While in Romania, God gave our group an amazing, and unexpected, opportunity aside from our original purpose to work with orphans, gypsies and the poor. Because we were Americans and worked in or with the government, we were very popular, especially with other government leaders. So on Tuesday, we were a part of the first [...]
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To the holy and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ on Capitol Hill. Grace and peace to you from the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of the Living God!
Like Paul with the Church at Colasse and Philippi, I give thanks to our God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, because I have heard [...]
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During the past few months, I have been reading a wonderful book by Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, called Radical Reformission. He wrote this book to help steer the emerging church conversation along a missional course. Essentially, reformission is ultimately about being Jesus to the world and re-understanding how that happens [...]
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I was in the shower dreaming about this Kingdom-vision for Capitol Hill (these things typically take place in this sacred space!) when it hit me: what does this look like practically for the millions of American Christians who want to influence their government for Jesus, but either do not know how to do so beyond [...]
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It has been a little bit since I’ve posted on The Politics of Yeast, an alternative vision to the status quo efforts by American Christians to bring about cultural transformation in America and influence on Capitol Hill. I’ve paused partly for fear of rejection and partly as a mental health check. I can confidently say [...]
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I want to post a quick clarification to my previous post. A few days ago I wrote these words:
Why didn’t Jesus speak out against the social ills of his culture?
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So given the morally corrupt nature of the Roman culture, a culture in which the Jewish people lived, why didn’t Jesus speak out against these very [...]
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I’ve thought about this quite a bit recently: why wasn’t Jesus politically involved? Why didn’t Jesus speak out against the social ills of his culture? Why didn’t Jesus petition or confront the Roman government regarding certain vial, sinful practices? Why didn’t Jesus seek to make a number of cultural practices illegal for the sake of [...]
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