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8 ways to love the church (Colossians 1:3 to 2:5)
Over the last few decades, criticisms of the church have become commonplace. Scores of books and blogs unpack the failings of the church. There’s truth in many of these criticisms and concerns. The church gains nothing by burying its head in the sand. Our hope is in...
Is Your Church Structured for Mission?
I grew up suspicious of structures. For me, institutions and organizations symbolized much that was wrong with the world. Sometimes I speculate on the source of this suspicion. How did it take root in my life? I came from a working-class background that...
We can’t ignore the sexism & racism shown in the 2016 Presidential Election
Let me make this clear: I respect the democratic processes and systems in the United States. I hope that President-elect Donald Trump will make a good President. I hope that he’ll renounce many of the divisive things he has said, and work hard to bring unity,...
Women Theologians of World Christianity
Series Editor: Graham Joseph Hill Article Authors: Jocabed Solano, Drew Jennings-Grisham, Stephanie A. Lowery, Emmanuella Carter, Juliany González Nieves, Grace Al-Zoughbi Arteen, Jessie Giyou Kim, Jen Barker, and Celucien L. Joseph. Cuban theologian Ada María...
15 reasons why you should go to Bible and theological college
I chose to go to Bible and theological college in my late twenties. (In Australia, we tend to call seminaries theological colleges). I’d spent close to 10 years serving with a church planting team and felt that I needed further equipping for ministry. I also wanted to...
Christians at the Border: A Review by Madison April Hill
M. Daniel Carroll R.’s Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, & the Bible is a powerful book that offers readers a view of immigration from a Christian perspective. The book aims to challenge how Christians feel about the issue from a biblical...
How struggles with mental health and addictions can help us be the church
The church needs to get better at talking about mental health issues (including depression, bipolar, and anxiety) and about addictions (including alcohol, drugs, pornography, gambling, work, and sexual). And we need spaces where Christian leaders, pastors, and...
Cut the excuses – Eradicate violence against women in the church
Today, Saturday November 25, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Global research into domestic and sexual violence reveals some shocking and intolerable facts. 1 in 3 women and girls experience violence in their lifetime. In one...
Mapping Missional Conversations: Part 2: Majority World Voices
Mapping Missional Conversations: Part 2: Essential Majority World Reading – 100+ Majority World, First Nations, Indigenous, African-American, & Diaspora (Immigrant) Voices The gospel is like a seed and you have to sow it. When you sow the seed of the gospel in...
Living in the power and presence of Immanuel (Matthew 1)
Living in the power and presence of Immanuel (Matthew 1) ‘So God throws open the door of this world—and enters as a baby. As the most vulnerable imaginable. Because he wants unimaginable intimacy with you. What religion ever had a god that wanted such intimacy with us...
Abandoning a Diseased Christian Social Imagination
“I want Christians to recognize the grotesque nature of a social performance of Christianity that imagines Christian identity floating above land, landscape, animals, place, and space, leaving such realities to the machinations of capitalistic calculations and the...
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