The Adjustment Bureau
In a conversation a few years back, movie producer Ralph Winter told me a good movie always leaves you with questions. My friend Jason Hildebrand and I recently enjoyed a guys’ night out at the cinema and experienced a film that does just that. The Adjustment Bureau raises some great questions!
Suit Up!
I recently had the privilege of writing a little article for “SEVEN” magazine a publication that tackles: "Men.God.Life.” I post it here for your enjoyment:
Family Ties
Oscar turned 83 this year and the glitterati was out in full force to celebrate. Now the red carpet is rolled up and stashed in storage until next year. You can check out our Oscar ruminations on our podcast later this week. In the meantime, I will offer my thoughts on the event and the films it celebrated.
Hacked!
Cape Town 2010 is the most representative gathering of leaders in the history of the church! It has been a forum for inspiration, challenge, networking, dialog, debate, collaboration in mission, renewing of friendships, and strategizing. It has been a wonderful gathering of God’s glorious mosaic. We have heard from leaders and servants from across the planet. It has been like drinking at a fire hydrant and there is more to come!
Capetown Kickoff
CAPETOWN KICK OFF
I am in one of the most beautiful cities in the world attending one of the most diverse and representative gatherings in human history! Capetown is the venue for the Third Lausanne Congress on world evangelization. The congress theme is expressed in the words of that great gospel pioneer ,Paul who declared,” God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation” ( 2 Corinthians 5:19)
Reasons To Be Cheerful... And Thankful
The late Ian Dury and The Blockheads sang, “Reasons to be cheerful parts one, two, three..” The song is a musical list, a disparate catalogue of things to be enjoyed, which are, as the title suggests, reasons to be cheerful:
Take A Leaf From Big Chuck's Playbook
I have been preaching and teaching through The Freedom Files – Paul’s letter to the churches launched in Galatia. The fledgling Jesus movement was under threat from hardcore legalists who wanted to impose their carefully prescribed acceptance-preconditions to Gentile converts. They have been labelled Judaizers, moral policemen who insisted that the Gentiles had to undergo circumcision to be fully accepted by God. These false teachers were promoting toxic performance based spirituality. Legalists are alive and well today - joy killers, party poopers, grace thieves.
Take The Antidote
Legalism is the attempt to gain God’s approval and acceptance by effort and rule-keeping. Legalism often involves the tyrannizing quest for acceptance by others - the rule makers - by following “the rules.” The landscape is littered by people wounded by legalism, damaged by legalists, and disappointed by the God of the legalists - God The Cosmic Cop.
Robert Farrar Capon is a theologian, author, and gourmet chef. As a gourmet chef, he well recognizes there is but one life-giving ingredient that liberates us from the power of legalism - God’s reckless grace!
The Bottom Of The Tenth
Ken Burns shows us America’s story through the lens of baseball. Burns has given us the sprawling documentary, Baseball; and its follow-up, The Bottom of The Tenth . In Baseball, Burns traced the evolution of the game from its origins in the 1840s. The viewer was offered nine two-hour episodes ( or innings) to trace the history of the game. In the final episode, Burns brought us into the early nineties.
Reader Beware
Benjamin Disraeli opined, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” I reckon that Dr. Bradley Wright must be a direct descendant of the late British Prime Minister. Our September Kindlings featured lively conversation about Wright’s recently released, Christians are Hate-Filled Hypocrites and other lies you’ve been told. Peter Chattaway, Kevin Miller, and Kindlings newbie Mike Sherbino weighed in on this provocative wee tome.
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