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John Burke is a pastor I have a very deep respect for. I have heard him speak at a number of conferences and have also read two of his books (No Perfect People Allowed and Soul Revolution: How Imperfect People Become All God Intended — I highly r… →

I did nothing wrong. I get a fair number of people who tell me that when they hear my story. They understand the issues and what happened and dynamics of being gay, etc, and they say “you did nothing wrong.” But there is another school of thought … →

Today we relight the candle of HOPE.Now we light the candle for the second Sunday in Advent. This is the candle of PEACE. As we prepare for the coming of Jesus, we remember that Jesus is our hope and our peace. From the prophet Isaiah:?For a child… →

I have made no secret of my respect and like of Rick Warren (for example, here). I have been to Saddleback, attended several conferences and training events and read a ton of his writings. I have been on conference calls with him and consider him … →

I got this great question from a blog reader the other day… following is my response: Question: We are all viewed equally under God’s grace and Jesus’ sacrifice, no matter what sin we have committed, but does this necessarily lead to God viewing… →

I think this video tells you everything you need to know… this stuff fires me up! →

Want to know what the Gospel means in real life? What the good news is? It is this: In Christ, we are all people of the second chance. There is no one who doesn’t get a second chance (and even a third and fourth and so on) with Jesus. Tax collecto… →

I have posted a number of things about loving your enemies (here, here and here). I truly believe that loving your enemies is absolutely central to Christian life, faith, practice, community and discipleship. It is not optional. But that doesn’t m… →

Yesterday I posted about MAKING LOVE and the idea that LOVE is the central ethic of the Christian faith (click here to read the post). Jesus teaches that the foundation of the Christian life (and I would argue, what it means to be human) is to LOV… →

The dominant theme and ethic of the New Testament (and I would argue, the entire Bible) is LOVE. The Apostle John declares in his first letter that GOD IS LOVE. Not that God is loving or that God loves (both true), but that GOD IS LOVE. The very n… →