Instant Subversion...
- Saturday nights before preaching always feel like the calm before the storm. It's really weird.
- Back to the Future with the Beast. So great!
- The beast rocked his tryout for the Michigan Blue Jays this morning. #prouddad
Subversive Amps…
christianity Archive
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Review: Jesus Manifesto by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola
Posted on June 9, 2010 | View Comments0 -
Are you gonna eat that?
Posted on April 9, 2010 | View CommentsWe had been walking for a week straight. The pace was incredible. We did not even feel like they had homes any more because we were always on the move. This is the way it always was. There was a constant pressure to move on... -
It’s All About Sex Baby! or The Sex Question
Posted on March 23, 2010 | View CommentsThis is the seventh post interacting with Brian McLaren’s A New Kind of Christianity. Please remember that I cannot reproduce the book in these posts. I will do my best to summarize without being overly simplistic or reductionistic. Each post will be two parts. The first will... -
Who’s the Boss? or The Authority Question
Posted on March 12, 2010 | View CommentsThis is the second post interacting with Brian McLaren‘s A New Kind of Christianity. Please remember that I cannot reproduce the book in these posts. I will do my best to summarize without being overly simplistic or reductionistic. Each post will be two parts. The... -
Kicking Butt for Jesus or “I Smacked the Other Cheek” or “I am Going to Beat the Hell (literally) Out Of You”
Posted on February 5, 2010 | View CommentsThe New York Times published an article recently about the rise of Mixed Martial Arts being used as an outreach by evangelical churches for men. I know that guys like Mark Driscoll are all over this and that men are drawn to MMA and that... -
Book Review: Counterfeit Gods
Posted on January 25, 2010 | View CommentsTimothy Keller is the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, New York. His recent book Counterfeit Gods continues to cement his place as one of this generation’s leading voices in calling the church back to where it belongs. Keller, however, has the unique ability... -
Review: Trolls and Truth
Posted on September 22, 2009 | View CommentsSo, I have this awesome opportunity to read and review books from New Hope Publishers. It’s a great way to score some free books and have some accountability to read! Anyway, here is review number one (review number two will come today or tomorrow). Trolls... -
Urban Exile: Gran Torino
Posted on June 16, 2009 | View CommentsI read this article this morning because I am always interested to see what people have to say about Michigan and Detroit. Usually it’s some sort of comedic piece or a good chuckle at the ineptitude of the city’s political structure. However, this morning when... -
A Response to the Election in the Words of a Teaching Elder
Posted on November 7, 2008 | View CommentsBelow is a letter that was sent to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church by Pastor Rufus Smith of City of Refuge Church in Houston, TX. It is moving. It is poignant. It is something that we need hear and consider. November 6, 2008 To: My Fellow... -
The Forgotten Ways, Part 6
Posted on June 4, 2008 | View CommentsIf the church is going to become this embodiment of Jesus in a communal way then there is a foundational issue that must be dealt with. That is our conception of what it means to lead. How do we lead if we have set aside the corporate and the coercive models of power?