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- 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
- How Reading Kierkegaard Could Save Our World
- 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
- How Reading Kierkegaard Could Save Our World
- 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
- How Reading Kierkegaard Could Save Our World
- Arcade Fire’s Ecclesiastes Remix
- 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
- Arcade Fire’s Ecclesiastes Remix
- 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?)
- Wind-Blown Symphony by God
- Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 5
- Why You Should Care About the Arts, Part 4
- The Beauty of Limitations
- To Resurrect & Change the World
- Outsourcing Worship
- On Depressing Truths & Beautiful Music
- Truth & Suppression in the Arts & Media
- Can Christian Music be Secular? Or Secular Music Christian?
News & Updates
Pastoral Ministry
Philosophy
Politics
Preaching
Relationships
- Why Social Media Makes Us Angry & Opinionated
- Stop Looking for “The One”
- Will You Go Out with / Hang Out with / Date / Court / Marry Me?
- Cultivation
- When Christmas Is Lonely
- Social Media Doesn’t Ruin Lives
- Three Things to Be Famous For
- Discipline VS Punishment
- 19 Weddings & Counting
- Why We Have So Many Denominations
- Men & Women CAN Be Friends
- Announcing You & Me Forever: A Forthcoming Book from Francis & Lisa Chan
- Homosexuality: Have I Changed My View?
- 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?
- Book of the Month: When Helping Hurts
- 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
- Sin Is Everywhere (On Sin, Part 2)
- The Hunger Games, Parts 2 & 3
- Grace over Race
- MLK
- Racial Reconciliation
- Kim Jong-Il’s Regime & the Justice of God
- Beauty vs. Compassion—Adventures in False Dichotomies
- Loving, Hating, & Learning
- On Papers and Poverty, Part 2: How Biblical Are We?
- On Papers and Poverty
- How Should the Church Respond to Occupy Wall Street
- More Things the Church Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street
- We are the 99%—really?
- Occupy Wall Street: A Few Observations
- The Gospel and (or versus?) Social Action
Television
The Arts & Culture
- Arcade Fire’s Ecclesiastes Remix
- 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. Lewis on Reading Well, Part 1
- The Light By Which We See
- The Christian Way to Demean the Spirit
- Artists in Our Churches
- Of the World but Not in It
- Now You See Me: Great Movies Affect Our Souls
- From Ivory Towers to Muddy Waters
- Don’t Fitch the Homeless
- God Loves Creativity
- Texting as Worship
- How to Change the World Through Music
- Praise with What You Have
- 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
- Bob Dylan: Christian Music You Won’t Find in a Christian Bookstore
- A Theology of Pinterest
- Cheating
- Does Facebook Enhance or Undermine Friendship?
- The Congregation Does Not Praise Alone
- 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?
- 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?
- Why I Read the Apocrypha, & Why You Should Too
- John Calvin Got Paul Right
- Paul and Judaism Revisited
- Hiatus
- 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)
- Free, Yet Still Imprisoned
- There Is No Strategy for Sanctification
- You’ll Never Outgrow the Gospel
- 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 3
- Everything Is Biblical
- Disqualified!
- You Don’t Have to Marry Your Youth Pastor
- The End of the New Perspective
- What is the New Perspective? Part 4
- What is the New Perspective? Part 3
- What is the New Perspective?, Part 2
- What is the New Perspective on Paul?
- 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?
- Cultivation
- Why Christians Can Disagree
- Three Things to Be Famous For
- Discipline VS Punishment
- Don’t Pray Like a Pig
- Why We Have So Many Denominations
- Why I’m Not Afraid of Halloween
- Her Feet Go Down to Death
- The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
- Why I Am So Thankful for Christianity
- Praying with Your Eyes Open
- Walls Fall Down
- Marriage Is Bigger than Your Happiness
- God Is Sovereign, But…
- Book of the Month: Desiring the Kingdom
- Men & Women CAN Be Friends
- #firstworldproblems
- Learn about Homosexuality from Preston Sprinkle at a Major Discount
- Why Is Sabbath Such a Big Deal?
- reformed But Not Reformed
- Why the Church Needs AudioFeed
- Every Artist Is a Mirror
- On the Use of Vulgar Language
- Why We’re So Bad at Praying for People
- The Right Kind of Crazy
- A Life Transformed by the Gospel
- Evangelicalism: Beyond the Culture Wars
- Homosexuality Class – Week 6: An Evening with Matt Jones
- The Devil’s Greatest Trick
- He Shines in All That’s Fair
- Battling Our Bibles
- God Carries the Idol-Carriers
- The God-Centerdness of God
- As For Me & My House: We Will Bury Our Idols
- Immanuel in the Shopping Mall
- He Hasn’t Forgotten
- Everything Is Theological
- ThanksLiving
- 3 Reasons Not To Get a Bible Education
- Constant Practice
- Engines with No Rudder?
- 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!
- Global Christianity and the American Church
- The Impossibility of “ONE ANOTHERING” Yourself
- Christianity and the Poor, Part 3
- Outsourcing Worship
- When Church Leaders Disagree
- The Entertainment Gospel
- Christianity and the Poor, Part 2
- Christianity and the Poor, Part 1
- The Franchise Gospel
- What Do We Do with the Church?
The Gospel
Theology
- How Reading Kierkegaard Could Save Our World
- Healing Shame…with God’s Honor
- 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?
- On Being Well Read
- 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
- You’ve Never Sinned in Isolation
- The Obvious Reality We Never See
- Falling Asleep & the Filling of the Spirit
- Re-Imagining Education
- Why You Should Be Thankful for Denominations
- Small Theology
- Voicing Creation’s Praise
- The Day Between
- Why Social Media Makes Us Angry & Opinionated
- Why You’re Always Tired: The Theological Reason
- When the Maker Made a Maker
- To Our Christian Brothers Who Conquered ISIS
- Death Does Not Get the Last Word
- Why You Need to Pray for Your Pastor More
- Book of the Month: Culture Care
- When Christmas Is Lonely
- Don’t Reserve Words Like “Awesome” for God
- Why Christians Can Disagree
- Three Things to Be Famous For
- Don’t Pray Like a Pig
- Why We Have So Many Denominations
- Why I Am So Thankful for Christianity
- Praying with Your Eyes Open
- Learn the Old Testament from Preston Sprinkle (in your living room)
- The Uniqueness of Man
- Why Worship Leaders Are More Spiritual
- Walls Fall Down
- The Encoding & Decoding God (or, Apologetic Fruit)
- Marriage Is Bigger than Your Happiness
- On Incest & Homosexual Relations
- God Is Sovereign, But…
- Reading Scripture Cross-Eyed
- Turning Your Back on Glory
- Learn about Homosexuality from Preston Sprinkle at a Major Discount
- Beautiful Places
- God Creates through Our Creativity
- Why Is Sabbath Such a Big Deal?
- Bad Little Girls Get Thrown Away (Win A Free Copy of Charis)
- reformed But Not Reformed
- No Guns on Sunday
- Every Artist Is a Mirror
- On the Use of Vulgar Language
- Grace and Obedience: Friends or Foes?
- The Invisible World We See Every Day
- Grace Has No Leash
- Homosexuality: Have I Changed My View?
- Laughing at Jesus
- Far as the Curse Is Found
- A Life Transformed by the Gospel
- Review of Matthew Vines, God & the Gay Christian, Part 3: Gay Sex & Leviticus
- Chris and Pat Should Definitely NOT Get Married
- Should Chris & Pat get married?
- How to Bring Light to an Impoverished Neighborhood
- Review of Matthew Vines, God & the Gay Christian, Part 1
- What Are They Teaching You at that School?
- Arcade Fire: God-Honoring Music Beyond the Secular/Sacred Divide
- Writing about Music Is Like Dancing about Architecture
- Evangelicalism: Beyond the Culture Wars
- Homosexuality Class – Week 8: Excluded from the Kingdom?
- 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 (?)
- The Devil’s Greatest Trick
- Homosexuality Class: Week 1
- He Shines in All That’s Fair
- Battling Our Bibles
- Why the Bible Is Full of Genealogies
- God Carries the Idol-Carriers
- The God-Centerdness of God
- As For Me & My House: We Will Bury Our Idols
- Grace in a Feeding Trough
- Christ-Myth Angels
- Phil Robertson on Homosexuality: A Conservative Christian’s Response
- Immanuel in the Shopping Mall
- Paul Prohibits Homosexual Sex–But Why?
- Does Romans 1 Address Specific Idolatrous Forms of Homosexuality?
- He Hasn’t Forgotten
- 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
- 3 Reasons Not To Get a Bible Education
- Constant Practice
- Is Romans 1 About Straight People Having Gay Sex?
- Engines with No Rudder?
- Maybe Romans 1:24-27 Is About Purity But Not Sin?
- Theology, Art, & the Mission of Eternity Bible College
- Does Romans 1 Only Prohibit Illicit Same Sex Activity?
- 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?
- When I Sang in Three Languages
- Thoughts on Believer’s Baptism
- Thoughts on Infant Baptism
- Jesus, Superman, & Solomon: Typology in the Other Direction
- Book of the Month: Fight
- Christians and Violence Revisited, Part 3: Should Governments Have Militaries?
- Christians and Violence Revisited, Part 2: Shoot the Thug?
- The City With No Sun & No Night
- The Invisible Church
- I Am the Light of the World
- Let There Be Light
- The Lion Roars
- The Christian Way to Demean the Spirit
- Come Out of the Wicked City
- You Can’t Read the Bible Alone
- Artists in Our Churches
- Theology Ought to Produce Humility, But…
- Sometimes Angels Lie
- From Ivory Towers to Muddy Waters
- The Streakers of the Bible
- Finding Answers from God in Light of the Oklahoma Tornadoes
- I’m Right, You’re Wrong
- There Will Be a Future Temple, Part 2
- There Will Be a Future Temple, Part 1
- Disagreeing without Demonizing
- Ezekiel’s Temple Is the New Jerusalem
- Will There Be a Future Temple? Part Two
- Will There Be a Future Temple?
- 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?
- 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?
- Church Must Be Awkward for Celebrities
- U2: Can We Trust Someone Who Tells Us to Coexist?
- 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
- Why I Baptized My Kids Last Sunday
- Grace: God’s Preemptive Strike
- When Poetry Becomes a Weapon
- Canaan: God’s Living Room
- Kill Them All
- Good Grief
- Labor Day: A Call to Renounce Idolatry
- C. S. Lewis on Picking a Church
- When Prayer Goes Unanswered
- How Nietzsche Killed God
- What Darwin Knew but Couldn’t Explain
- A Theology of Sickness
- The Olympics & God’s Heart for the World
- 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?)
- Protestants Do Penance Too
- Reform Your Church in One Easy Step
- When Your Landlord Builds a Hindu Altar in Your Church
- How Plato Messed Up the Church
- The Bible As Literature
- A Theology of Computer Viruses
- Tattoo
- Was Jesus Really Human?
- Grace, Grace—and More Grace
- Would Jesus Celebrate the Fourth of July?
- Why We Should Lock the Church Doors
- Ezekiel 16 Remixed
- The Gospel Subverts Every Culture
- Why We Misunderstand Pastors’ Wives
- Book of the Month: The Drama of Scripture
- A Theology of People Watching, Part 2
- A Theology of People Watching, Part 1
- 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
- Christians & Violence, Part 6
- Christians & Violence, Part 5.5
- Christians & Violence, Part 5
- The Church Is a Mystery: Come As You Are
- Christians & Violence, Part 4
- Christians & Violence, Part 3
- Christians & Violence, Part 1
- The Church Is a Mystery: The Church in Amsterdam
- Does Prayer Actually Do Anything?
- 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?
- A Tale of Two Kingdoms
- Why I Read the Apocrypha, & Why You Should Too
- Book of the Month: You Can Change
- John Calvin Got Paul Right
- Paul and Judaism Revisited
- Hiatus
- 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)
- 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 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 3
- Everything Is Biblical
- The Hunger Games, Parts 2 & 3
- Disqualified!
- You Don’t Have to Marry Your Youth Pastor
- The End of the New Perspective
- What is the New Perspective? Part 4
- What is the New Perspective? Part 3
- What is the New Perspective?, Part 2
- What is the New Perspective on Paul?
- Selling the Truth (Salesman Evangelism, Part 2)
- 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
- Belgium Trippel Ale
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Beer
- Extreme Cheapskates & the Love of Money
- Wine
- The Gospel Is Not About You
- Angels Don’t Have Wings
- Kim Jong-Il’s Regime & the Justice of God
- Was Jesus a Carpenter?
- Was Jesus born at an inn?
- Can Bad Movies Teach Good Things?
- Better watch your back, St. Nick is coming to town!
- Why I Hope My Kids Don’t Convert To Christianity
- On Papers and Poverty, Part 2: How Biblical Are We?
- On the Validity of Theological Interpretations of Things
- Announcing Multiply: Free Discipleship Material from Francis Chan
- On Papers and Poverty
- How do we experience the presence of God?
- Pride
- Jesus is my boyfriend
- More Things the Church Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street
- Things the Church can Learn From Occupy Wall Street
- Does trusting in God mean that we don’t do anything?
- We Need Bible Studies
- The Gospel and (or versus?) Social Action
- The Storefront Gospel
- The [Purely Secular] Hope of Steve Jobs
- Grace: God’s Relentless Pursuit of His Enemies
- 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
- 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
- How Reading Kierkegaard Could Save Our World
- 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?
- The [True & False] Hope of Being a Wallflower
- What Santa Can (and Can’t) Teach Us About Faith
- Sufjan Stevens’ Christmas Unicorn
- The Eschatology of It’s a Small World
- What’s wrong with YOLO?
- Two Things No One Can Deny: The “Mannishness” of Man
- Two Things No One Can Deny: The External World
- The Right Kind of Environmentalism
- Why Science Can’t End the Abortion Debate
- Mummies, Zombies, & the Resurrection of the Dead
- Why My Kids Did Not Go Trick-or-Treating
- Why I Let My Kids Go Trick-or-Treating
- Book of the Month: Truth & Transformation
- Craigslist’s Faulty Theological Foundation
- The Biblical Side of Once Upon a Time
- U2: Can We Trust Someone Who Tells Us to Coexist?
- The Christian Origins of Science
- Why Nietzsche’s Superman Can’t Fly Straight
- Is the American Church ‘Breaking Bad’?
- 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?
- Book of the Month: When Helping Hurts
- One Night Stands & the Doctrine of the Trinity
- Sin Permeates the Human Condition (On Sin, Part 3)
- The Sinfulness of Sin (On Sin, Part 1)
- You’ll Never Outgrow the Gospel
- 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
- You Don’t Have to Marry Your Youth Pastor
- What Art Can’t Do
- What Science Can’t Do
- Education & Your Relationship with God, Part 1
- A Theology of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
- Two Types of Christmas
- Question of the Week #5 (a question of the season…It’s December, I am obligated)
- Happy Birthday Dear Jesus?
- 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
