All Blog Posts for August, 2011

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More of the same?

Aug 31, 2011 by Gregory Metzger

Criticism of Rick Perry's religious beliefs has been dismissed as just the same old secularist paranoia. But this misses the significance of the New Apostolic Reformation.

Obligatory post on Bachmann's natural disaster comments

Aug 31, 2011 by Marvin Lindsay

When people identify some calamity as a warning from God, it seems like it's always somebody else who's getting warned.

Wednesday digest

Aug 31, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

New today from the Century.

Fancy, tax-free parsonages

Aug 30, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

The U.S. Tax Court recently ruled in favor of Phil Driscoll: the evangelical musician's $400,000 second home qualifies as a tax-free parsonage.

Faith, disaster and metaphors

Aug 30, 2011 by Pamela Fickenscher

I've been thinking lately about disasters -- not only how frequently they have dominated the news this calendar year, but the frequency with which natural disaster comes up in the Bible.

Tuesday digest

Aug 30, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

New today from the Century.

Confrontation and hesitation

Matthew 18:15–20

Aug 29, 2011 by Douglas D. Webster

The early church fathers had a saying: "The best bishop is a bad bishop." In other words, we sometimes grow more through adversity than we do by encouragement and supportive spiritual direction.

After Solomon built the Temple, or rather, after his laborers built it, he stood and offered a prayer for its dedication. In his prayer, he admitted that the Temple, for all its human splendor, could not contain or limit God.

Monday digest

Aug 29, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

New today from the Century.

Friday digest

Aug 26, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

New today from the Century.

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