The Church is sojourning, going through wild places on the way to an awesome destination. We are being led out of the wilderness, and while we lose a few (and sometimes almost entire generations) along the way, and the task of leadership requires discipline, but that doesn’t mean throwing them under the bus. “The Church [...]
Archive for the ‘resurrection’ Category
What Kind of Church to Expect
Posted in Bible, gospel, missional church, quotes, reading, resurrection on September 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Resurrection Is Key
Posted in quotes, resurrection on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New Testament scholar Larry Hurtado wrote an Easter piece for Slate online this year or last. He notes how resurrection is a key doctrine, not only for the faith, but for diagnosing our fidelity to biblical Christianity as a whole and our ability to hold a biblical view of ourselves and the world. “Historically . . [...]
It’s All Going to Burn Up Anyway
Posted in Bible, environment, resurrection, world view on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Let me apologize in advance for following up Mitchell’s “Los Suns” post with another “liberal” post. For the past week we’ve been trying to figure out whether a trip to the Alabama coast was really going to happen or not. Vacations are not easy to come by for our family, so the tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico [...]
Resurrection Focus
Posted in resurrection on April 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Need a little help focusing on resurrection? If you haven’t heard it/don’t own it, spend the $.99 and buy the Andrew Peterson song “All Things New” from Itunes or your choice of online stores. What an unbelievable musical piece. My Itunes acct tells me I’ve played it 42 times, and that’s not counting the number of times [...]
Resurrection for Kids
Posted in family worship, resurrection on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Resurrection for kids: one of our favorite stories from one of our favorite books. The good stuff starts 45 seconds in. (HT Justin Taylor.)
Resurrection Power (4)
Posted in resurrection on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For Holy Week in anticipation of the celebration of Jesus’s Resurrection this Lord’s Day, we’ve been asking the question, “What does it mean that resurrection power is at work in us?” Now this post is a bit long, so feel free to skip this lengthy post and come back Friday or Saturday for more on why this [...]
Why We Love Memphis #5: Memphis is FREE
Posted in music, resurrection, why i love memphis on March 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Hey people, here are some really awesome FREE things to do this week in Memphis. (1) The cherry blossoms are going crazy, in full swing right now and FREE to be seen on Cherry Rd. between Southern and Park Ave. (2) Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken are playing a FREE Easter-and-Resurrection themed concert, free at Levitt Shell [...]
Resurrection Power (3)
Posted in resurrection on March 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In this blog series for Holy Week, we’re tackling the question, “What does it mean that ‘resurrection power’ (Ephesians 1:19-20) is at work in us?” We saw in part two that Paul described our condition in unbelief as that of Zombies, the walking dead-in-sins-and-trespasses (2:1-3). The restoration Paul describes should remind us of the way God has worked [...]
Resurrection Power (2)
Posted in resurrection, Uncategorized on March 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In the first post in this series, I asked what Paul meant when he says that “resurrection power” is at work in our lives. In this post, we’ll start to get some answers by looking at the wider context, especially the opening paragraph of chapter 2. Ephesians 2:1-10 is helpful in answering our question because [...]
Resurrection Power (Part 1)
Posted in resurrection on March 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“[I pray] that you may know . . . how awesomely great is his power in us who believe, the working of his great power that he worked in the Messiah, raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in heavenly places . . .” What on earth does it mean that we have resurrection [...]
