Jesus, the Immaculate Conception, and Christian Devotion
I was riding the eliptical machine the other day and was thinking about the Catholic teaching on the “Immaculate Conception” (as you do). Basically, the thrust of this doctrine is …
It’s Not Personal, It’s Business
“Whatever else anything is it ought to begin by being personal” Meg Ryan You’ve Got Mail Though evangelicals have been engrained with the belief that Christianity isn’t a religion but …
A Little Time With My Thoughts
It has been quite some time since I’ve posted a blog. I don’t even know what I’m writing now, but I know I have to start again. It’s good for …
We Don’t Have a Direct Relationship With God
We evangelicals tout the battle cry “its not a religion its a relationship,” eschewing institutional formality, priestly orders, and list-based self-justification. We say it as if it’s obvious what we …
Dissatisfaction: The Gateway Vice
As of late I’ve been pondering dissatisfaction. Dissatisfaction, in my mind, is a gateway vice – a vice that subtly lures you into the whole panoply of vices. It is …
A Vacuum of Authority, An Inconsistent Spirituality
Suffer me a brief history lesson. North American evangelicalism can be traced through three waves of revivalist development. Wave 1: Jonathan Edwards + George Whitefield + the Tennent Bros – mid-eighteenth …
The Missing Ingredients of Evangelical Activism
Social justice has truly become the name of the game. Young evangelicals want to be about something, want to do something, want to make a difference… Of course, there are …
The Most Important Thing Jason Russell Ever Did
There will be many articles over the next several days reminding us of the merits of Jason Russell, of all of the people that he helped, of his vision for …
Blog Authors
Growing up, Kyle Strobel knew all the "right" answers. The Christianity he experienced in the church was reduced to theological precepts and moral codes. He tried typical spiritual growth formulas but faith remained stagnant, even stale. Sound familiar?
In Journey with Jesus, spiritual director Larry Warner guides us through the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius similarly to the way he's been leading people through them in person.