BEN DUBOW

Running the Way

Month: September 2011

  • A Question for my Traditionalist Friends

    I have an honest question for my Traditionalist friends — those who hold to a conservative and traditionalist view of homosexuality in the Bible. This traditionalist view is based primarily on three hermeneutical principles: (1) What the Bible sa… →

  • Na’aseh V’nishma

    I have been re-reading Lauren Winner’s great book, “Mudhouse Sabbath”. It is about rediscovering Jewish spiritual practices in the context of her Christian life. Lauren grew up in an observant Jewish family, converted to evangelical Christianty an… →

  • Lessons from Westboro

    Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) has become (in)famous for its political activism, protests and in-your-face-offensive signs at said protests such as “God Hates Fags.” Led by the iconic Rev (?) Fred Phelps, the church and the Phelps family (almost on… →

  • If I Were a GOP Candidate for President…

    There have been several deeply disturbing moments in recent GOP debates among the candidates for their party’s nomination. Each of these incidents happened because of audience reaction — in one, the audience cheers for the death penalty and execu… →

  • Last Words

    “I?d like to address the MacPhail family. Let you know, despite the situation you are in, I?m not the one who personally killed your son, your father, your brother. I am innocent. The incident that happened that night is not my fault. I did not ha… →

  • Ambushed!

    I have to confess that often my daily quiet time are lackluster and flat. More often that I like to admit, I get through it but (seem) to get little from it. I can even find myself day-dreaming through it, distracted from the words I’m reading or … →

  • Advanced Decision Making

    One basic principle I have learned over the years from wise mentors and experience is the importance of ADVANCED DECISION MAKING (ADM). The principle of ADM is simple: look ahead at issues and situations coming your way and make advanced decisions… →

  • Get Connected this Fall

    If you don’t have a home church or a small group to connect with this Fall, I hope you will consider checking out Riverfront Family Church for Sunday worship as well as the Fellowship Groups they are offering this Fall! You don’t have to be a memb… →

  • Liberty of Conscience

    A core value of the Baptist tradition is “liberty of conscience”. It is one of the reasons I like that I belong to an American Baptist Church these days. It makes explicit as a value the “big tent” idea that I truly believe in: “unity in the essen… →

  • Are Evangelicals Unreachable?

    Justin Lee has just posted on his blog on a topic that has been raised here by Kim and others… namely, can traditionalist/evangelical churches and Christians be reached? Can they be educated on LGBT issues? Is change possible? (yes, irony intend… →