Archives

Welcome to our archives page. This is my library of blog posts divided by category. The posts do not appear in any particular order and do not represent any particular priority.

GOD’S GRAND MISSION

Are You Missional?

Why I Love the Church: In Praise of God’s Eternal Purpose

Ed Stetzer Interview: God’s Grand Mission

The Eternal Purpose

My Talk at George Fox Seminary

Christianity Today Interview: God’s Grand Mission

Vantage Point – A Vital Message to the Missional Church

The Reformed Reaction

Two New Unique Interviews: Darin Hufford & Bill Easum

FROM ETERNITY TO HERE: Answers to Blogger Questions

The Anatomy of the Church

Christian Post Interview: The Magnum Opus

A Homeless God

The Glorious Tapestry

Rediscovering the Triune Nature of God

FROM ETERNITY TO HERE is Compared to “Twilight”

The iMonk Recommends FROM ETERNITY TO HERE

Sample Chapter of FROM ETERNITY TO HERE & Brant Hansen’s Review

Unveiling Christ

The Missio Dei

Living in the Divine Parenthesis

Is Your Ministry Due for a New Season?

The Wrong Starting Point

How Jesus Reaches His World

DEEPER CHRISTIAN LIFE

Epic Jesus

Guest Article: Have You Heard?

How Ambition Destroys Discernment

Losing Track of Jesus

Looking Unto Jesus

The Alpha & Omega

Forgotten Words of Jesus

The Dangers of God’s Favor: Part I

The Dangers of God’s Favor: Part II

Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

14 Thoughts

The Characteristics of a True Friend

What Makes a True Friend?

The Removal of Our Blindness

We Have Not So Learned Christ: On Internet Correspondence

Be Kinder Than Necessary

Ed Stetzer Interviews Len Sweet and me

Mike Morrell Interviews Len Sweet and me

Kenny Jahng Interviews Len Sweet and me

Steve Brown Interviews Len Sweet and me

My Interview with Christian Books (CBD)

My Interview with “The Christian Post”

My Interview with Ben Witherington

My Interview with Kelly Deppen

10 Reasons Why Len Sweet and I Wrote JESUS MANIFESTO

Why JESUS MANIFESTO is Not a Recipe Book

The Ultimate Plagiarism

Separating Benefits from the Benefactor

Grace, Mercy, and the Word “New”

Living Without Offense

How Would Your Life Be Different?

A Priceless Story: D.L. Moody & The Plymouth Brethren

Two Tracts Worth Examining

On Pearls

On Passion

On Virtues

On the Atonement

On Certainty

On Winning

Anyway

The Expiration Date of Affliction

Life is Short, Making Things Right & Eulogies

Broken Body, Precious Blood

Three Thoughts

Watchman Nee Meets T. Austin-Sparks

Longing for the Endless Immensity

A Jesus Manifesto

Reader Reactions to JESUS MANIFESTO

Scot McKnight Reviews JESUS MANIFESTO

50 Things the Holy Spirit Does

20 Things the Blood of Jesus Does

Spiritual Transitions

Seeing Christ in Films: Part I

Seeing Christ in Films: Part II

A Plow & Some Tears

An Important Insight from President Obama

Calvin Miller on Jesus

Glancing or Gazing?

A Vanishing God

Revise Us Again

Jesus in a Dilemma

Legalism, License, Lordship, and Liberty

Living by the Tree of Life

Personal Words Regarding 2011

It’s All About Jesus: But What Does That Mean?

If God Wrote Your Biography

Hungry for More . . .

God’s View of a Woman

I’m Praying for You

In Praise of New Songs

A Word to Mentors and Mentees

Hearing One Side of a Story

The Art of Being a Jerk Online

Who is Jesus, Really?

The Forgotten Beatitude: Part I

The Forgotten Beatitude: Part II

A Farewell to Self-Righteousness

Learning to Live by the Indwelling Life of Christ

An Audience of One

I Don’t Know

Why I Gave Up Trying to Live the Christian Life

Whatever Happened to Perseverance?

In Praise of Dry Spells

On Losing a Loved One

No Compromise

Don’t Waste Your Time Being a Christian

The Peril of Measuring Yourself Against Others

Three Things That Break the Back of Envy

Standing Against All Odds

How to Avoid Spiritual Bankruptcy

Why Calvinists Live Like Arminians & Arminians Pray Like Calvinists

Getting Rid of a Sectarian Spirit Once and For All

Rescripting the Christian Life: Part I

Rescripting the Christian Life: Part II

Captivated by the Sight of Peerless Worth: Part I

Captivated by the Sight of Peerless Worth: Part II

Captivated by the Sight of Peerless Worth: Part III

MISSIONAL ORGANIC CHURCH

Discipleship, Mission, and Church: A Plea to Learn Our History

Why Organic Church Is Not Exactly a Movement

What is an Organic Church? A Plea for Clarity

Reflections on the Postchurch Perspective

Organic Church Life Doesn’t Work . . .

Organic Church Life Described Simply

Neil Cole & Frank Viola Discuss Missional Organic Church

Visiting an Organic Church: A Firsthand Report

What Does Authentic Organic Church Life Look Like?: Part I

What Does Authentic Organic Church Life Look Like?: Part II

Christ’s Love Expressed in Organic Church Life

House Church vs. Organic Church

Are You in the Wilderness?

Deep Ecclesiology

Billy Graham’s Stunning Prophecy

The Problem with Mental Filters

Organizational vs. Organic

Guest Article: Lions Set Free

McManus Interview

Why I Left the Institutional Church

Why I Left the Institutional Church: Continuing the Dialogue

Q & A on REIMAGINING CHURCH

Organic Church Has Become a Clay Word

Confusion Over Organic Church Abounds

Reflections on the House Church Movement

More Thoughts on Missional

Interview with Atlanta Journal Constitution

An Encouragement for the Missional Church Movement

Following Your Spiritual Instincts Regarding the Poor

A City Whose Builder and Maker is God

You Don’t Know What You Have Until . . .

When God is Moving Among a People, This Will Happen

My Interview with Alan Knox: Missional Organic Church

The Wish Dream

Wavin’ Flag: Remix

How (Not) to Leave a Church

RETHINKING THE STATUS QUO

Lessons from RUSH

It’s the System, Stupid

Rethinking the Five-Fold Ministry

Rethinking Righteousness

Rethinking the Church and Culture

Rethinking the Love of Christ

Rethinking Church Planting and Apostles

Rethinking Christian Unity

Rethinking the Gospel

Rethinking Christian Conferences

Rethinking Women in Ministry

Rethinking Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh

Rethinking How We Present the Gospel

Rethinking Evangelism

Two Responses: Jon Cardwell & Mark Driscoll

George Fox, Alan Hirsch, Jon Zens, and the Clergy System

The Disconnect Between Eastern and Western Medicine: An Analogy

Dialogue with a Liberated, Free-Thinking, Post-Modern Christian

The Word “Radical”

Pastors Weigh-in on PAGAN CHRISTIANITY

More Pastors Weigh-in on PAGAN CHRISTIANITY

10 Straw-Man Myths About PAGAN CHRISTIANITY

An Analysis of Jim Belcher’s “Deep Church”

An Analysis of De Young/Kluck’s “Why We Love the Church”

The Cost of Challenging the Status Quo

Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater

A Review of Michael Spencer’s “The Coming Evangelical Collapse”

George Barna and the Coming Trends of the Church

Apostolic Covering and the Five-Fold Ministry

PAGAN CHRISTIANITY Debate

Interview on PAGAN CHRISTIANITY & REIMAGINING CHURCH

Interview on Radical Church & the Perils of Email Resolution

My Interview with Drew Marshall

Jon Zens & I Respond to Ben Witherington III

George Barna and I Unedited

Reformation, Revolution, and Changing the Course of History

The Anabaptists

Interview with Modern Reformation Magazine

Reapproaching the New Testament: The Bible is Not a Jigsaw Puzzle

Back Story to the ReChurch Library

JESUS MANIFESTO vs. ReChurch & Michael Spencer

A Fact You Probably Don’t Know

The Man in the Arena

Farewell Church Buildings

Interview with Rethink Monthly

Reframing Discipleship

Kingdom Confusion: Part I

Kingdom Confusion: Part II

Christians Are . . .

The Presence of the Future

A Unique Amazon Review

Thoughts on the Coming Revival

Does Christianity Have a Feminine Feel?

20 Reasons Why the Christian Right & the Christian Left Won’t Adopt Me

How (Not) to Correct Another Christian

Beyond Evangelical: Part I

Beyond Evangelical: Part II

Beyond Evangelical: Part III

Beyond Evangelical: Part IV

Beyond Evangelical: Part V

Beyond Evangelical: Part VI

Beyond Evangelical: Part VII

HUMOR

On Being Italian

Why I Gave Up Being a Talk Radio Show Host

The $25,000 Give-Away

Déjà vu with Jason Bourne

The Most Popular Lies

Are Computers Female or Male?

A New Exercise to Try

Church Forms and Swine Flu

Typing the Wrong Email Address

Spoof Review of Milt Rodriguez’ Book

The Glory Days

An Interesting Exchange

When Little Boys Read PAGAN CHRISTIANITY

A [Post] Modern Man

Being Frank for a Moment

Our First One Word Monologue

Another One Word Monologue

Our First Two Word Monologue

The One Word Monologue is Back

Agree With Your Adversaries

The Nativity Story & My Favorite Christmas Spoof Song

I’m Back

The Young Man and The Cowboy

What Not to Write in Someone’s Yearbook

WRITING, PRODUCTIVITY, AND CREATIVITY

Discography

Writing, Ministry, and Money

What I’ve Learned in Two Years of Blogging

Tips for Bloggers

Advice for Christian Authors

Advice for Bloggers

Five Mistakes I’ve Made in Writing

The Secret to Recharging Your Creativity

What Inspires You?

Daily Routines, Reading, and Productive Hours

Why I Deactivated My Facebook Wall

Are You Published or Do You Wish to Be?

A Word to All Authors – Aspiring or Actual

Some of My Favorite Films

My Favorite Poem

A Bag of Tools

The New Roman Road

Christians and Creativity: Awesome Video

The Writing of JESUS MANIFESTO

16 Questions: Just for Fun

Christian Writers = Music Artists

Misrepresentations

Why You Should Create Your Own Archives Pages

Knowing Where Everything Is & Fascinating Letters

I Was Wrong About Book Endorsements

Twitter vs. Facebook

First Chapters

Top Posts of 2008

Top Posts of 2009

Top Posts of 2010

Top Posts of 2011

My Books on Kindle

A Great Theme for Bloggers

Questions & Answers

A Blog Sabbatical

What Captures Your Attention?

How to Read Long Blog Posts

The Artist’s Favorite Work

8 Reasons Why I Don’t Read Your Blog

3 Lessons Every Writer, Speaker, Blogger and Musician Can Learn from Led Zeppelin

So You Think You Disagree?

On Writing: Part I – How I Write My Books

On Writing: Part II – How Authors & Bloggers Can Use Social Media

On Writing: Part III – Self Publishing & How to Hit Amazon’s Top 10 List

REVIEWS

The 100 Best Christian Books Ever Written

The 100 Best Theological Works and Commentaries

Best Christian Books of 2011

Bible Translations I Use and Recommend

A New Chronological Bible

The Story: A New Kind of Bible

A Unique and Amazing Look at Jesus Christ

Introducing the ESV Study Bible

Introducing the HSCB Study Bible

Two Essential Resources for Understanding Your Bible

A Book Every Church and Family Should Own

Interview with N.T. Wright

Interview with Ben Witherington

Interview with Scot McKnight (1)

Interview with Scot McKnight (2)

Interview with Christian Smith

Interview with Craig Keener

Interview with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Interview with Tim Challies

Interview with Leonard Sweet

Interview with Todd Hunter

Interview with Dan Kimball

Interview with David Fitch (1)

Interview with David Fitch (2)

Interview with David Ruis

Rob Bell

Why Men Hate Going to Church: Interview with David Murrow

Lifting Up My Friends: Part I – Tony & Felicity Dale

Lifting Up My Friends: Part II – Milt Rodriguez & Alan Levine

Lifting Up My Friends: Part III – Jon Zens

Lifting Up My Friends: Part IV – Leonard Sweet & Others

Effective Books in Presenting the Gospel to Non-Christians

One of the Greatest Influences of My Life and Ministry

Introducing an Incredible Designer

A Personal Note to My Subscribers & Readers

How God Became King by N.T. Wright

Relevant Magazine

Christianity in Crisis

My Top 5 Most Influential Books

My Spanish Bruthas and Sistas

We Put the Puppy to Sleep

News About My Podcast

20-Somethings Share What Attracted Them to Jesus Christ

Is the Old Testament God a Moral Monster?

God Behaving Badly: Part I

God Behaving Badly: Part II

Blogging Through Bonhoeffer: Part I

Blogging Through Bonhoeffer: Part II

Blogging Through Bonhoeffer: Part III

Blogging Through Bonhoeffer: Part IV

Blogging Through Bonhoeffer: Part V

Blogging Through Bonhoeffer: Part VI

Blogging Through Bonhoeffer: Part VII

Blogging Through Bonhoeffer: Part VIII

Blogging Through Bonhoeffer: Part IX

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