Church Must Be Awkward for Celebrities U2: Can We Trust Someone Who Tells Us to Coexist? U2: Musical Missionaries or Satanic Deceivers? When Poetry Becomes a Weapon Why a Rockstar Won’t Lead the World to Christ Labor Day: A Call to Renounce Idolatry Sin Is a Stain, Not the Fabric Itself Nothing but the Kingdom; Everything Because of the Kingdom What Darwin Knew but Couldn’t Explain The Welcome Wagon: Christian Music You Won’t Find in a Christian Store Book of the Month: Meaning at the Movies Why the Hippie Revolution Failed Two Values that Destroyed Modern Society A Theological Defense of Hardcore Music The Olympics & God’s Heart for the World A Thought on the Christian Music Industry (The Positive Side) A Thought on the Christian Music Industry (The Negative Side) What Is Christian Music, Part 5 (Conclusion) What Is Christian Music, Part 4 (Two Important Clarifications) What Is Christian Music, Part 3 (Is it music directed at Christian audiences?) What Is Christian Music, Part 2 (Is it music with Christian subject matter?) What Is Christian Music, Part 1 (Is it music made by Christians?) The Bible As Literature What Do Thomas Kinkade & Quentin Tarantino Have in Common? Wind-Blown Symphony by God The Gospel Subverts Every Culture The Gospel Is Good News to Every Culture Borrowing Happiness: Why the American Dream Is Literally Bankrupt “The Holy Games:” When Our Pursuit of Relevance Makes Us Anything But A Theology of People Watching, Part 1 The Church Is a Mystery: God’s Cathedral The Church Is a Mystery: Come As You Are The Church Is a Mystery: The Church in Amsterdam In Search of the Golden Age: Old Is the New New When Your Church Meets Next to a Porn Studio (or Church in All the Right Places) We Are Rome (And That’s Not a Good Thing) The Church is a Mystery: A Place of Beauty When Violence Is a Good Thing (or What Do Flannery O’Connor & the Hunger Games Have in Common?) Announcing Eternity’s 2nd Annual Art & Music Benefit Women One Night Stands & the Doctrine of the Trinity The Gospel According to Jason Bourne Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 4 Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 3 Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 2 Kony 2012 & the Dangers of Social Media, Part 1 Why I Watch “The Office” Of Sinners & Superheroes Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 5 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 4 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 3 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 2 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 1 You Don’t Have to Marry Your Youth Pastor What Art Can’t Do The Hunger Games & Human Dignity A Theology of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Beer Extreme Cheapskates & the Love of Money Two Types of Christmas Question of the Week #5 (a question of the season…It’s December, I am obligated) Can Bad Movies Teach Good Things? Water for Elephants: Can Good Movies Teach Bad Things? Happy Birthday Dear Jesus? Beauty vs. Compassion—Adventures in False Dichotomies Loving, Hating, & Learning Question of the Week #3 (this is showing some potential) The Transfiguration & the Christian Imagination Question of the Week #2 (a second attempt: still not sure this has the legs to be a regular feature) On the Validity of Theological Interpretations of Things The Biggest Loser & Other Types of Losers Beautiful Authority How Should the Church Respond to Occupy Wall Street More Things the Church Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street Things the Church can Learn From Occupy Wall Street We are the 99%—really? Occupy Wall Street: A Few Observations The Gospel According to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition The [Purely Secular] Hope of Steve Jobs Harry Potter & the Human Condition An Effective Short Term Mission Trip The Upside of Consumerism A Final Thought From Africa (at least until I have another) The Beauty of Limitations Lifeboat Theology Some Things Transcend Culture To Resurrect & Change the World Freakonomics & the Human Condition JesUSAves? Outsourcing Worship The Aesthetic Affect of Sin (On Beauty, Part 3) Beauty Truly Is in the Eye of the Beholder (On Beauty, Part 2) On Beauty, Part 1 The Franchise Gospel On Depressing Truths & Beautiful Music Truth & Suppression in the Arts & Media Can Secular Movies be Christian? Or Christian Movies Secular? The Gospel versus/in/to Culture Can Christian Music be Secular? Or Secular Music Christian? Jewish Messianism & You Theology for Today The Bible Walls Fall Down Reading Scripture Cross-Eyed On the Use of Vulgar Language Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Revelation Tips for Reading Bible Genres: The Letters Tips for Reading Bible Genres: The Gospels & Acts Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Prophecy Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Wisdom Literature Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Poetry Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Law Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Narrative Ain’t No Testament Like the Greek Old Testament Cause the Greek Old Testament Rocks Battling Our Bibles Why the Bible Is Full of Genealogies The God-Centerdness of God As For Me & My House: We Will Bury Our Idols Paul Prohibits Homosexual Sex–But Why? Does Romans 1 Address Specific Idolatrous Forms of Homosexuality? Constant Practice I Am the Light of the World Let There Be Light The Lion Roars You Can’t Read the Bible Alone Sometimes Angels Lie The Streakers of the Bible I’m Right, You’re Wrong Will There Be a Future Temple? Part Two Will There Be a Future Temple? Is the Bible Working in Your Church? I Can Do WHAT Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me? Luke Comes Before Acts Being the Right Kind of Light Who Hardened Pharaoh’s Heart—and Why? Does Thanksgiving Promote Gluttony? Two Things No One Can Deny: The “Mannishness” of Man Redeeming the Time God Commands You to Sing What’s on Your Mind? Don’t Hog Your Suffering Craigslist’s Faulty Theological Foundation The Biblical Side of Once Upon a Time Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 6: What Gives the Bible Its Authority? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 5: How Do We Know We Got the Right Books? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 4: Who Put the Bible Together? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 3: How Do We Know the Bible Is Scripture? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 2: Doesn’t the Bible Contain Errors? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 1: Hasn’t the Bible Been Changed Over Time? Did God Command Joshua to Slaughter Babies? They Didn’t Actually Kill Them All, and (Perhaps) They Were Never Commanded To Don’t Kill Them All Grace: God’s Preemptive Strike When Poetry Becomes a Weapon Canaan: God’s Living Room Kill Them All Good Grief When Prayer Goes Unanswered A Theology of Sickness God Slept in a Feeding Trough You Can’t Make God Love You Grace in the Old Testament? What Is Christian Music, Part 2 (Is it music with Christian subject matter?) How Plato Messed Up the Church The Bible As Literature Was Jesus Really Human? Ezekiel 16 Remixed Book of the Month: The Drama of Scripture Christians & Violence, Part 6 Christians & Violence, Part 5.5 Christians & Violence, Part 5 Christians & Violence, Part 4 Christians & Violence, Part 3 Christians & Violence, Part 1 Does Prayer Actually Do Anything? A Theology of Rest Women Meet Mary Magdalene Creation: The Cutting Room Floor God Walks Alone Porn Stars, Prostitutes, and the Scandalous Grace of God Meet Gomer When do I baptize my kids? Esther: Harlot or Heroine? 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The Color of Church Racial Reconciliation Belgium Trippel Ale Cabernet Sauvignon Beer Extreme Cheapskates & the Love of Money Wine Angels Don’t Have Wings Was Jesus a Carpenter? Was Jesus born at an inn? Can Bad Movies Teach Good Things? The Christian Life The Problem with Expecting God to Do the Spectacular Learn about Art & Faith in Your Spare Time Why We Need Artists in Our Churches The Church Is a Place to Feel at Home & Foreign Translational Living Avoiding the One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Discipleship On Being Well Read The Curious Case of Bob Armstrong God Should Have Dumped the Church by Now, But He Hasn’t How to Repeat Yourself in Church without Becoming a Hypocrite Do It Again: A Case for Repetition in Worship Letting Go: (Over-Dramatic) Reflections of a Father upon the First Day of Kindergarten You’ve Never Sinned in Isolation The Obvious Reality We Never See I Might Be Wrong: How Social Media May Actually Harm Your Soul Falling Asleep & the Filling of the Spirit Re-Imagining Education Small Theology When Your Best Isn’t Good Enough The Day Between Why You’re Always Tired: The Theological Reason Will You Go Out with / Hang Out with / Date / Court / Marry Me? 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A Soft Answer Thinking Theologically about Trick-or-Treating Celibate Gay Christians Driscoll’s DeJesus Uncrossed When Jesus Sat Down Do Feelings Follow Action? I’ll Love ‘Em But I Don’t Have To Like ‘Em Your Faith Is Greater Than You Think Why Silo is Perfect for You Jesus, Unconditional Love, & LGBT When Prayer Is an Abomination Self-Control Is Not Self-Control Book of the Month: Purge with Passion The Foot-Washing God A Theology of Plagiarism (& Other Professional Sins) Book of the Month: Death By Living A Church of Rich Young Rulers Discipleship: The Person or the Task? Book of the Month: Fight Increased Terrorist Threats on the United States Christians and Violence Revisited, Part 2: Shoot the Thug? Christians and Violence Revisited, Part 1 A Christian Response to the Zimmerman Verdict Fear of Commitment: Why Some of Our Friends Resist Becoming Christian The Light By Which We See The City With No Sun & No Night The Invisible Church Come Out of the Wicked City Christians & Gun Control: What If… You Can’t Read the Bible Alone Divine Estrogen Of the World but Not in It Theology Ought to Produce Humility, But… We Are the Called Feeling Called? The Streakers of the Bible I’m Right, You’re Wrong Death by Ministry Disagreeing without Demonizing Texting as Worship Personal Relationship with Jesus: A Biblical Concept? 3 Reasons to Pray for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is the Bible Working in Your Church? Don’t Excommunicate Yourself Book of the Month: Everyday Justice The Style of New Testament Worship How to Be Ready for Christ’s Return The Most Random Book in the Bible (or, Why You Should Read Philemon) Does the Resurrection Matter on Monday? Confessions of a [former?] Pastor: Who am I? When God Gives Us Idols I Can Do WHAT Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me? Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Destruction Lessons from Elijah: Identity Announcing The Silo Project: Biblical Training for Normal People The Prosperity Gospel Remixed Just Win Baby What Paul Wants You to Be Famous For Lessons from Elijah: Burnout Conquering Lambs A Theology of Pinterest Love Is Never Lonely Two Kinds of Love Luke Comes Before Acts Being the Right Kind of Light The Jerusalem Collection When Your Pastor Goes into Labor Does Facebook Enhance or Undermine Friendship? The Kingdom of God When the Curtain Falls, Costumes Are Irrelevant The World: Playground or Cesspool? Growing Old to the Glory of God Why I Told My Kids Santa Is Not Real He Who Has [Christmas Mouse] Ears, Let Him Hear Is Jesus Really the Reason for the Season? Guilt-Based Evangelism Mentoring Emerging Adults What’s wrong with YOLO? Thankful for the Boring Things Defending Multiply: A Response to Frank Viola at Patheos Redeeming the Time God Commands You to Sing What’s on Your Mind? Why My Kids Might Go Trick-or-Treating, & Why They Might Not Why My Kids Did Not Go Trick-or-Treating Why I Let My Kids Go Trick-or-Treating To Those Who Want to Be the Next Francis Chan Why I Baptized My Kids Last Sunday Good Grief Labor Day: A Call to Renounce Idolatry A Student Who Lived & Died Well C. S. Lewis on Picking a Church When Prayer Goes Unanswered Sin Is a Stain, Not the Fabric Itself Nothing but the Kingdom; Everything Because of the Kingdom How to Follow God’s Calling without Committing Idolatry Hearing the Voice of God Book of the Month: Meaning at the Movies Why the Hippie Revolution Failed A Theology of Sickness Grace in the Old Testament? Do You Need the People Who Need You? Protestants Do Penance Too Reform Your Church in One Easy Step Book of the Month: Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl The Dangers of Reading Dead Theologians The Benefits of Reading Dead Theologians What Do Thomas Kinkade & Quentin Tarantino Have in Common? Would Jesus Celebrate the Fourth of July? Why We Should Lock the Church Doors Wind-Blown Symphony by God Borrowing Happiness: Why the American Dream Is Literally Bankrupt A Theology of People Watching, Part 2 A Thought on Fatherhood The Church Is a Mystery: God’s Cathedral “Bodily” Baptism: Baptize this Way Student Debt Kills Book of the Month: Radical Together Apologetics Requires Compassion Why We Can’t Argue People to Christ The End of Christians & Violence Christians & Violence, Part 6 Christians & Violence, Part 5 Christians & Violence, Part 4 Christians & Violence, Part 3 Christians & Violence, Part 2 Does Prayer Actually Do Anything? In Search of the Golden Age: Old Is the New New A Theology of Rest Finding God in a Busy Schedule, Part 3 Finding God in a Busy Schedule, Part 2 Finding God in a Busy Schedule, Part 1 Question of the Week #6 Gentle High Priests God Walks Alone Porn Stars, Prostitutes, and the Scandalous Grace of God Book of the Month: When Helping Hurts Shaken but Not Stirred? Or Stirred but Never Shaken? Do we really understand Grace? When do I baptize my kids? Esther: Harlot or Heroine? The Gospel According to Jason Bourne A Tale of Three Kingdoms A Tale of Two Kingdoms Book of the Month: You Can Change Hi. My Name Is ______, and I’m a _______? Free, Yet Still Imprisoned There Is No Strategy for Sanctification Stop Trying Harder You’ll Never Outgrow the Gospel Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 6: Breakups Are Okay Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 5: Playing the Field Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 4: Test-Driving Marriage Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 3: The Love Cocoon Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 2: What Do We Call It? Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 1: The Pressure to Marry Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 5 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 4 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 3 Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 2 Everything Is Biblical The Dangers of Reading Biographies You Don’t Have to Marry Your Youth Pastor Selling the Truth (Salesman Evangelism, Part 2) Racial Reconciliation Education & Your Relationship with God, Part 2 Attractive Christianity or Attractive Christians? Belgium Trippel Ale O’doul’s Cabernet Sauvignon Beer Wine The Gospel Is Not About You Why I Hope My Kids Don’t Convert To Christianity A Devotional Thought on Prayer Announcing Multiply: Free Discipleship Material from Francis Chan How do we experience the presence of God? The Biggest Loser & Other Types of Losers Pride The Church The Church Is a Place to Feel at Home & Foreign Avoiding the One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Discipleship Do Your Church Programs Help or Hinder Discipleship? Can Consumerism Be a Tool for the Gospel? God Should Have Dumped the Church by Now, But He Hasn’t How to Repeat Yourself in Church without Becoming a Hypocrite Do It Again: A Case for Repetition in Worship Why You Should Be Thankful for Denominations Book of the Month: Culture Care Why We Have So Many Denominations How to Bring Light to an Impoverished Neighborhood To the Child Care Workers Who Deepen Our Church Syria: The Right Reaction for the Wrong Reasons When I Sang in Three Languages The City With No Sun & No Night The Invisible Church You Can’t Read the Bible Alone Artists in Our Churches Personal Relationship with Jesus: A Biblical Concept? Don’t Excommunicate Yourself Praise with What You Have The Style of New Testament Worship The Most Random Book in the Bible (or, Why You Should Read Philemon) You’ll Never Outgrow the Church Are House Churches Biblical? Luke Comes Before Acts The Church Is a Mystery: Transitions When Your Pastor Goes into Labor The Local Church Is First Behind Enemy Lines Frustrated Joy Mentoring Emerging Adults Defending Multiply: A Response to Frank Viola at Patheos Don’t Hog Your Suffering Does Excellence Have a Place in the Church? Discipleship: More Than a Buzzword Church Must Be Awkward for Celebrities C. S. Lewis on Picking a Church Reform Your Church in One Easy Step When Your Landlord Builds a Hindu Altar in Your Church How Plato Messed Up the Church Why We Should Lock the Church Doors Why We Misunderstand Pastors’ Wives The Church Is a Mystery: God’s Cathedral “Bodily” Baptism: Baptize this Way Student Debt Kills The Church Is a Mystery: Toddler Church Book of the Month: Radical Together The Church Is a Mystery: Refreshing Worship The Church Is a Mystery: Come As You Are The Church Is a Mystery: The Church in Amsterdam When Your Church Meets Next to a Porn Studio (or Church in All the Right Places) The Church is a Mystery: A Place of Beauty The Church Is a Mystery: He Knows His Sheep Women The Church Is a Mystery: Surprised by Church The Church Is a Mystery: Exploring How God Shows Up at Church, Part 2 The Church Is a Mystery: Exploring How God Shows Up at Church, Part 1 Book of the Month: When Helping Hurts Shaken but Not Stirred? Or Stirred but Never Shaken? Do we really understand Grace? You’ll Never Outgrow the Gospel Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 3: The Love Cocoon Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 1: The Pressure to Marry Disqualified! Grace over Race Red and Yellow, Black and White The Color of Church Racial Reconciliation Small Churches Matter, Part 2 Small Churches Matter, Part 1 Why I Hope My Kids Don’t Convert To Christianity On Papers and Poverty, Part 2: How Biblical Are We? Announcing Multiply: Free Discipleship Material from Francis Chan On Papers and Poverty How do we experience the presence of God? Pride More Things the Church Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street Things the Church can Learn From Occupy Wall Street We Need Bible Studies The Gospel and (or versus?) Social Action The Storefront Gospel Passion for Heart and Mind, Part 3: My Journey Passion for Heart and Mind, Part 2: The Church NEEDS Scholars! 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Homosexuality Class – Week 7: Truth & Love from Bill Henson & the Apostle Paul Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Revelation Tips for Reading Bible Genres: The Letters The Biblical Foundation of Disney’s Frozen Tips for Reading Bible Genres: The Gospels & Acts Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Prophecy Homosexuality Class – Week 6: An Evening with Matt Jones Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Wisdom Literature Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Poetry Homosexuality Class – Weeks 4 & 5: Jesus & Homosexuality Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Law Tips for Reading Bible Genres: Narrative Ain’t No Testament Like the Greek Old Testament Cause the Greek Old Testament Rocks Homosexuality Class: Week 3—Catfish, Blended Fabric, & Gay Sex in Leviticus One Verse Hollywood Believes Satan’s Greatest Weapon & Why It’s Worthless The Apologetic Value of Beauty Homosexuality Class: Week 2 – Sodom, David, Jonathan, Ruth and…Naomi (?) 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To the Child Care Workers Who Deepen Our Church Thinking Theologically about Trick-or-Treating Zombies in the Bible Homosexuality & Romans 1 Driscoll’s DeJesus Uncrossed When Jesus Sat Down The Rebellious Little Mermaid Your Faith Is Greater Than You Think Why Silo is Perfect for You Jesus, Unconditional Love, & LGBT Jesus, Sexuality, & Same-Sex Love Jesus & Homosexuality Biological Influences on Same Sex Attraction According to Rome Was “Homosexuality” Unknown to Paul? Homosexuality in Ancient Rome & Why It Matters Syria: The Right Reaction for the Wrong Reasons Are Leviticus 18 & 20 Still Relevant for Christians? Leviticus 18 & 20 Revisited…for Real Leviticus 18: A Text Dripping with Blood A Theology of Plagiarism (& Other Professional Sins) Does Leviticus Actually Condemn Same-Sex Intercourse? Sex at Sodom: Was it “Homosexual”? Was Sodom the First All-Gay City? Does the Bible Condemn Homosexuality? 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Personal Relationship with Jesus: A Biblical Concept? 3 Reasons to Pray for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is the Bible Working in Your Church? What Tragedy Reveals About Humanity Don’t Excommunicate Yourself Praise with What You Have The Style of New Testament Worship How to Be Ready for Christ’s Return The Most Random Book in the Bible (or, Why You Should Read Philemon) Does the Resurrection Matter on Monday? When God Gives Us Idols I Can Do WHAT Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me? Announcing The Silo Project: Biblical Training for Normal People You’ll Never Outgrow the Church Are House Churches Biblical? Luke Comes Before Acts Being the Right Kind of Light The Church Is a Mystery: Transitions When Your Pastor Goes into Labor The Congregation Does Not Praise Alone The Kingdom of God An Easy Way to Learn Hebrew or Greek When the Curtain Falls, Costumes Are Irrelevant The Local Church Is First Behind Enemy Lines Frustrated Joy The World: Playground or Cesspool? Jesus & the Kingdom (2013 Winterim) What Santa Can (and Can’t) Teach Us About Faith He Who Has [Christmas Mouse] Ears, Let Him Hear The Eschatology of It’s a Small World Who Hardened Pharaoh’s Heart—and Why? Mentoring Emerging Adults Does Thanksgiving Promote Gluttony? Defending Multiply: A Response to Frank Viola at Patheos Two Things No One Can Deny: The “Mannishness” of Man Redeeming the Time God Commands You to Sing What’s on Your Mind? The Right Kind of Environmentalism Don’t Hog Your Suffering Mummies, Zombies, & the Resurrection of the Dead Sin Is Expensive Craigslist’s Faulty Theological Foundation Does Excellence Have a Place in the Church? The Biblical Side of Once Upon a Time The Biblical Side of Happily Ever After Discipleship: More Than a Buzzword Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 6: What Gives the Bible Its Authority? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 5: How Do We Know We Got the Right Books? Can You Trust Your Bible, Part 4: Who Put the Bible Together? 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When Your Church Meets Next to a Porn Studio (or Church in All the Right Places) The Church is a Mystery: A Place of Beauty A Theology of Rest The Church Is a Mystery: He Knows His Sheep Women Meet Mary Magdalene The Church Is a Mystery: Surprised by Church Creation: The Cutting Room Floor God Walks Alone The Church Is a Mystery: Exploring How God Shows Up at Church, Part 2 The Church Is a Mystery: Exploring How God Shows Up at Church, Part 1 Porn Stars, Prostitutes, and the Scandalous Grace of God Meet Gomer Book of the Month: When Helping Hurts Shaken but Not Stirred? Or Stirred but Never Shaken? Do we really understand Grace? When do I baptize my kids? Esther: Harlot or Heroine? 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Passion for Heart and Mind, Part 1 Rwandan Forgiveness The Slippery Slope has Two Sides Global Christianity and the American Church A Thought on General Revelation & the “Jungle Person” Lifeboat Theology Freakonomics & the Human Condition The Impossibility of “ONE ANOTHERING” Yourself Christianity and the Poor, Part 3 Learning from the Wrong People (And Why That’s a Good Thing) Outsourcing Worship The Aesthetic Affect of Sin (On Beauty, Part 3) When Church Leaders Disagree The Entertainment Gospel LOVE WINS: a thought towards method/venue appropriateness Christianity and the Poor, Part 2 Interview with Preston Sprinkle on Erasing Hell Christianity and the Poor, Part 1 The Franchise Gospel Erasing Hell: A Forthcoming Book from Francis Chan & Preston Sprinkle Theological Education & the Church Rob Bell and the Salvation of the Nations Rob Bell, you can’t have your cake and eat it too Truth & Suppression in the Arts & Media To Pray, or Not To Pray? What Do We Do with the Church? Theology for Today World Religions Worldview & Philosophy Healing Shame…with God’s Honor I Might Be Wrong: How Social Media May Actually Harm Your Soul Why I’m Not Afraid of Halloween The Uniqueness of Man What iPhone 6 Reveals about the Human Heart Book of the Month: Desiring the Kingdom #firstworldproblems Secular Joy to the Secular World Similes for Suffering: Seneca on the Problem of Evil, Part 2 Similes for Suffering: Seneca on the Problem of Evil, Part 1 Everything Is Theological Why Silo is Perfect for You A Christian Approach to the US Citizenship Debates C. S. Lewis: Why Christians Should Read Fiction The Best Way to Evaluate Christianity The New Standard for Evaluating Christianity I Am the Light of the World The Christian Way to Demean the Spirit Now You See Me: Great Movies Affect Our Souls Finding Answers from God in Light of the Oklahoma Tornadoes Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Destruction The World: Playground or Cesspool? 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Science vs. Philosophy (Follow Up on Bill Nye) Why Bill Nye Thinks You’re an Idiot Labor Day: A Call to Renounce Idolatry Sin Is a Stain, Not the Fabric Itself Nothing but the Kingdom; Everything Because of the Kingdom How Nietzsche Killed God What Darwin Knew but Couldn’t Explain Book of the Month: Meaning at the Movies Why the Hippie Revolution Failed Two Values that Destroyed Modern Society A Theological Defense of Hardcore Music Sometimes Children See More Clearly What Is Christian Music, Part 5 (Conclusion) What Is Christian Music, Part 4 (Two Important Clarifications) How Aristotle Messed Up the Church How Plato Messed Up the Church Book of the Month: Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl What Do Thomas Kinkade & Quentin Tarantino Have in Common? The Gospel Subverts Every Culture The Gospel Is Good News to Every Culture Borrowing Happiness: Why the American Dream Is Literally Bankrupt Why We Can’t Argue People to Christ Why We Should Argue for Christ Christians & Violence, Part 5 Christians & Violence, Part 4 Christians & Violence, Part 3 Christians & Violence, Part 2 Christians & Violence, Part 1 In Search of the Golden Age: Old Is the New New A Theology of Rest When Violence Is a Good Thing (or What Do Flannery O’Connor & the Hunger Games Have in Common?) Two Arguments Against Naturalism, Part 3 Two Arguments Against Naturalism, Part 2 Two Arguments Against Naturalism, Part 1 Creation: The Cutting Room Floor Child Sacrifices on the Altar of Convenience What Makes a Person? Should We Let Our Children Live? Post-Birth Abortions? Who Are We Kidding? 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Loving, Hating, & Learning Question of the Week #3 (this is showing some potential) The Transfiguration & the Christian Imagination Question of the Week #2 (a second attempt: still not sure this has the legs to be a regular feature) On the Validity of Theological Interpretations of Things Question of the Week #1 (in order for this to work we need you to comment) How Should the Church Respond to Occupy Wall Street More Things the Church Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street Things the Church can Learn From Occupy Wall Street We are the 99%—really? Occupy Wall Street: A Few Observations The Gospel According to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition The [Purely Secular] Hope of Steve Jobs The Upside of Consumerism Honest Answers for Honest Questions Some Things Transcend Culture Syncretism in Various Forms (and a very nice solution) Freakonomics & the Human Condition JesUSAves? Learning from the Wrong People (And Why That’s a Good Thing) On Depressing Truths & Beautiful Music Truth & Suppression in the Arts & Media Can Secular Movies be Christian? Or Christian Movies Secular? Can Christian Music be Secular? Or Secular Music Christian? Theology for Today
