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FirstThird: Theological Dialog on Youth Ministry

March 1, 2010

I’m spending the first half of this week helping to run FirstThird, a theological dialogue on youth ministry with Kenda Dean and Andrew Root. Follow our conversation on Twitter:
#1st3rd

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Pentecostalism and Emergence: Discerning the Spirit

March 1, 2010

More about my reflections in advance of the Society for Pentecostal Studies at which I am presenting a paper on what emergence and Pentecostalism have to learn from one another.
Time is winding down for my presentation at the end of the week, and I’m honing in on my main point. [...]

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HuffPost Religion: B+ So Far

February 27, 2010

I’ve hoped for a while that the Huffington Post would get into religion, and they have, with Paul Raushenbush. They’ve got a new section covering religion, and so far I give it a B+. Unfortunately, it trots out some of the same old voices, saying the same old things. But they’ve also got some [...]

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More on the Ordo Salutis (and Sex)

February 25, 2010

I mentioned the ordo salutis a couple days ago, which got Bo Sanders to laughing about the silliness of salvation being portrayed like a factory assembly line. But better than all that was a comment by “Dan” under Bo’s post. Here it is:
I decided that my wife and I should have a romantic Valentine’s [...]

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Augustinian Ecclesiology? Scot Says Yes.

February 24, 2010

I must say, I agree with Scot’s assessment of the problem, if not his solution. There’s an illness in evangelicalism, and it’s that everything is always worse than it used to be. Teens are more pregnant, politicians are more corrupt, culture is less Christian, and, yes, the church is less relevant. I think Scot’s right [...]

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Pentecostalism and Emergence: Theology

February 22, 2010

More about my reflections in advance of the Society for Pentecostal Studies at which I am presenting a paper on what emergence and Pentecostalism have to learn from one another.
My friend, Dallas Gingles, who also knows something about Pentecostalism and about emergence recommended that the one book I need to read is [...]

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The TED Commandments – rules every speaker needs to know

February 19, 2010

I’m a huge fan of TED. I don’t mean my brother (though I am a fan of his). I mean TED Talks. (If you live under a rock, TED stands for technology, entertainment, design.)
Not long ago, the 10 Commandments of TED Talks was posted at one of their events, and an intrepid scribe wrote them [...]

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Pentecostalism and Emergence: Origins

February 19, 2010

As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I have been charged by the Society for Pentecostal Studies to present a paper at their annual conference that addresses what emergence and Pentecostalism have to learn from one another. The first thing to consider, I think, are the origins of the two movements.*
The Wittenburg Door moment [...]

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Some Perspective on the Death of Emergent

February 18, 2010

This week and next, I’m preparing for my address to the Society for Pentecostal Studies on what emergence and Pentecostalism can learn from one another. To remind myself of the religious landscape in America at the time of the birth of Pentecostalism, I turned to the trusty A Religious History of the American People by [...]

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Believe Out Loud Campaign Targets Gay-Friendly Mainline Pastors

February 15, 2010

Last year I asked whether Christian leaders who quietly support increasing the rights of gays and lesbians in society and church should be outed. I asked because I have publicly stated my position, and I’m often asked told by others that they just know what so-and-so Christian leader/author/pastor thinks about “the gay issue.” In other [...]

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