I'm a big fan of community, especially lately. I'm also very afraid of it. I tend to be a quiet person until I get to know people, and I often feel awkward until then unless we are having a conversation about which I am very passionate.
In the last month or so, much has been made about marriage and its relationship to the State.
To continue my series, I want to briefly look at Christian culture as it typically exists.
Enjoy a previously scheduled post, as we are spending time in the middle of nowhere at Cornerstone Festival. When I was in college, one of the professors with whom I felt I resonated most was Dr.
As I've said fairly often on this blog, I met Jesus in a Pentecostal church, and went to a Pentecostal college for one of the degrees I earned.
Recently, I was shown the website for Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, which is a soon-to-be released documentary claiming that the "intelligent design" community is a persecuted part of the overall scientific community.
In evangelical Christianity, there is a concept that was fairly common during the 20th century called the "Roman Road." Essentially, a Christian who is speaking to someone (who may be) far from God will present several single verses from the book of Romans, in an attempt to show the hearer several points about God, and about him or herself.
Last night, I went to see Rob Bell's the gods aren't angry tour. If it comes to your city, go.
In another introduction to the forthcoming series, I want to look at the problem that exists in most conservative and liberal versions of biblical interpretation. This problem is that we are both putting God into a box.
There are lots of devotional Bibles that take the reader through the Bible in one year.
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.
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