fundamentalism: a true expression of Christianity or not?

On the last blog post I was asked in a to qualify why I thought that fundamentalism was basically a false understanding of God and the Christian faith. I thought it would be worth a broader discussion. This was my reply..
Mike, I believe fundamentalism does NOT reflect the ethos or the pathos of [...]

the heart of falsehood

“False prophets are not godless. [Rather] They adore the god ‘success’. They themselves are in constant need of success and achieve it by promising it to the people. But they do honestly want success for the people. The craving for success governs their hearts and determines what rises from them. [...]

outsourcing our responsibilities

“Whatever the failings of Moses, they are as nothing to the failures among his multitudes of followers. A people will concede greater responsibility to its leaders only so that it may enjoy less responsibility itself. If Moses converses with God, it saves them the exertion of doing so themselves” — Roy Oliver

This leadership [...]

some endorsements for reJesus

The publishers are on track for the early December release of reJesus. Here are some of the endorsements from various authors and thinkers.

Frost and Hirsch have done it again! In their characteristic way (heart-pounding in a spiritual sense) they invite us to a journey with God. Don’t miss this trip!
—Reggie McNeal, author, Missional Renaissance
For anyone [...]

R.I.P. Emerging Church??

Url Scaramanga, the somewhat naughty and provocative editor of Christianity Today’s Out of Ur blog, wrote this article. What do you think?
An overused and corrupted term now sleeps with the fishes.
“The emerging church will disappear.” That is what my informant told me as we shared drinks at our clandestine watering hole. I felt like [...]

funny boy Brant hanson takes Al Quaeda out

All the talk about Al Quaeda makes me think of my friend Brant Hanson’s post w hile back.  this has already featured here once, but it is so good that it has to be posted again! So, this is from Brant….

Alan (me), in his book, points out that Al-Qaeda is almost impossible to stop. This [...]

Networks and Netwars: What can we learn about ourselves from Al Quaeda

As shocking as it seems at first, it’s not hard to see the striking similarities between the structures of international terrorist networks like Al Quaeda and that of the Early Church, or the Chinese church for that matter. And while the agenda of each is entirely different, it is partly the structure that [...]

creation care

Fantastic…a group of committed evangelicals have got together and formed an alliance that will promote issues relating to the environment. At last!! I’ve signed up, why don’t you? If you need convincing, take a look at this alarming post at mine and Deb’s personal blog. And check out some other resources here.

why do women live longer than men?


Gandhi’s Seven Deadly Sins

Mohandas Gandhi, one of the most influential figures in modern social and political activism, considered these traits to be the most spiritually perilous to humanity…

Wealth without Work
Pleasure without Conscience
Science without Humanity
Knowledge without Character
Politics without Principle
Commerce without Morality
Worship without Sacrifice

Appropriate given the current political and social environment, don’t you [...]

organized crime and movements

This post is taken from the blog of one of my really good (and very bright)  friends, Mark Sayers. It adds further weight to all this discussion about networks and movements…

….Have been reading a bit about the future of organized crime. Fascinatingly crime is changing as our culture changes. The older traditional crime structures [...]

even more about networks…and some examples

Having described all these characteristics of networks, it is not hard to see this is exactly how the Early Church and the Chinese Church operated. Look at the diagram again. The hubs would have been places like Antioch, Jerusalem, or Rome or people like Paul. The nodes could be house churches and clumps of [...]

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