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What Does It Mean To Be Saved? Part 4
When we say “Jesus Saves” what do we think of? God’s mercy? Love? Forgiveness? Unfortunately in the West the term has become a bit cliche and sadly often invokes images of wild eyed preachers on the...
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7 “Proofs” That God Exists!
In Brian Zahnd’s book “Beauty Will Save the World” Zahnd suggests that Christianity has lost much of its shine and beauty in its endless pursuit of: Apologetics: Defending Christianity and attempting...
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This Easter Which Messiah would YOU Choose?
Barabbas On that first Easter week more than 2000 years ago, many of us are familiar with the moment where the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, in keeping with the Passover tradition of releasing one...
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John Piper’s God Looks More Like “Dexter” than Jesus
After reading my post yesterday on the great lengths God will go to for his children my brother Andy commented: I just did a post about a John Piper video that is making a resurgence on the web… and I...
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More Thoughts on John Piper, God, And “Dexter”
Does pastor and theologian John Piper worship a different God than the one I do? That was the question I unpacked a couple posts back when I suggested that, based on some comments made by Piper, the...
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If Jesus Is The Word Where Does That Leave The Bible?
The Apostle John had a gift for describing what we may call in the 21st century “the Big Picture.” Rather than start his account of Christ’s life with a genealogy (Matthew) or with a historical...
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When the “Good News” Becomes “Good” Again!
Two years ago I had a paradigm shift in my faith when I read Brian Zahnd’s Beauty Will Save The World. As I wrote then “I suddenly had my ‘spiritual mojo’ back!” In hindsight now I realize that for...
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The “Cloud” Is Moving But Is The Church Ready To Move With It?
In 22 years of marriage my wife Tammy and I have lived in 8 different locations. We have moved from Hong Kong, to Colorado, to China, and then back to Hong Kong. In the process we have learned not to...
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5 Theological Topics Making (Some) Christians Very Nervous
It’s a general rule of thumb that in mixed company it’s best not to talk about religion or politics. On the religion side it’s also best to keep your theological discussions for Sunday mornings or...
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A Farewell To Mars: Brian Zahnd Announces Christ’s Kingdom To American...
In his new book A Farewell to Mars author Brian Zahnd indirectly offers the reader a decision to make straight out of The Matrix; “Take the Red Pill and you wake up back in your nice little church...
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3 Things To Consider Before Inviting Your Friend To See Left Behind
In a couple weeks time the Left Behind movie will open in cinemas around the world. As someone who got “onboard” the Left Behind evangelistic bandwagon 14 years ago when the original version with Kirk...
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Old Testament Wrath or New Testament Mercy? What is God Really Like
In Hong Kong we have two official languages; Chinese and English. Because of this it is quite common to see information in the city displayed in both languages. Many times however legal documentation...
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Why I’m Not A Universalist: And How Rob Bell Helped Change My Focus from...
Rob Bell is always getting me in trouble! For every person who thanks me for introducing them to Rob’s books or teachings there is another who reminds me that he is a heretic leading people astray....
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Jesus Riding A Donkey Was The Moment Everything Changed!
I think it was C.S. Lewis who noted that the trouble of a childhood Sunday School education is that as adults a childlike version of Bible stories remains in our head. Noah is a sweet old man that...
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Monster God or Monster Man? Michael Brown & Brian Zahnd Debate The Cross
If you grew up in a Western style evangelical or charismatic church circles you probably view how Christ took away our sins on the cross in a certain way. That God required a payment, a sacrifice, for...
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5 Reasons “Sinners” Enter The Kingdom Of God Ahead Of Christians
Jesus knew how to tick off religious folk. Imagine for a moment going into a modern day Christian conference. You know, one of those shiny camp meetings advertised in a flashy Christian magazine or...
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Two Views On God’s Wrath (or What Type Of “Justice” Are You Looking For?)
Michael Brown (right) and Brian Zahnd (left) debate God’s “wrath” For our monthly Bread & Wine group here in Hong Kong last Friday night we watched a debate between Michael Brown and Brian Zahnd...
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Some Podcasts You Should Check Out In 2016
Confession, I’ve read a few less books this year. I’m usually a voracious reader of printed (well, Kindle) page but a new mistress has entered my life… …the podcast! True, for the last couple years...
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Episode 034: Camino Tales with Brian & Peri Zahnd
Show Notes Intro Music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured Music: Every Grain of Sand Bob Dylan Brian Zahnd’s website Hi all, Steve and I got to sit down with Brian & Peri Zahnd shortly after...
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Episode 059: Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God with Brian Zahnd (pt.1)
Hi Pilgrim, Tammy and I were so privileged to have Brian Zahnd back on Beyond the Pale with us. Brian and his wife Peri had joined us back in episode 34 to talk about their own 500 mile pilgrimage...
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