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The Baylor Survey of Religion studied megachurches, criticisms of megachurches, and whether or not the criticisms were right. You can find the study here: Rodney Stark, What Americans Really Believe  . I should fess up right away: Kris and I, as well as Laura and Mark (our daughter and her husband), are Willow Creekers. I…

A clip from Books & Culture, my review of Tom Wright’s newest book  … Tom Wright is  well-known for insightful theories about Judaism that are swiftly developed so we gain fresh and enduring insights into the New Testament. He has  brought into the field of play ideas like this: that Jesus’ kingdom vision and mission…

Sometime back I mentioned that Kris and I bought (last season) three Iceland poppy plants. They were fine until one seemed to be getting too big. During the winter, one of them (the big one), didn’t even seem to lose its green color in the snow. So this Spring we wondered what might happen. Well,…

I want to mention this again because of what I’m hearing through the back window… more and more Christians are wanting a prayerbook. Paraclete has produced a beautiful NIV Psalter called: The Paraclete Psalter: A 4-Week Cycle for Daily Prayer . From what I can tell, this Psalter is quickly becoming a favorite for many…

Great story at CNN.com… what can we do? Ample Harvest West Milford, New Jersey (CNN) — For Gary Oppenheimer, 2007 was a year of plenty. His backyard garden produced a bountiful harvest with a surplus of spaghetti squash, melons, pumpkins, tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers for his family. At the end of the season, Oppenheimer had 40…

Story here.

John Mark Hicks, Come to the Table: Revisioning the Lord’s Supper , explores themes of the Eucharist in such a fresh manner. His fourth theme is that the Table is — and is not just a symbol of — our interactive relationship with one another. We gather together. We worship together. We partake together. We rejoice together.…

Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives…

Book Review by Andy Holt, who blogs at The Sometimes Preacher. Book by Gina Welch, In the Land of Believers: An Outsider’s Extraordinary Journey into the Heart of the Evangelical Church . People love fish out of water stories. In her first book, In the Land of Believers, Gina Welch straps on the scuba suit and…

Announcement: we are presently engaged in conversations with some leaders in Sweden to give lectures at four different universities late September on the historical Jesus.  I didn’t even get to some of my regular blogs this week, and then I looked at all the stuff below and thought “that’s enough.” So, Jesus Creed Meanderers, here…
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