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Rethinking Church Authority with the Iroquois

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The first church I attended went through a huge split when I got there. A number of people were leaving because the church was pushing Gary Ezzo’s Growing Kids God’s Way curriculum. It was a parenting course that was heavy on discipline and scheduling the behavior of children until their naturally rebellious spirits were broken. The curriculum […]

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Future-Proofing the Church: Navigating the Coming Cultural Shifts

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If I never hear the word “Millennials” again, it’ll be too soon. The discussions surrounding this generation have gotten out of control. From the Gen Xers and Boomers that want to blame “entitled” Millennials for all of society’s problems to the churches wringing their hands because Millennials won’t get with the program, it’s just too […]

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5 Ways Facebook Is a Local Nightmare

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Facebook is wonderful for staying connected to people in your life, especially those who are far away. But it can be an incredibly destructive force locally. Letting it all out Life can be brutal and confusing. In days past, we had small communities where we could work through some of those difficulties. When something hard happened, we could […]

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Sarcasm, Generation X, and Our Ironic Savior

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It always strikes me as funny when I hear Gen. Xers bad mouth Millennials (which seems to happen on the regular). My peers forget the early 90s when we were seen as the world’s entitled jerk generation. We’re just lucky that social media didn’t exist while we were the world’s scapegoats. The irony generation When […]

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4 Things I’d Do if I Were the Devil

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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”—Sun Tzu, The Art of War Knowing the […]

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Wasting Food Isn’t Morally Neutral

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When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.”—John 6:12 I was driving down a backcountry road in September with an older Dutch woman from my church. We passed a field of apple trees littered with rotting apples that had […]

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Pastors: If You’re Not Speaking Up, It’s Time to Hand Off the Mic

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I fear that churches in America are being run like corporations. And like many companies, they have to appease the shareholders who make their stock payment every Sunday morning. The collected funds from this offering maintain the facilities and keep the staff paid. But what happens when a church is full of people of similar race, economic […]

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The Problems with Christian Accountability

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In nearly thirty years in evangelicalism, I’ve heard a lot of talk about Christian community. And I’ve often wondered if the community I’d heard about was a fairy tale because it always seemed to be a mirage, twinkling in my peripheral vision. If I looked directly at it, it disappeared. There are many reasons evangelicals […]

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Discovering a Healthier Orthodoxy

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I often hear Christians say, “Christianity is not a religion; it’s a relationship.” And I’m never entirely sure what they mean. A religion’s a system of faith and practice, while a relationship is a connection between individuals that could be based on things like emotion, blood, common interest, etc. The truth is that it’s both. […]

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When Someone Asks “Why Doesn’t the Church Ever Talk about Sin?”





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