On a recent trip to New York, Korie and I decided to see the highly criticized Broadway play, The Mountaintop, starring Angela Basset and Samuel L. Jackson. As the curtains opened to unveil a hotel room, I was immediately pulled into the plot of Dr. King’s (played by Jackson of course) last night on earth. [...]
[ more → ]My Top Ten Books of 2011
My Top Ten I read some really great books in 2011. From great fiction (Yes, I’m venturing into that world more and more), to biography, all of these books influenced me in some way: 10. Miroslav Volf, A Public Faith Some of you may remember Volf from his classic book, Exclusion and Embrace. While A [...]
[ more → ]Why the Multi-Ethnic Church is Necessary
I recently came across some statistics for my doctoral research that has served to only deepen my conviction that the multi-ethnic church cannot just be the latest church growth technique, but is an ever increasing necessity for not just theological reasons, but sociological one’s as well: Our world is changing. In 2008 the United States [...]
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