Mar 4, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture, US Politics
Let’s get right to it: I’d like you to consider an increasingly widespread problem of poor interpretation of Scripture. I refer to colleagues who seem to disregard Scripture when it disagrees with the modern culture. You see it more and more in our...
Feb 24, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture, US Politics
Who are we? Where are we? What is the problem? What is the solution? These four questions round out the scholarly method used by N.T. Wright to examine some of the deepest questions of our faith. Wright has examined Jesus, Paul, the notion of the Kingdom of Heaven,...
Jan 18, 2012 | General, Pop Culture, US Politics
SOPA is the “STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT” written by Representative Lamar Smith. We already have legislation that makes digital piracy a crime. The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act lays out enforcement measures. The problem is enforcement. Representative...
Jan 13, 2012 | General, Methodism, Pop Culture, US Politics
Closure is something very few people understand completely. I know this because so many people ask me about it, or assume that it is always portrayed accurately in the movies and on television. So I’m going to try again here. Let me start by saying that closure...
Mar 3, 2011 | General, Leading the Church, Pop Culture, US Politics
I am appalled that our nation’s highest court recently decided in favor of one of the most rampant examples of hatred and vitriolic speech in the history of our republic. The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father’s pain over mocking protests...
Nov 3, 2010 | General, Leading the Church, Pop Culture, US Politics
John Wesley was the founder of Methodism — some would say, “unintentional founder,” but that matters little to the present topic. As one of the the great minds and leading theologians of his day, Wesley offers a sense of moderation that is lost on...
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