From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Six Rules of Cultural Engagement

October 23, 2007

What do people mean when they say “cultural engagement?” That phrase is often spurned as if it means thoughtless syncretism between the church and culture. In my reading it rarely means that. It is certainly not what I mean. I am a fan of that three-fold approach to engaging culture: reject what is evil, receive [...]

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Wassup Baby?

October 18, 2007

My wife Jen is expecting our third child! We have been praying for years that God would give us more children, and he has helped us to remain patient until he gave us the desire of our hearts! Jen is 7 weeks along which means our newest looks something like the photo to the right. [...]

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Leaving a Church?

October 17, 2007

I finally got around to reading Mark Dever’s excellent little book, What is a Healthy Church? I’ll have a post up on the whole book soon, but I wanted to put up a couple of things he had to say. First, “If you’re thinking about leaving a church.” Before You Decide to Leave 1. Pray. [...]

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Unplugging Pt. 2

October 16, 2007

Unplugging is going well, but is also proving to be a ongoing process. My new approach to staying organized, a hack on GTD, is going very well and is a better fit than the Hispter PDA I was previously using. Have also been finding ways to leave the laptop behind, relegating my interaction with it [...]

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920 reasons to eat at home

October 16, 2007

Yeah, this is a great idea. 920 calories in a breakfast burrito from Hardees. Want to know what’s inside this 10″ flour tortilla? 2 loaded omelets (liquid eggs, crumbled sausage, diced ham, bacon bits, shredded cheddar), 5 harshrounds, 1 1/2 oz. sausage gravy, 1/2 oz. shredded cheddar.

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Friday Photo: The Loop

October 12, 2007

Both shots were taken in the loop last week. The bottom photo is featured at the Chicagoist web zine.

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Ryken on Cultural Transformation

October 11, 2007

Over at the Reformation 21 blog Phil Ryken provides a concise and helpful statement regarding the issue of cultural redemption. Recently our friends at 9Marks Ministries wrote to ask: “Does Scripture call the local church (by which we mean the local church as the local church, not as individual Christians) to the work of cultural [...]

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