parables of a prodigal world

Trevin Wax reviews Robert Wuthnow's new book, After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings are Shaping the Future of American Religion, here , here , here , here and here . BW3 had my favorite Easter post in the blogosphere. One of my newest favorite bloggers is Eugene Cho. I really enjoyed this one . Mofast contemplates one of my favorite biblical thought experiments posed by N.T. Wright. One of my favorites from Down Under, Byron Smith, (again) helps me dispel the dualism that still runs rampant in my heart and mind. iMonk (re)posts on another controversial but eye-opening topic . I love Nathan Gann's soul-searching honesty. Here's a good example . Satire at its finest at the Wittenburg Door. Do you you ever sense that the more you travel toward true discipleship, the more people think you're "crazy"? A postmodern remix of C. Michael Pattons' famous chart . Some interesting questions to Brian McLaren (and the Emerging Church as a whol...

"Wherever St. Paul went, there was a riot... Wherever I go, they serve tea." -- Michael Ramsey, former Archbishop of Canterbury. Barack Obama's long-time pastor, Jeremiah Wright, has caused quite a stir with this now-infamous comment during a sermon delivered over seven years ago in the wake of 9/11: Being the good politician that she is, Hillary Clinton has begun to embrace the opportunity created by the scandal and has indicated that she would have walked out on Wright if he were her pastor and had preached those words . I've posted recently on why I am supporting Obama, and, more importantly, on why I don't think all the brouhaha about the upcoming elections is justified from a "Kingdom-of-God-perspective. You can read those posts here , here and here . So Obama's pastor made some remarks that were considered scandalous by the empire of which he is a citizen, remarks that were a critique of that empire and its failings as a trustee of God's author...

One of my favorite bloggers and cyber-brother, Trevin Wax , has posted a summary review of a new book entitled Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World . The book contains argument for four of the prevailing views on the question of "Who is saved," "Is Christianity the only and exclusive means of salvation," etc. There are hundreds of sub-questions contained within those questions, and the proponent of the four views seek to touch upon as many of the issues as feasible. Trevin's review was brief but edifying. I guess my concern with the entire endeavor is twofold: one as pertaining to the theme of the book, and one concerning Trevin's closing remarks. Regarding the latter, Trevin and I are ordinarily of one mind, in form and format, on nearly 99.9% of the issues both he and I raise, and I feel compelled to point out that this issue does not in any way detract from the respect I have for him. If I had a theological question, Trevin is one of the handfu...

Thank you to my fellow bloggers who found the time to post over this Easter weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed reading through them and catching up this morning. As for me, well, I simply couldn't get around to it. I was busy celebrating, feasting, basking in the beauty and magic and imagination of God's new world, and strengthening the bonds of the family that has been entrusted to my care. That's right, I was at Disneyland! We don't have a fatted calf or anything, so I thought that would be the next best thing. I would celebrate for much longer if I could, but there's simply no time. I'll keep the celebration in my heart for as long as I can, though. For He is risen. Hallelujah! But today, its back to work. Hopefully, though, its back to work from a new perspective, from the perspective of the resurrection of the Lord of the Cosmos, which Paul ruminates upon in so much detail in 1 Cor. 15, and then concludes, not by reveling in the future hope that the resurrection...