I can’t help but come back to the world religions discussion. If you’re joining us late you can find previous posts here, here, and here. While I haven’t done a lot of in-depth research on specific world religions–I’ve noodled around in books about Buddhism and I’ve listened to an audio book about Islam–I have spent […]
Archives for February 2007
It’s All Relative
Speaking of world religions . . . A handful of years ago, I did a sermon in Bellingham where I dealt with the problem of the world religions and the exclusive claims of Christianity. My thinking was pretty fuzzy and I asked lots of questions that I didn’t know the answer to. But I did […]
February 26, 2007 by 13 Comments
Christianity and Buddhism
Here’s a link to an interesting post from Tim Geoffrion that is a good follow up to yesterday’s post. (HT:EV) One thing that struck me from my post and the comments that have followed so far is the emphasis that I put on intellectual honesty or epistemology. This is certainly a western way of framing […]
February 22, 2007 by 16 Comments
The World’s Religions
I’ve been teaching the High School class on Wednesday nights for the past couple of months. We’ve been playing “stump the preacher.” On the first night, they wrote down their questions that they’d love to see me tackle and I promised to give some straight answers. The questions ranged from make-me-proud smart alecky to dead […]
February 21, 2007 by 25 Comments
Tea Snob
Over the past year, I’ve become quite the tea snob. No more Liptons for me. I’ve recently found a neat little tea shoppe with a great online presence that’s not too far from where I used to live. Check it out and get yourself some tea. I recommend the jasmine pearls.
February 19, 2007 by 10 Comments
Anti-Megachurch?
I’ve recently had a couple of playful conversations with some friends who want to know exactly when I became anti-megachurch. I’ve also gotten a couple of emails from folks saying in essence, “Yeah, we think megachurches suck too!” This is all in response to the article entitled “We Can’t Do Megachurch Anymore.” Here’s the deal […]
February 15, 2007 by 17 Comments
2007 Tulsa Workshop
You can find the latest info about the 2007 Tulsa Workshop here. As usual, Terry and his team have done a great job putting together a stellar event. I’m looking forward to it. Hope to see you there.
February 14, 2007 by 2 Comments
A Question or Two
Here’s a good question that came in at the end of the comments of this post. Is it possible for a local church to be both attractional and missional and still make an impact on the culture ? For example : Can we still invite people, have gospel meetings, seminars,vbs, etc. and also reach out […]
February 13, 2007 by 10 Comments
Put Your Money in the Box
Sam sent me this article and it reminded us both of something we did at the church we both used to work with. Instead of passing the offering plates, we put an offering box at the back of the room and simply reminded people that it was there each week. I don’t remember there being […]
February 11, 2007 by 12 Comments
Review of Exiles
My review of Exiles has been posted over at New Wineskins.
February 9, 2007 by 3 Comments
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons