Over the past couple of days I've been chipping away at N.T. Wright's book, Surprised By Hope, as part of my lenten reading. In the previous chapter N.T. Wright recaps a lot of the evidence for the resurrection as brought up in other apologetical works such as More Than a Carpenter and Strobel's, The Case for Easter. Like these other books, Wright concludes … Continue reading Lent 2012: Our Future and God’s Future
Lent 2012: Resurrection and Christian Hope by N.T. Wright
For the season of Lent this year I'm spending my time reading through N.T. Wright's book, Surprised by Hope (2008). In this book he talks about heaven, the Resurrection and connects this all the the mission of the church. I choose to read through this book because as we approach the date in which we … Continue reading Lent 2012: Resurrection and Christian Hope by N.T. Wright
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Living it Right
While I was in India a couple months ago, I had an interesting conversation with an individual about this idea that knowledge, or the idea of knowing more about God as equivalent to being in "right relationship with God" or indicative of being in a "deeper relationship with God." When I first heard this, it … Continue reading Living it Right
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Nerd Date at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Ten years ago this week, my wife and I were seniors in high school going on our first dates. So where did we go? In my humble opinion, there are few places more romantic than sitting in the luminescence of the kelp forest exhibit with a bunch of disease-carrying kids on their school field trips … Continue reading Nerd Date at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
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Walking Parables, Pt. 1
Our church spent the past couple days at a retreat center shaping and reworking our values in hopes of discovering our vision and our mission. Given the reality that people need to earn the right to be heard by cultivating genuine relationships and hearing stories, the discussion turned to, "how do we help people tell … Continue reading Walking Parables, Pt. 1
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In Life and Death
A few weeks ago I left to spend Christmas serving at a children's home in India. In the middle of a village outside of Chennai we had limited cell phone service. I received an urgent e-mail from my wife to call home. One of our students had committed suicide the morning after we left for … Continue reading In Life and Death
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Early Reflections from Israel
If I could sum up this trip in one statement I would say: my imagination now has context. One can only get so much information about how Jesus taught and the audience He spoke to from commentaries, but no commentary or Bible map can beat standing next to the sea of Galilee or seeing the … Continue reading Early Reflections from Israel
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A Clear View
What a day! We kicked the day off bright and early by hiking up Mt. Arbel conquering the rain and fog. We worshipped and danced on a boat on the sea of Galilee, refueled with the best falafels in this world (according to our guide and my taste buds), discussed fascinating facts about ancient near … Continue reading A Clear View
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Death Stars and Ornaments
I'll admit it. I'm a Christmas grinch. I just hate how everything is so jolly. When I think of Christmas, I think of long lines at the supermarket and people flipping each other off parking their cars. Merry Christmas indeed. Like most people, we know when the seasons start to change... It's when Starbucks starts … Continue reading Death Stars and Ornaments
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“This night a pardoned soul”
I started doing a reading guide and came across this statement about the richness of forgiveness: "I am in a maze of wondering worshipping affection. I bow before the throne which absolves me, I clasp the cross which delivers me, I serve henceforth all my days the Incarnate God, through whom I am this night … Continue reading “This night a pardoned soul”
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