SERIES: God’s Priorities
This series contains the following posts:
- God’s Priorities 1: Introduction
- God’s Priorities 2: Receiving God’s Love
- God’s Priorities 3: Receiving God’s Truth
- God’s Priorities 4: Giving Love
- God’s Priorities 5: Establishing Truth
- God’s Priorities 6: Ethical Norms and Public Policy
- God’s Priorities 7: Freedom of Conscience
- God’s Priorities 8: Family
- God’s Priorities 9: Life
- God’s Priorities 10: Poverty
- God’s Priorities 11: Creation Care
- God’s Priorities 12: Human Rights
- God’s Priorities 13: Peace
- God’s Priorities 14: Conclusion
SERIES: Can we be good without God?
The articles in this series include
- Can we be good without God? Part I: Introduction
- Can we be good without God? Part II: Defining Good
- Can we be good without God? Part III: Theism
- Can we be good without God? Part IV: Atheism
- Can we be good without God? Part V: Conclusions
Evaluating God’s Righteousness
This series was written in response to a comment about the “absurdities” of scripture.
- Evaluating God’s Righteousness, Part I – Underestimating Sin
- Evaluating God’s Righteousness, Part II – Rules for Evaluating Evil
- Evaluating God’s Righteousness, Part III – Dispensing Justice and Mercy
Faith and Politics in a Post-Falwell World
This series was a response to Brian McLaren’s Faith & Politics after the Religious Right.
The Ethics of Controversy
This two part series is actually a synopsis of a fantastic article from the Resurgence site entitled On The Ethics of Controversy (PDF).
The Wrath of God – Romans 1
This series is a redux of a great exposition of Romans 1 by John MacArthur called A Nation Abandoned by God.
The Tripartite Makeup of Man
The following posts make up this series:
- Part I: The Tripartite Makeup of Man – Introduction
- The Tripartite Man – Spirit and Soul
- The Tripartite Man – The Progress of Salvation
- The Tripartite Man – Spirit : Intuition
- The Tripartite Man – Spirit : Conscience
- The Tripartite Man – Spirit : Communion
- The Tripartite Man – Soul
- The Tripartite Man – Body
- The Tripartite Man – A model for social reform
Luke / Challies Letter Series – an atheist talks to a Christian about working together
Luke over at Common Sense Atheism is engaging in a letter exchange with Tim Challies. I have taken it upon myself to answer Luke’s letters, since I am not Tim Challies, and see things a litle differently. Luke has not answered my responses, but perhaps he may. Here’s the Series links, in chronological order
- Luke’s First Letter
- My First Response
- Tim’s First Response
- Luke’s Second Letter
- My Second Response
- Tim’s Second Response
- Luke’s Third Letter
- My Third Response
- Tim’s Third Response
SERIES: G12 Churches – cults or discipleship with a plan?
The articles in this series on the G12 Church model include:
- Part I: What abusive churches are like
- Part II: Our experience at MercyChurch
- Part III: The G12 model – roles
- Part IV: The G12 model – processes
- Part V: The G12 model – my conversation with Pastor Terry Page
- Part VI: Conclusions regarding the G12 model
Bored With Church – Series Permalink
The articles in this series are:
- Bored With Church Part I: Are you really a Christian?
- Bored With Church Part II: Is your church teaching practical, biblical, spiritual truth or obscure pleasantries?
- Bored With Church Part III: Is your church caught in external religion?
- Bored With Church Part IV: Is your church caught in a time warp?
- Bored With Church Part V: Is your church on a mission beyond being a social club?
- Bored With Church Part VI: Is your church lacking a focused, prioritized strategy?
- Bored With Church Part VII: Should you be doing more than just attending?
SERIES: Pascal’s Wager
In this series, I explore the possibilities of eliminating pretender Gods, and trying to find likely ones to have faith in.
- Pascal’s Wager – Part I: why apatheism and atheism are unreasonable choices
- Pascal’s Wager – Part II: debunking the ‘all religions are equally improbable’ ruse
- Pascal’s Wager – Part III: Evaluating the gods
- Pascal’s Wager – Part IV: Debunking the minor objections
The Sins of the Church
This series contains the following posts:
- The Sins of the Church I – Rules and regulations
- The Sins of the Church II – Creeds, doctrines, and dogma
- The Sins of the Church III – Legalism, perfectionism, and exclusion
- The Sins of the Church IV – Social engagement and politics
- The Sins of the Church V – Investment in buildings and other infrastructure items
Finding God’s Call
This series is made up of audio sermons on the subject of Finding God’s Call, including:
- Finding God’s Call I – If you are SAVED, you are CALLED
- Finding God’s Call II – Character before gifts
- Finding God’s Call III – A Biblical view of self-love
- Finding God’s Call IV – Motivated by desire
- Finding God’s Call V – God’s process and timing
Podcast: Play in new window
Healing Injured Masculinity: Series Permalink
The following posts make up this series:
- Healing Injured Masculinity PART I: Introduction
- Healing Injured Masculinity PART II: The Warrior
- Healing Injured Masculinity PART III: The Wildman
- Healing Injured Masculinity PART IV: The King
Churches shouldn’t change
In her book Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey writes that churches that change are churches that decline.
