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January 2014

January 30, 2014
Casual sex can refer to one night stands and non-relational sex, where there are no...
January 29, 2014
I originally posted this piece on February 1st, 2012. In preparing to teach on the subject of Trinitarian communion and its...
January 28, 2014
Is religion a private affair best kept to very quiet times in prayer closets, or...
January 27, 2014
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news that God’s saving grace is free...
January 23, 2014
Jesus is no bobble-headed doll or dashboard crucifix. He sums up all things in himself,...
January 22, 2014
How seriously do we who are Christians take Jesus’ words recorded in John 17:23? Here...
January 21, 2014
Immanuel Kant’s famous exhortation “Have courage to use your own reason!” (“Sapere aude!”) stands out...
January 20, 2014
I originally delivered this as a keynote address for The Albina Ministerial Alliance’s Dr. Martin Luther...
January 18, 2014
What would the Apostle Paul write to the American church today? Among other things, I...
January 16, 2014
In East of Eden, John Steinbeck brought home the biblical story of Cain and Abel...
January 15, 2014
I originally posted this piece on March 6, 2012. As I prepared once again to teach ecclesiology...
January 14, 2014
We live in a church age that values charismatic preaching and cutting edge marketing. But...
January 13, 2014
Which does Jesus like more—old wine or new wine? I’m not sure. While I have...
January 10, 2014
What do we make of the relation of the sacred and secular? For example, what...
January 09, 2014
"Christian America" is that form of American Christianity that operates by way of seeking to...
January 08, 2014
Why is the West the best? Or is it? I asked my Japanese wife to...
January 07, 2014
All too often I find Christians falling prey to the damaging dualism of proclamation vs....
January 06, 2014
Worldviews are important, but they must be framed relationally. I cannot approach people simply in...
January 03, 2014
I went to see “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” with my children last night....
January 01, 2014
Last night, family members and I listened to Kansas’ memorable song “Dust in the Wind,”...
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