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Some seek to measure how they are growing creatively or in the subjective realm of “excellence.” When we make these our benchmarks, we start doing stupider and stupider things, as anyone who’s seen the promotional videos from the church that hosted a fart-themed sermon series can attest. One pastor sleeps on the roof of his church with his wife to
... See moreJared C. Wilson , Mike Ayers (Foreword) • The Pastor's Justification
and buffered the self toward an exclusive humanism in which human flourishing is the only goal and immanence the only frame.
Carl Trueman • Our Secular Age: Ten Years of Reading and Applying Charles Taylor
It is the different-ness of the gospel, not its hipness, that changes lives and transforms the world.
Brett McCracken • Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community
See What God Sees
Brandon Guindon • Intentional
people make decisions based on what God says rather than on what humanity says;
Bryan Chapell • Christ-Centered Preaching
Now We Go, with Jesus
Gary Jansen • Station to Station: An Ignatian Journey through the Stations of the Cross
“The Scandal of Grace,” I told the story of Bud Welch as I talked about how God’s love extends to all losers, whether Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Saul of Tarsus, Timothy McVeigh, or me. The program team showed a PowerPoint presentation using the “visual edition” of Philip Yancey’s work What’s So Amazing about Grace? In the PowerPoint, differen
... See moreShane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
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