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Saved from Meritocracy

Katelin Hansen
August 14, 2012
Theology
19
Americans pride ourselves on our system of meritocracy. We believe that if you work hard, you can achieve anything. We affirm that we got where we ar...

Fraudulent Freedom and the Needs of the Poor

Craig M. Watts
August 7, 2012
Theology
44
To claim Jesus called people to voluntarily help the poor and needy is true. But to go beyond that assertion and claim Jesus wouldn't support – a...
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Clarence Jordan Never Said, “Nothing can be done.”

Kirk Lyman-Barner
July 29, 2012
Theology
Clarence Jordan and Millard Fuller -- Photo Courtesy of Fuller Center for Housing This Sunday marks what would have been the 100th birthday of farm...
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Three Considerations for the Liberal Church

Morgan Guyton
July 23, 2012
Theology
31
In response to the recent Episcopalian convention, Ross Douthat set off a firestorm with his column expressing “concern” that the liberal church is d...
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Physical Churches: Do They Matter Anymore?

Jeremy John
July 22, 2012
Theology
1
Micah Bales asked a deep question. He suggests that the wealth in property we’ve inherited is hindering our work for social justice. He talks provocat...
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Jesus’ Invitation to the Discipline of “Wasting Time?”

Jon Huckins
July 15, 2012
Theology
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Photo credit: Jon Huckins A few of us from our missional community asked one of the heroes of our neighborhood to sit down for a meal so we could h...

God Did Not Write the Bible…

Kathy Vestal
July 11, 2012
Theology
70
. . . and that doesn’t hurt its holiness or its validity! When I was a child my Sunday School teachers used to say that God whispered the words of th...

Rethinking the Roman Road: Paul’s Gospel and Violence

Derek Flood
July 10, 2012
Theology
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The gospel is just as much about breaking through to hurting, estranged, and broken people as it about calling us to turn from our self-focused and hurtful ways. In fact, the two are often hopelessly intertwined.
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Why singing “Our God is Greater” *might* make our God seem less great

Kurt Willems
July 2, 2012
Theology
52
There’s a song that has made its rounds in the evangelical church circuit called “Our God Is Greater.” This song is commendable on many levels. Firs...
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5 Questions with Jon Huckins — Thin Places

Jamie Arpin-Ricci
June 27, 2012
Theology
Living as part of an intentional Christian community, I often search for other creative expressions of missional communities around the world.  One...
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