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A post that haunts me

I think that almost every preacher can relate to this post: I have a recurring dream that I am sure many preachers have. I am up front, talking, and people are leaving. Not

Consuming Jesus

Paul Metzger has a new book coming out next month called Consuming Jesus. Metzger is concerned that, without knowing it, evangelicals have become insensitive to issues of race and class divisions within the

Oh Leafs!

We were given tickets to see the Leafs on Saturday night. Not just any tickets – Platinum tickets, just 9 rows up from the ice, right near the tunnel that the Leafs use to

Get your mind off the turkey

I overheard this exchange the other day between my 8-year-old son, Josiah, and the haircutter at a chain near us: Haircutter: It’s Thanksgiving this weekend. I love Thanksgiving! All I can think

Marketing the Gospel

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Christianity Today on evangelism as marketing: Should it surprise us that in this era, pastors increasingly think of themselves as 'managers,'