Recent Luke

• The Conviction that We Are Right Disease

  In a recent interview in Relevant magazine with writer Anne Lamott, Dean Nelson asked the following question:  Does it seem odd that you worship the same God as people you criticize the most severely, namely people like George W. Bush?
  Lamott answered by saying:
  I try not to follow people who follow Jesus. We’re all screwed up [...]

  November 19th, 2007

• The Forgiveness of Sin

  The iMonk  (Michael Spencer) has an interesting article on “unconfessed sin,” in which he encourages his readers to download a podcast and reflect upon what they hear.  He writes:
  The August 19th edition of the White Horse Inn contains a large segment of interviews asking people at a Christian conference what happens to a person if they [...]

  August 21st, 2007

• Collapsing Bridges, Repentance, Judgment, and God as the Divine Punisher

  Turbulent Cleric, in an interesting post from yesterday, wrote that he found this article by John Piper concerning the recent bridge collapse in Minnesota notably unhelpful. TC (if I can use the initials), says that the paragraph that caused him to struggle in particular was this one:
  The meaning of the collapse of this bridge is that John Piper is [...]

  August 7th, 2007

• Reflection on the Lectionary: Choosing What Is Best

  The Gospel for this Sunday (July 22, 2007) is Luke 10:38-42:
  Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat down beside Jesus’ feet and listened to what he was saying.  But [...]

  July 19th, 2007

• Some Thoughts on "The Good Samaritan"

  I usually don’t finish my sermon until late on Saturday night or early Sunday morning.  But yesterday afternoon I started working on my message  for next Sunday, especially as concerns the Good Samaritan.  Here are some of the notes I jotted down, mostly mine, but a few from other sources.  I hope the stream of consciousness format [...]

  July 9th, 2007