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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Freaks Are Falling Everywhere
Jesus Freaks were naive and doomed to fail, says conventional wisdom. If so, may we have more failures!
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Outlawed By Hypocrisy
Once upon a time Jesus People caused trouble. But they were also insanely effective. Now they're older, more civilized, organized, and boring the kids to death...
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The Legacy
Have you ever smelled marijuana at a church service? If you went to Ray and Elaine Stedman’s church you would!
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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 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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A Nobel Prize
A newspaper printed the obituary of millionaire Alfred Nobel, saying his fortune came from the death of others. Nobel invented dynamite. Fortunately, Nobel wasn’t actually dead, and when he read the newspaper’s obituary, he was horrified! Nobel got a chance to do something few of us can do: he saw his life from the viewpoint [...] … 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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Go register for XSI here, and read about the breakout sessions here.
- 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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- Detroit Police Harassment - Californians not allowed to define marriage by Smooth Jazz (8/11/10)
- Federal Court Declares Families ‘Unconstitutional’ - Californians not allowed to define marriage by Jackie (8/10/10)
- Federal Court Declares Families ‘Unconstitutional’ - Californians not allowed to define marriage by Smooth Jazz (8/10/10)
- Federal Court Declares Families ‘Unconstitutional’ - Californians not allowed to define marriage by Greg (8/10/10)
- Federal Court Declares Families ‘Unconstitutional’ - Californians not allowed to define marriage by Adam Esterle (8/10/10)
- Sacred Space - the objectification of religion on 8/31/10
- Strange Details in Stephen’s Defense: A New Accounting - understanding sacred space on 8/12/10
- Federal Court Declares Families ‘Unconstitutional’ - Californians not allowed to define marriage on 8/10/10
- Detroit Police Harassment - what is your opinion? on 8/3/10
- The Outlaw World - an introduction and primer on 7/14/10
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