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EdCyz posted a blog entry
Advent: God’s Plan to Save Our World on a Budget
Over the past four months we’ve down-sized quite a bit. We took our stuff in an 1100 square foot house with an oversized...
Over the past four months we’ve down-sized quite a bit. We took our stuff in an 1100 square foot house with an oversized...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
Advent: When God Shouts Salvation
When God brings his salvation it is sometimes very hard to miss. In fact, he gives us plenty of signs because he knows there is...
When God brings his salvation it is sometimes very hard to miss. In fact, he gives us plenty of signs because he knows there is...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
When God Meets Us in the Darkness of Grief
At my brother-in-law’s graduation from college a few years back, the speaker talked about faith and doubt. His central theme...
At my brother-in-law’s graduation from college a few years back, the speaker talked about faith and doubt. His central theme...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
When It’s Good to be Wrong About Theology…
When I look at those who rejected Jesus, they had particular theological assumptions about the Messiah and what it meant to be...
When I look at those who rejected Jesus, they had particular theological assumptions about the Messiah and what it meant to be...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
Advent Reflections: We Don’t Know What We Are Waiting For…
Christine Sine has put together a great blog project with a series of posts by various authors on Advent. If you feel like you...
Christine Sine has put together a great blog project with a series of posts by various authors on Advent. If you feel like you...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
Why It Matters Where We Form Theology
In my book Coffeehouse Theology I spent a lot of time explaining how theology is developed in Christian community with an...
In my book Coffeehouse Theology I spent a lot of time explaining how theology is developed in Christian community with an...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
Advent: Breaking Away from Blessings on Our Own Terms
The other night I heard a story on This American Life about this group called Improv Everywhere. They basically pull off stunts...
The other night I heard a story on This American Life about this group called Improv Everywhere. They basically pull off stunts...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
What We Don’t Want to Know About Evangelism
The thing we don’t want to know about evangelism is that we tend to preach to people just like us.If you’re in a well-off...
The thing we don’t want to know about evangelism is that we tend to preach to people just like us.If you’re in a well-off...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
Why I Read the Bible: Meeting the God We Can’t Imagine
Last week I was working on a sermon about John the Baptist. It was the good ole’ brood of vipers passage where he’s...
Last week I was working on a sermon about John the Baptist. It was the good ole’ brood of vipers passage where he’s...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
How to Read the Bible If You’re Not Into Fundamentalism
Over the weekend I had a chance to talk with a number of Christians involved in a wonderful ministry who have bad memories of...
Over the weekend I had a chance to talk with a number of Christians involved in a wonderful ministry who have bad memories of...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
Lifestyle Repentance: Giving is the Way to Prepare for Jesus
I’ve been thinking about John the Baptist, his vision for repentance and the way to prepare for Jesus. The more I immerse...
I’ve been thinking about John the Baptist, his vision for repentance and the way to prepare for Jesus. The more I immerse...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
Lifestyle Repentance: The Costs of Preparing for Jesus
After John the Baptist called out the people coming to him as frauds, it seems that many made an appropriate response: “What...
After John the Baptist called out the people coming to him as frauds, it seems that many made an appropriate response: “What...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
Lifestyle Repentance: Christianity That’s Better Than a Rock
I like how John says that when God has to choose between a tree that refuses to bear fruit and a rock, he’ll take the rock....
I like how John says that when God has to choose between a tree that refuses to bear fruit and a rock, he’ll take the rock....
EdCyz posted a blog entry
Lifestyle Repentance: The Bottom Up Gospel
John and Jesus started their ministries in the wilderness, away from the centers of power. They didn’t necessarily aim to...
John and Jesus started their ministries in the wilderness, away from the centers of power. They didn’t necessarily aim to...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
How to Recognize When Truth Becomes Our Idol
Though it doesn’t always happen intentionally, truth is capable of creating boundaries around ourselves and our fellow...
Though it doesn’t always happen intentionally, truth is capable of creating boundaries around ourselves and our fellow...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
How Christians Can Preserve the Truth by Acting On It
I’ve been asking myself a few questions lately that I’d like to play with here, spurred on in part by Harvey Cox’s book...
I’ve been asking myself a few questions lately that I’d like to play with here, spurred on in part by Harvey Cox’s book...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
The Christian Quest for Legitimacy and Influence in All the Wrong Places
We’ve seen Christians latch on to enough movie stars, beauty queens, and politicians to realize that we are in the midst of...
We’ve seen Christians latch on to enough movie stars, beauty queens, and politicians to realize that we are in the midst of...
EdCyz posted a blog entry
The Life God Wants to Change May Be Your Own
A friend once shared the story of praying for his brother to follow Jesus. He’d been praying for years, inviting his brother...
A friend once shared the story of praying for his brother to follow Jesus. He’d been praying for years, inviting his brother...
Matthew R posted a blog entry
Appropriately preaching, teaching, and defending God's wrath
I am by inclination, believe it or not, much more enthusiastic about preaching God's love, mercy, and grace than I am about...
I am by inclination, believe it or not, much more enthusiastic about preaching God's love, mercy, and grace than I am about...
Matthew R posted a blog entry
Quick thoughts and questions on Christian education in the church setting.
My credentials to addressing this topic are neither impressive nor overly deficient. I've been a youth pastor for the last 4...
My credentials to addressing this topic are neither impressive nor overly deficient. I've been a youth pastor for the last 4...
56 days ago
Faith Forged in the Furnance of Doubt
| Topics: practical..., application, the church, preaching
Faith Forged in the Furnance of Doubt
| Topics: practical..., application, the church, preachingMatthew R posted a blog entry
Loving Irritating People
My favorite place to study, as many of you probably know, is Bertolino's, a 24/7 coffee shop in Tacoma. It is certainly not...
My favorite place to study, as many of you probably know, is Bertolino's, a 24/7 coffee shop in Tacoma. It is certainly not...
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