American Pantheism

There seem to be two ways of perceiving the path to god, one more often spoken of and the other less known. One–there are many up the mountain and they all lead to the same God. Even if these paths are in fact in opposition to each other. Two–each path leads to a different gods, [...]

10 Books Every Wanna Be Pastor Needs to Read

In looking back on the long(tongue-in-cheek) time I have spent as a seminary student, I realize that there are a number of books that I wish I had been encouraged to read while at seminary, a few of these books were given as class texts, but most of them were simply recommendations from wiser men. [...]

A Comment Sent to Art Boulet about Contextualization

Last week Art Boulet wrote a post called “conform to church and convert to christ” the post was interesting and it got several comments, including this one from me:
Here is the problem, if you are ministering in an area over like say 10k people, you are limiting who you are reaching by embracing one culture [...]

My Money, or Jesus’ Money

Man I am such a creep. My friend Tim’s ministry Harvest USA is in need of more supporters, and Im not even one of them. Does anyone else feel like me? They want to see a changed culture, they want to see people meeting and loving Jesus, but then they feel like jerks when they [...]

Jun. 26, 2007
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Church · Culture · Faith · Money · Pittsburgh · Theology · missional

Is the Gospel Worth 4 Million Dollars?

I’ll admit that this post’s title sounds like a chapter out of some nebulous 20th century theology book, but although I could not come up with a cool title, the topic of God and Money is still a very interesting one.
I have been a fan of Mark Driscoll now for over a year or so, [...]

Jun. 21, 2007
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The Weaker Brother Part 1:
Eating Meat and Other Vices

Maybe it is just me, but I sometimes find myself arguing with people about how I must cease for an activity because of a comparison between this activity and the eating meat sacrificed to idols.
This is especially brought up concerning the fact that I not only drink beer, but brew it. At other times [...]

Keller, Driscoll and Other Men Like Paul

It is no secret that I am a big fan of Tim Keller and Mark Driscoll, but its going to sound a bit over the top when say that guys like Tim Keller and Mark Driscoll can be seen as reflecting men like Paul(the Apostle, not the Beatle). It might be noted that all three [...]

Jun. 11, 2007
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Culture · Faith · Life

Culturally Savy Christians

This is the first of a series of interviews by Dick Staub, so far I really like what he has to say about pop culture.

Online Sermons: Redeemer vs Mars Hill

I am a big Tim Keller fan, and I am also a very big Mark Driscoll fan. Recently in talking to friends at church we have started to talk about the fact that Marshill gives away all there media and take special care to give it away from of copyrights so that it can be [...]

May. 28, 2007
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I Guess I Am Emegent (but it was a tie)

You scored as Emergent/Postmodern, You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don’t think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other, and so learning takes place in dialogue. Evangelism should take [...]