(by James Davisson) It’s summer time, and I’m a movie man, so I figured I’d review a few films that you may have missed or not seen in a while. In each review, I’ll give you a little background, a theme or two I think are important, and the reason you should watch it over […]
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(By Stephen Rivero) “Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do.” (Becoming The Answer To Our Prayers; Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove) In the book “Becoming The Answer To Our Prayers,” Shane Claiborne […]
Book Review: Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
(By James Davisson) – “For Preservation is a Creation, and more, it is a continued Creation, and a Creation every moment.” To be sure, a number of you have heard me talk about this book, and one or two may already be sick of my constant admonishments that you read it. If you have yet […]
Covering God, Life and Progressive Culture
(By Erica Johnson) – Each and every day, I’m greeted by several forms of media. The radio is on during breakfast, there are countless billboards and signs I pass by on the way to school, and there are always books to read, videos to watch, podcasts to listen to, and websites to visit. Sometimes it […]
Go, Read Some Books
Every week, I try to showcase some sort of resource that could inspire you in some way. For instance there was a post on the new Hillsong United album called With Hearts As One, and another about the new Passion album entitled God Of This City. Just before that, there was indeed a devotional from […]
Chosen To Be A Soldier
Are you a soldier in The Salvation Army? If so, think back to your enrollment classes. Did this small, red book ever make its way into your hands? Even though the front cover holds a general order to all Commanding Officers that every soldier be “acquainted with these regulations and that all intending soldiers are […]
New Journal of Aggressive Christianity
The new issue of Journal of Aggressive Christianity is out.You may be interested to know that two writers from the Central Territory (and for that matter, the Metropolitan Division) were published in this edition.If you’re looking for articles about Christmas, souvenirs of Salvationism, papers on a model for social/spiritual marriage and Officership, stuff on community, […]
Portions from Rob Bell’s book, “Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith”
…the writers of the Bible go to great lengths to describe God as being with no edges or boundaries or limits.God has no thingness because there’s no end to God. Or as the question goes in the book of Job: “Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?” It makes sense, the, in a strange […]
Repainting the Christian Faith
Rob Bell—pastor of Mars Hill and Nooma video man—has a new book out called “Velvet Elvis”. It looks super cool and I’m sure it will be a great read. Anyway, I’ve only read the prologue and I have already been impacted. Here’s the part I want to share with you: “Here’s what often happens: Somebody […]