UPDATE: This is the mother load of Zahl sermons and forums. Great stuff here. I’ve been listening all day. I’ve discovered Paul F. M. Zahl, and I’m beside myself with enthusiasim for his writing on grace and the church. The only problem is that there’s not much of it, and that is truly a loss.Continue reading “Paul F.M. Zahl: On Grace and “Last Signal To The Carpathia””
Category Archives: Jesus Shaped
Hold The Light For Me
UPDATE: As usual, David Hayward brilliantly gets it right. It’s been a long year like a long sleepless night Jacob wrestled the angel but I’m too tired to fight every Wednesday for two years we’ve met I’ve showed you all my anger, my doubts and bitterness there was no judgment in your eyes just theContinue reading “Hold The Light For Me”
Jared Wilson: The Internet Monk Interview
Jared Wilson is the author Your Jesus Is Too Safe and the blogmeister at Gospeldrivenchurch.com. 1. You’re obviously influenced by the rhetorical style of someone like Driscoll, in that you are communicating intensely, but with humor and pop-culture to counter-balance. Yet, you’ve managed to put the emphasis on the Biblical content, not on the styleContinue reading “Jared Wilson: The Internet Monk Interview”
Recommendation and Review: Your Jesus Is Too Safe by Jared C. Wilson
I’ve never met Jared Wilson. We spoke on the phone once because, frankly, I’m desperate for friends. He doesn’t owe me money. We don’t have a book review treaty signed. He’s not going to like my book nearly as much as I’ve enjoyed his, and that’s OK. Jared isn’t a well-known author or megachurch pastor.Continue reading “Recommendation and Review: Your Jesus Is Too Safe by Jared C. Wilson”
From the Writer’s Worktable: Incarnation
Some of what I’ve been writing today as I start two chapters on essential beliefs about Jesus. This is part of a section on the incarnation: The incarnation may be the greatest stumbling block that Christianity places in the road of faith, but that stumbling block is the cornerstone of everything Christians believe about Jesus.Continue reading “From the Writer’s Worktable: Incarnation”
“What are your thoughts on a Biblical model for youth ministry?”
Moving on, folks. Moving on. Reader Chris has written me a couple of notes on my overall views of youth ministry. I owe him an answer, but I’d like to open up a couple of posts on the general idea of where we are going in youth ministry. I’ve been involved primarily with teenagers forContinue reading ““What are your thoughts on a Biblical model for youth ministry?””
What God Has Joined Together: A Study of Grace and Discipleship In The Teaching of Jesus
Galatians 5:5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. (ESV) Galatians 5:5 But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God hasContinue reading “What God Has Joined Together: A Study of Grace and Discipleship In The Teaching of Jesus”
What did Jesus mean when he said we must “hate” our family?
Luke 14:15 (ESV) When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!†16 But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. 17 And at the time for theContinue reading “What did Jesus mean when he said we must “hate” our family?”
Jesus Shaped Compassion
The Jesus Disconnect (5): The Processes of Discipleship
So how does the material in the “rest of the Gospels” come into the Christian life? What are the “processes of Discipleship” we see in the first half of the Gospels that should be integrated into faith in the crucified and risen one? 1. We should start with affirming the perspective we’ve gained. The KingdomContinue reading “The Jesus Disconnect (5): The Processes of Discipleship”
The Internet Monk Archives 