In Part 1 I noted how the twelve, like us, had a hard time accepting people outside their own spiritual circle. “Those other so-called Christians might believe in Jesus but they believe a little different than us. They don't worship enough, or maybe too much. They don’t evangelize the way we do or pray in …
How Wide Is Your Welcome? (Part 1 of 2)
46 An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. 47 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. 48 Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who …
James on Justice (An Appeal for Classless Christianity) James 2:8-26
We’re doing a commentary through the book of James with an emphasis on justice and the kind of Christianity that treats people equally––a “Classless Christianity.” I put some of the highlights here in the blog to pique your interest enough to check out my brief audio teaching on these key verses. Classism is when those …
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Recovering the Christian Art of the Lament
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven…a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance…” (Ecclesiastes 3) A year ago I did a multi-post blog on the art the lament, the first of which was entitled: “Sometimes You Just …
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Hitler’s Hair
I couldn’t help but share a piece from Woody Allen’s book, Getting Even, and make a few select comments of my own. Allen’s hilarious satire contains excerpts from what he calls the memoirs of Hitler’s barber named “Friedrich Schmeed,” whom he labels "the best-known barber in wartime Germany." In one passage, Allen quotes the barber as …
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