Relational
Again, this is intermingled in what has already been said but any evangelism that will be successful must be relational at its core. It is well documented that our culture today values, affirms, and seeks community (again, this is not a new phenomenon but merely echoes what God has said is true about humanity all along). The […]
Tolerance
Tolerance is not as dirty of a word as we might think. Classically tolerance is the idea that even though we might disagree I am going to fight for your right to disagree (more formally: The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others while disagreeing). In a pluralistic society, […]
Dialogue
This dovetails with the previous observation in that when one is in a posture of humility, epistemologically, they are open to having a conversation and not just a monologue. I think the hangover we still experience is that people are tired of being talked at. While our culture is more open to spirituality than ever before (all […]
So I found this t-shirt and thought it was about the funniest thing I have ever seen (although the site had some other good ones too). It came from Lark News which does (as far as I can tell) a lot of satirical and humorous “news storiesâ€? (basically they make stuff up, but they are […]
If you haven’t checked out the BSU devotional blog yet you should. You can check it out at www.centralbsu.blogspot.com. Here is one thought from a comment that is just to good to allow to reside within the comment section:
“God never changes and that’s good because he is good. We change and that’s good because we’re not good.â€?
What […]
For all of those out there reading Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz (don’t deny it I know you are) here is a review to check out and then, and only then read this rant about the review. I think you will be challenged and provoked by both. (Okay, if the review really ticks you off then just […]
With the release of End of the Spear last weekend there has been some hubbub regarding the casting of Chad Allen (not a relative, in case you were confused) from Our House (my favorite from his extended repertoire).
End of the Spear is a movie about the slaying of five missionaries in South America (most notably […]
Okay, so I am no film critic but I am certainly a film enthusiast. In fact over the last couple of months I have been furiously and incessantly watching movies. So I thought I might have some posts related to some films I have seen recently. Again, not as a film critic but as an […]
Humility
The 20c saw the death of the idea that scientific certitude could produce meaning for life. The enlightenment project led to the notion that only that which is incorrigible or scientifically (empirically) verifiable is meaningful (hence, logical positivism). This obviously raises serious questions for religion with so many statements deemed meaningless. Logical positivism ushered in scientism (both the […]
I am a part of a team that is discussing what it might look like to reach out to college students with the story of the gospel (evangelism). My part with Tiffany Malloy (from MU) was to discuss the values and outlook of college students (something like that anyway). We’ve been working on that for a while […]
