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The Outlaw World
Institutionalized Christianity strays far from its noble, folk-hero roots. Is it still possible to find Jesus Outlaws in this consumer-oriented culture?
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Be a ‘Come-Outer’!
"Coming Out" is a hot slogan today, but not many people apply it to Christians--but they did once! … Read entire article »
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The First Christians
From PBS.ORG - an intellectual and visual guide to the new and controversial historical evidence which challenges familiar assumptions about the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. … Read entire article »
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The Shock of Culture Shock
Christians should stop building institutions. Let's do something simpler: Revolution. Revolution is what JC invented. But we're stuck in Culture Shock. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Wineskins
Revolution of Joy
Revolutions are always bloody affairs, with winners and losers. Not so with the Jesus Revolution. No tanks, guns, armies or bloody purges could ever do what God did when He pulled together such odd companions: joy and revolution. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Wineskins
Radical Terms
Every revolution needs its own language. Some Christian terms need to be ditched. … Read entire article »
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The Fear Factor
People are aware of the big differences between various forms of Christianity, and it's confusing. But the differences are really quite simple: traditions! The antidote? History proves the Bible is subversive against church traditions and institutions, but it requires courage and a willingness to start fresh. Spiritual revolution was often triggered in church history when people started reading the Bible with new eyes, and it produces a Christianity marvelously consistent with the earliest Christianity. … Read entire article »
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Heartless Institutions
In The Dawn of Covenant Theology we described the rise of Reformed Theology and its distinctive characteristics, especially the phenomena of the Visible and Invisible Church. We now show how it further developed into a phenomena in church history we call Institutionalized Christianity. … Read entire article »
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The Dawn of Covenant Theology
A group of Gen-X Christian leaders are emerging (not Emergent) with innovative church-planting strategies and a refreshing, quasi-relevancy untypical for the old Reformed school of theology. In order to appreciate their (belated, but good) restlessness, we now continue to trace the development of this theology from part one in The Restless Reformed, … Read entire article »
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The ‘Restless Reformed’
We love our Reformed brethren like Mark Driscoll, guest speaker at XSI, but we wince at the evangelists of Reformed theology! (See John Piper's eloquent sermon at Mars Hill.) Irregardless, it is useful to know the lively history of theology and its powerful impact on Christian lives today. It raises a simple question: haven't we seen enough of those Medieval Church Institutions? … Read entire article »
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- 8/10/10Federal Court Declares Families ‘Unconstitutional’ - Californians not allowed to define marriage.
Both "marriage" and "family" are now redefined, according to the recent Judge Walker decision on California's Proposition 8.
- 8/3/10Detroit Police Harassment - what is your opinion?.
Police officers descend on Christians passing out tracts.
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- 6/9/10Ingratitude and Thankfulness - New teaching materials for Love Ethics.
Teaching handouts, clarifications, and background notes were all added to The Poison of Ingratitude, a vital issue for those trying grasp the biblical concept of Love Ethics.
- 6/7/10‘Problem of Evil’ Remains a Problem - new survey shows confusion.
Survey shows 89% of Americans believe "most evil in the world is caused by mankind", yet only 25% believed human nature is basically evil.
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