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Some More Thoughts on the World Vision Controversy
By Steve on March 29, 2014
A couple days ago I contributed to the deluge of opinion on the recent controversy surrounding World Vision with a satirical post of my own. Needless to say I received more than the usual amount…
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World Vision’s Open Letter Reversing Their Decision to Hire Same-Sex Couples: With My Translation
By Steve on March 27, 2014
Hi all, If you are like me you may have been confused by World Vision’s declaration that it would begin allowing legally married same-sex individuals to be employed by the Christian relief agency only to…
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Complicated Answers to Simple Questions: Why Jesus Is Still Overturning Our Religious Boxes
By Steve on March 25, 2014
While visiting Shanghai on business last week I had dinner Friday evening with some colleagues from work. The mainland Chinese waiter who took our order did what I have experienced hundreds of times while…
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God At The Movies: Jodie Foster in “Contact” and How Real Belief Transforms
By Steve on March 20, 2014
There is a great scene at the end of the movie Contact where Jodie Foster is sitting before a Senate hearing committee in an attempt to “prove” she had an extraterrestrial encounter. For those unfamiliar with…
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Mark Driscoll’s Open Letter Apology: Has the Mars Hill Pastor Finally Heard the Singing of the Whos Down in Whoville?
By Steve on March 18, 2014
I was a Mark Driscoll fan…and then I wasn’t! Back in 2007 I didn’t know much about Driscoll other than he was that “swearing” pastor Donald Miller mentions in Blue Like Jazz. Then a friend suggested…
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Prominent Pentecostal Pastor’s Conversion to Catholicism Has Wider Implications for Evangelicals
By Steve on March 14, 2014
A common story heard around evangelical / charismatic circles in the ’70s and ’80s went something like, “I grew up Catholic but then I got ‘born-again’ when I was at college” or “I was raised…
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Hyper-Grace: The Dangerous Doctrine of a Happy God
By Steve on March 11, 2014
What is “Hyper-Grace” and why would anyone think it could be a bad thing? In any debate, whether it be cultural, philosophical, or theological, transforming a pejorative label into a positive identity or a “badge…
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Radio Free Christianity and the Dangers of Colonial Theology
By Steve on March 6, 2014
There is a brilliant routine comedian Eddie Izzard does in his standup where he suggests the British Empire advanced through “the cunning use of flags”; We stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail…
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Weekend Distractions: 86th Academy Awards Predictions
By Steve on March 3, 2014
There was a time, when I lived in Colorado, when I was known for throwing some pretty good OSCAR parties. Tammy and I would gather close friends together to watch the big show with a buffet…
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A Response to Kevin Miller’s Article on Rob Bell, Brian McLaren, and Donald Miller
By Steve on February 28, 2014
A friend sent me a Christianity Today article this week. In it author Kevin Miller takes a pot shot at three of the leading voices within, for lack of a better term, “progressive” Christianity; namely…