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Category Archives: Culture
Best Books of 2016
Time for my annual list of best books I’ve read this year. (To access my previous “best books” lists, click here.) Each year I set out with a goal to read 52 books — one per week. Admittedly, that’s an … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Jesus, Kingdom Values, Politics, Poverty, Prayer, Race, Scripture, Social Issues
Tagged A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story, Abraham Lincoln, Blake Crouch, City of Mirrors, Dark Matter, David Stern, Dr. Lisa Damour, Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance, Justin Cronin, Kallistos Ware, Michael Frost, Michael Goheen, Miroslav Volf, Onward: Engaging the Culture Without Losing the Gospel, Prophetic Lament, Public Faith in Action, Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel, Rise to Greatness, Russell D. Moore, Ryan McAnnally-Linz, Sabbath as Resistance, Soong-Chan Rah, Surprise the World, The Orthodox Way, The Other Wes Moore, The Way of the Pilgrim, Untangled, Walter Brueggemann, Wes Moore
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Soong-Chan Rah on Identification and Lament
In his seminal work Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, Soong-Chan Rah writes about Jeremiah’s identification with the people of Jerusalem in the book of Lamentations. While Lamentations 1&2 describe the destruction of Jerusalem from a fairly dispassionate … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Empathy, Kingdom Values, Race, Scripture, Social Issues
Tagged Lamentations, Soong-Chan Rah
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A Quiet Season
It’s been a quite season here on the blog lately. Several reasons for that. First, I’ve been crazy busy: I’ve spent much of the past few weeks on the road. Three weeks ago, I was visiting some missionaries in Scotland. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Disappointment, Politics, Social Issues
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A Ring, A Bumper Sticker and Gary
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This is a picture of my high school ring. I haven’t worn it in years. In fact, I’ve hardly worn it at all. Apparently the whole point of having a high school ring…
Posted in Culture, Race, Social Issues, Theology
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A Glimmer of Good News
2016 has been rough. So much bad news, so much confusion, so many instances where we’ve seen humanity at it’s worst. So many people I know are dealing with pain and loss. On top of that, this election is about … Continue reading
Public Faith in Action
I just finished an insightful book entitled Public Faith in Action: How to Think Carefully, Engage Wisely, and Vote with Integrity by Miroslav Volf and Ryan McAnnally-Linz. This volume is a companion piece to Volf’s 2011 work A Public Faith: How Followers … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Politics, Social Issues
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The Power of Missional Conversation
People who have been shaped by the Good News of Jesus have a responsibility to embody the Good News of Jesus. And one of simplest and yet most powerful ways we can embody the Good News is through our … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Culture, Faith, Gospel, Kingdom Values, Missiology, Politics, Scripture, Theology
Tagged Acts 17, Aratus, Epimenedes
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Let Justice Roll Down
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. — Amos 5:24 In these times, the “not yet” nature of the Kingdom of God is felt most profoundly. At every turn it seems ours is a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Disappointment, Eschatology, Faith, Hope, Scripture, Social Issues
Tagged Abraham Joshua Heschel, Amos 5.24, Justice, Orlando shooting, Stanford rape case
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Love Is Our Mission: Pulpit and Paradigm
John Howard Yoder once wrote that the mission of God is to create a people who are both “pulpit and paradigm” of a new humanity. What does that mean? It means God’s mission is to create a people who both … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Culture, Devotional, Faith, Gospel, Kingdom Values, Love First, Love God, Love Others, Missiology
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Love Is Our Mission: Textual Underpinnings
Some of the most familiar passages in our Bibles tell the story of our Missionary God. John 3:16, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Love First, Love God, Love Others, Missiology, Scripture, Theology
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