Category: Christian Practice

Last Saturday I was buying coffee at the supermarket and purchased a copy of Psychology Today on a random impulse. Ok. Ok. Maybe it was a subconscious urge. Though I currently enjoy psychology a great deal (as evidenced by the...

[caption id="attachment_3742" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Ideas should be treated like cats"][/caption] I hope I'm not one of those ivory tower guys who loves to play around with ideas that never touch down on the...

Here's a list of five signs of spiritual maturity from a pastor in South Africa (the bold text).  I think he's on to something, but I've added my own commentary and some adjustments as well (the regular text). An Appetite...

Rachel Held Evans and Mark Driscoll;  Hawaii and Maine, Florida and Alaska; opposite poles on the map of contemporary evangelicalism.  He the shameless biblical chauvinist complementarian, she the thoughtful progressive...

George Gallup died on November 21 at the age of 84. He was well known for is polling of American Christians, particularly in ways that challenged the rosy picture painted in the middle of the 20th century.  Quote he: "We...

We had a very interesting discussion this AM at church in our "post-Service discussion group" (not "Sunday School"). The question was "What is Truth and how do we talk about it?" We did the typical Christian thing, which is to...

UPDATE: See below for a response from Mars Hill and my comments. First, to be fair, I have not seen a statement by Mars Hill on this. But the fact that there is nothing readily available seems to suggests that... there is...

Today in our post-church discussion group (we don't seem to be calling it "Sunday School") we talked about the authority of Scripture. Here are some of the reasons people gave for why they trust it: Fulfillment of prophecy...

There's a great post over at Jesus Creed about the follies of our youthful opinings. The motivation for the discussion is a divorced one-time anti-contraception activist who changed her mind. Reason for the divorce? The...

It's a beautiful fourth of July here in the Pacific Northwest. What better than to sit at my computer, staring occasionally out into my lush yard for inspiration, and write a blog post about the USA. I'm going to click the like...