theology

God’s bias for the City

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Photo by Diez Just as God has a clear bias towards the poor, the scriptures also reveal that God’s heart leans towards the city. From Genesis God calls for humanity to be fruitful and multiply. Not simply to reproduce (otherwise Jesus would’ve done a terrible job with this mandate), but to cultivate life in the [...]

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Asian Christ

I don’t know how many times I’ve been in this conversation.  I’m in a gathering of largely ‘white’ folk, and the conversation veers over to Jesus being for all nations and multiculturalism… Someone usually mentions how they believe that every culture has something unique to offer to the body of Christ… Since I’m avoiding eye [...]

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Hell – what is it good for?

I’m thinking of opening up the new year with a talk on hell.  Possible titles of  “the Hell word” or “we didn’t start the fire” come to mind currently. Where are you at with hell right now? Who’s heading there?  Who’s in it?  How could God?  Why would he?  What’s it smell like?  Is it [...]

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Asian Liberation Theology…

If you’ve been following Barack Obamamania, you may have seen Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s latest speech. I think he’s quite the communicator and offers some profound insights, but I can’t say I quite agree with a lot of what he says, or the arrogance he sometimes projects. What caught my attention was his discourse on Black [...]

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A theology as big as the city…

Recently I finished a relatively old urban ministry book – Ray Bakke’s “a theology as big as the city“. This book rocks, and is filled with insights on God’s love for the city and our roles in it.One practical and disputable insight I’ve been mulling over comes from this quote of his “The local city [...]

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A theology of play…

(I took this at the Museum of Play – Quote is by GK Chesterton who wrote “Orthodoxy” almost a hundred years ago) Do you ever hear from seasoned leaders sharing about how they worked their butt off and grinded it out during their earlier years? How they invested, and labored, and pushed boundaries, and poured [...]

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