Provocative Christian Living is radical, it is about getting to the root of what it means to be a follower of Jesus
I am not great at sound-bite theology. You know the kind I am talking about. It's those pithy little sayings, often in 140 characters or less that seem so spiritual, deep, and insightful. They are easy to remember getting passed on time and again until they become accepted as a given, collective, cultural, truism. To …
Continue reading Why Forgetting the Church and Just Following Jesus is Not an Option
I have been thinking recently about the seemingly growing mass of people who do things just to be noticed and known. The examples are so numerous that it is hard to decide which ones NOT to mention. Just think on some headlines over the last few months. Remember "Balloon Boy" and his parents scam to …
Continue reading The Paparazzi, Facebook, and Our Need to be Known
Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. The Book of Acts 2:45 If there was ever a passage that ran counter to our culture of accumulation then this is it. The first generation of followers of Jesus made sure that no one who was a part of their new …
Continue reading Provocative Bible Verses: No One Lacked Anything They Needed
A few days ago I had breakfast with Frank Viola. No he is not the Cy Young winning pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins, although that would be a great breakfast also. This Frank Viola is the author of "Pagan Christianity", a book that calls the church to consider the ways in which we …
Continue reading Common Ground Between “Pagan Christianity” and “Provocative Christianity”.
I am not a big fan of the WWJD bracelets, simply for the reason that a very good question, "What Would Jesus Do" quickly became a cliche' and not a way of life. But with that said I have to ask the question about the current economic crisis, "What Would Jesus Do?" It is an …
"For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places" Ephesians 6:12 What is it that binds people together into the type of community that the Bible refers to as "koinonia - a …
Continue reading What the Lord of the Rings can Teach Christians About Community Pt 2
