More good stuff from Dallas Willard, from an interview titled Rethinking Evangelism:
“We need to clear in our heads about what discipleship is. My definition: A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do. A disciple is not […]

Interesting new movie produced by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Check it out, and check out Cuban’s blog.

A followup to an earlier post about conservative vs. liberal (or orthodox vs. progressive):
Jesus said “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,” and “Love your neighbor as yourself.” It seems the Conservative/Orthodox crowd has really latched onto loving God with all our […]

Just heard this great line about the story of Jonah:
“When people find themselves in the belly of the whale is when they learn how to call out to God;
when they find themselves in comfort under the shade tree is when they yell at God.”
That’s the truth, Ruth.

Just read this post about the “heroes” of emergent and the danger therein. I agree with much of what the post says, but I think it misses the point in two ways.
1. So Pagitt, Seay, Jones, McLaren, and Kimball have written books and spoken at conferences. Should we venerate them, make them saints? […]

From a recent article by Terry Mattingly:
“Like any religious institution in the era after James Davison Hunter’s book Culture Wars, Baylor has its own “camp of the progressives” (truth is personal and experiential) and a competing “camp of the orthodox”
(truth is eternal and absolute).”
Am I being inconsistent or disingenuous if I think truth is both […]

7:26 – Kierstin is asleep (I think), Cameron is in bed but not asleep, and Raegan is playing on a blanket on the floor (she’s moderately happy). I’m sitting down to watch “The Changing Face of Worship: The Church in a Postmodern World” for the 3rd time. The first two times were several […]