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Mar 18, 20194 min read
Christianity Isn’t Cussing Less and Giving More
There’s a book in my library called unChristian that analyzes the results of an extensive, nationwide study conducted by the Barna Group....
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Feb 25, 20194 min read
Why the Gospel Teaches the Opposite of Religion
Believe it or not, Bill Maher, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and the Apostle Paul agree on one thing: Religion can turn you into a really...
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Feb 13, 20193 min read
Using Google to Share the Gospel
Jews in Jesus’ day had a hard time understanding how Gentiles could be saved. Gentiles were so bad. They were the historic oppressors....
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Feb 4, 20192 min read
The Gospel Shows Us What Creation Cannot: God’s Love
The first Russian cosmonaut, Urie Gagarin, famously said when he got to space, “My atheism has been confirmed. I went up in space and...
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Nov 26, 20184 min read
Three Reasons “Good People” Miss the Kingdom of God
It’s surprising—baffling, really—that religious people are the group that misses Jesus more than any other. We see this quite clearly in...
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Oct 5, 20182 min read
Social Justice (A Gospel Issue?), Christians in the Two-party System, & A Powerful Senate Speec
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Sep 12, 20184 min read
Radically Ordinary Hospitality
I’ve been reading an excellent new book recently by Rosaria Butterfield, called The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically...
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Jul 6, 20183 min read
The Danger of “Fauxnerability,” Three Words for the Weary Pastor’s Wife, & Le
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Jul 2, 20184 min read
Why Do Most People Miss the Gospel?
One of the most prominent themes in the book of Matthew is that of hiddenness: Even though the truth of the gospel is available to all...
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Mar 28, 20186 min read
Four People Exposed by Jesus’ Trial
I recently read a rather bizarre account of a lawsuit, filed in 1970 by an Arizona lawyer named Russel Tansie. The house of Tansie’s...
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Mar 16, 20183 min read
A Quiet Black Exodus, Raising Successful Kids, & Fighting Off Mountain Lions
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Mar 12, 20189 min read
Gospel Above All
This June, members from Southern Baptist churches around the country will come together for our annual meeting in Dallas, Texas. As many...
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Mar 6, 20184 min read
Father Wound #1: The Never-Satisfied Dad
This is the second in a five-part series on “father wounds” and the way that Jesus came to heal those wounds. Be sure to go back and read...
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Dec 18, 20173 min read
The One Little Word That Changed the World
Paul ends his letter to the Galatians by returning to the same theme he had hammered from verse 1: the gospel. He writes, “But as for me,...
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Nov 15, 20175 min read
Which of These False Gospels Do You Believe?
Most of the new Christians in the early church were Jews, and Jews had been raised to believe that obedience to the law was how you got...
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Oct 30, 20177 min read
500 Years After the Reformation, the Gospel Is Still Worth Fighting For
Most people dislike any kind of fighting or controversy in the church—including me. But in his letter to the Galatians, the Apostle Paul...
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Oct 17, 20173 min read
Is Unity in a Diverse Church Even Possible?, Part 2
This is part 2 of a two-part blog post on the difficulty of reaching unity in a multi-cultural church and how to achieve it. You can read...
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Oct 16, 20174 min read
Is Unity in a Diverse Church Even Possible?, Part 1
This is part 1 of a two-part blog post on the difficulty of reaching unity in a multi-cultural church and how to achieve it. Look for...
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Oct 9, 20173 min read
The Gospel Is One, Unified Message—Here’s Why That Matters
When I lived and worked among Muslims, they would often tell me that Mohammad received the Quran from the angel Gabriel in a cave and...
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Sep 30, 20171 min read
The Gospel Prayer – Digital Download
As I mentioned during our services this weekend, for every relational problem we have—whether division, or insecurity, or fear—the answer...
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