Evolving Evangelicalism (part 2): Young Adults Leave the Church and Pastors SHOULD Care!

Last updated on: May 8, 2012 at 10:28 pm By Kurt Willems

The following series is based on my senior paper for Seminary. You may remember a video where I invited people to contribute their stories to help make my case. For the next couple weeks, I’ve decided to share my findings with you all. There will be a “thesis/problem” section, a “biblical theology” section, and an “application” section. I hope you will read along and share this with others! You can read the rest of the series here. ————————————————————————————— Evolving Evangelicalism:... Read more

Bill Nye Boo’d In Texas For Saying The Moon Reflects The Sun (Really???)

Last updated on: May 7, 2012 at 5:39 pm By Kurt Willems

From THINK ATHEIST: Bill Nye, the harmless children’s edu-tainer known as “The Science Guy,” managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun. As even most elementary-school graduates know, the moon reflects the light of the sun but produces no light of its own. But don’t tell that to the good people of Waco, who were “visibly... Read more

Evolving Evangelicalism: Inviting Church Leaders to Refine their Approaches to Scripture and Origins (1, Intro)

Last updated on: May 7, 2012 at 8:17 pm By Kurt Willems

How Does God Talk Back to You?

Last updated on: October 13, 2014 at 8:01 pm By Kurt Willems

THIS IS PART OF THE PATHEOS BOOK CLUB FOR “WHEN GOD TALKS BACK.” Today I want to tell you about a book that is one of the newest to my personal collection: When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God. It was written by Tanya (TM) Luhrmann, a psychological anthropologist. She was educated at old Harvard and Cambridge universities and currently is a professor at Stanford University. All of this to say that she is pretty smart... Read more

Alan Hirsch – What is incarnational mission and How do we start living it out?

Last updated on: April 30, 2012 at 11:03 pm By Kurt Willems

An important point for those of us dreaming of a fresh inbreaking of God’s reign! Read more

Shane Claiborne’s “Letter to a Future Church”

Last updated on: April 29, 2012 at 10:19 pm By Kurt Willems

Check out the book on this post from earlier today! Read more

What would your “Letter to a Future Church” say? (a new book and opportunity)

Last updated on: April 30, 2012 at 6:36 pm By Kurt Willems

The following is part of the Patheos Book club for Letters to a Future Church. There’s a new book that I’m excited to tell you about called “Letters to a Future Church: Words of Encouragement and Prophetic Appeals.” This book is edited by Chris Lewis but has contributions from many of my favorite Christian voices: Walter Brueggeman, David Fitch, Ron Sider, Shane Claiborne, Rachel held Evans, Kathy Escobar, Jonathan Wilson-Hargrove, Peter Rollins, and many more. The various letters are organized... Read more

N.T. Wright on Evolution, Deism, Separation of Church & State, & Heaven on Earth

Last updated on: April 28, 2012 at 1:36 pm By Kurt Willems