I believe that "The Beloved Community" by Charles Marsh is a must read for anyone who beleives that theology is meant to be lived.  As a Jazz Theologian I am convinced that the knowing is in the doing; that is we know what we believe by looking at how we live.  Do we believe that…

So what is unique about America?  (hmmm…The Constitution…Baseball…and???) The answer to reaching a culture is not without but within.  In the same way that the Apostle Paul used the unique cultural setting of Mars Hill we must learn to exegete American culture for it’s contrubutions to the gospel.  Athens had a shopping mall for commerce,…

It’s hard to know where to begin when it comes to describing the culture in which we are immersed.  We are as much Modern as we are Post-modern.  Modernity has taken root as it pertains to urbanization, economics, individualism and science.  Post-modern in that we hunger for relationships while simultaneously making less long term commitments. …

If we are going to reach our nation we must understand it.  If we are going to make the gospel accessible to every person in a wholistic and culturally relevant way, then we have some hard work to do so that we might be true to the Great Commission.  The challenge for any Christian is…

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