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Jesus Creed

The qof section of Psalm 119, vv. 145-152, explores the psalmist’s call to God. The psalmist, once again in a condition of being hunted down like an animal (v. 150), cries out to God. And along with his cry is a corollary.

Second Sunday in Lent O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astry from thy ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of thy Word, Jesus Christ thy Son; who with thee and the…

One of our blogfamily has died. This set of prayers is for Ben Pennington, and we grieve along with his dear wife, Lisa.

Lead pastor at Willow Creek, Gene Appel, mentioned this blog in his talk this weekend so I want to welcome Willow Creekers to the conversations that occur on this blog. A brief introduction to Jesus Creed: we talk about Jesus, about Christian theology, about books we are reading, and about issues — some of them…

I speak this week at an InterVarsity Christian Fellowship event — and of all things it is being held within a mile of my home on the same street on which we make our abode. Title: How to talk about the Gospel (if you must) and How to talk about evangelism (since you must).

A discipline central to seeing disciplines as community-shaped is “resting” or participating in Sabbath. Darryl Tippens’ 5th chp of Pilgrim Heart addresses this very topic.

I have been asked to speak at next year’s AEF Call (Nov 31-Dec 1) at Northern Seminary. What is the AEF Call about? It is a Call for evangelical Christians to embrace the history of the whole Church. Here is a page with information about the AEF Call. Here is information about the event next…

What we read, what we listen to, what we watch — what fills our mind — makes us who we are. We become what fills our mind. So also the psalmist: “Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live” (119:144).

Alan Hirsch has a mission himself: to inspire Christians and churches around the globe to become missional. His book, The Forgotten Ways, traces the DNA of missional churches (mDNA). We’ve looked at two of the six ingredients — the centrality of Jesus and a focus on disciple-making — and today we look at #3.

I’ll be leading a discussion about the theology of emerging leaders — Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, John Burke, and Danielle Shroyer. Our event will be in Austin TX, April 27-28. After reading the book Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches, I have plenty of questions myself. Here’s the link: • “Register Now!” link •…
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