Pagan Christianity?

In Pagan Christianity, Frank Viola, chronicles how the church slowly adopted practices that were pagan in origin:

When Kids Become Adults Too Soon

A comic once compared the talk of youths and aged.  He remarked that young people employ hasty verbs: “Hurry up!” “Come on.” “Go faster!” 

Where Do We Go From Here?–Reconsidering What Restoration is All About

We can never “go back,” only forward, seeking what it means to live faithfully in the time and culture where God has placed us. ~ Francis Chan

Can we go forward if we are constantly looking backwards?  Let’s pretend that a self made millionaire, Donald Fox, launched

Meditations on “Again, Who Would Jesus Tax”

As I read through the wonderfully written article by Craig Watts [1], I began to wonder, “what does Capitalism naturally teach us?” Nothing, isn’t a sufficient answer.

The Kingdom of God–Spiritual. Political. Social.

Jesus came proclaiming “repent, for the kingdom of God has come near.” The synoptics portray preaching the good news of the kingdom of God as Jesus’ mission. We like to say the kingdom began at Pentecost

True Worship–In Spirit and Truth

I doubt John 4:24 means, have the right attitude and make sure it is according to the biblical doctrines I have laid out for worship in the books that the apostles will have written over the next thirty to fifty years.

The Kingdom of God, Power, and Cross–Envisioning a Non Violent Community

In 1994 a plane transporting the president of Rwanda and Burindi crashed, killing both presidents. What commenced has gone down into history as one of the most despairing responses to the death of national leaders.

Jesus and Jubilee: Enemy Love and Nationalism

The Nazareth scene follows a nail-biter–warfare between the would-be son of God, and the ruler of the world.  Jesus fasted in a parched desert, and for forty days he wrestled with temptation.

He Came To His Own and His Own Received Him Not–Reflections (Part 2)

I don’t think Jesus would be blue or red. He probably would not even be in OWS (Occupy Wall Street). That does not mean he couldn’t spin a tale about OWS to describe what the kingdom of God is like.

He Came To His Own and His Own Received Him Not

Could you picture how Jesus would be received today? What if the first thing Jesus said to us was “Repent of American nationalism and militarism and believe in my good news?”