How do Christians think about contemporary art and the gospel while remaining committed to the rigorous practice of successful artmaking or theorizing? Are these two often-contradictory pursuits possible?
Read more: Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art? by Amanda Dalla Villa Adams
One of the most discouraging (and blindsiding) things in life is to be one who has followed the Lord for some time, felt to be on the right track, been involved in the His work somehow, and to feel the definite guidance of the Holy Spirit only to find yourself, after much time, becoming a worse Christian.
Read more: TEN REASONS WHY GOOD CHRISTIANS GO BAD by C Michael Patton
Someone sent me this delightful video just as I was reading a book that explores the word redeem. Slum children creating music out of garbage stands as a perfect metaphor for a word usually encountered in theology texts.
The phrase "spiritual formation" expresses the most important process in the world. But it also drives me crazy.
Read more: Seven Things I Hate About Spiritual Formation by John Ortberg (Christianity Today)
. . . though the more abundantly I love you,
Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the Omega of my spiritual nourishment.
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O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up;…
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I was in a leadership turbogroup during the spring of 2007. At Randy's suggestion, I listened to Walter Wangerin's audio…
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Do I allow myself to be sucker-punched by envy and jealousy? Do I dig deep into an interior whining over…
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I have climbed highest mountains
I have run through the fieldsOnly to be with youOnly to be with you
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What a song! by Jon Foreman. This is a moving reworking of the Lord’s Prayer. Jon Foreman performs this song…
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Journey to the Center of the Earth, the 2008 remake of a 1959 movie, is not a movie for the…
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Memento is about Leonard, a man who claims to be suffering from memory loss—he can only keep a memory for…
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Who is like Him The Lion and the Lamb Seated on the throne Mountains bow down Every ocean roars To the Lord of hosts
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You probably know Paul Washer as the man who preached the infamous "Shocking Youth Message," a sermon that has tallied…
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Look inside the mysterySee the empty crossSee the risen SaviorVictorious and strong
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How do we pray? What should we pray for? Yes, there is the Lord's prayer--Jesus teaching his disciples, and us,…
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We have an amazing God.
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Why is fear of the Lord so important as a follower of Jesus?
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The following is a modified version of a prayer by John Stott, an Anglican theologian from the 20th century.
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The following is a modified version of a prayer by John Stott,
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