Month: October 2010

Lt. Dan Choi spoke at UCONN yesterday. Because of scheduling, I was unable to attend his talk. So I decided to listen to a recent talk he gave at Harvard University. I am assuming that this is a pretty stock speech for Choi, so pretty similar to w… →

Lt. Dan Choi will be speaking at UCONN today at 4:30PM at the Student Union Theater. The event is free and open to the public. I am hoping to make the event. Here is the info on the event: SUBOG, Asian American Heritage Observance & GLBT Awareness… →

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I am so thankful for those of you who read this blog and even participate in the discussions. So I would like to take today’s post and ask YOU a question: WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT JESUS THESE DAYS? Note… not what Jesus is teaching you… but … →

Scot McKnight has posted an analysis of the coming changes in evangelicalism. In short, McKnight is arguing that a fundamental shift from “generous evangelicalism” (or “Big Tent” evangelicalism) to a more fundamentalist, Calvinistic, and increasin… →

Writer John Shore summarizes well the message that the traditionalist church offers to the LGBT community these days: BE ALONE. LIVE ALONE. DIE ALONE. Not only is the position untenable, it is also very non-Jesus like. Here is what Shore writes: W… →

[In response to several recen tragic suicides of LGBT youth, Dr. Tony Campolo will be speaking at an upcoming event with The Marin Foundation. Campolo has also posted a guest post on Andrew Marin’s blog. As always, Campolo is straight-to-the-point… →

A few years ago, when I was lead pastor of a church, I came across this hysterical church voicemail and remix. At the time, things were going great at the church. We were experiencing huge growth numbers, baptisms, new believers, adding services, … →

Ian Cron has been writing about the idea of “Christians in the Diaspora” over on his blog here and here. It has led to some good comment threads and conversations. I posted some thoughts about the significance of diaspora here. As a Jewish followe… →

A LETTER I WISH COULD BE SENT TO TYLER CLEMENTI: Tyler Clementi Dear Tyler, I am so sorry about what happened to you and for the fact that you felt like you had no other options but to take your own life. And as a Christian, I want to say sorry on… →