There is an interesting discussion happening at this post from Tony Jones. It is spurred on by a youth pastor trainer in various street fighting techniques who apparently believes that Jesus' direct statement to turn the other cheek is an ideology that fosters martyrs and victims.
For those in the Atlanta area who are interested in such things, there is a lot of great stuff happening in the next week or so.
Continuing my series concerning the death and decomposition of movements in the church, I want to look at the ebbs and flows of Christian engagement in politics.
This post is part of a series that looks at some of the ways that movements in church history stop moving and die.
Recently, I wrote a brief post that relayed some of the pain I believe we should feel at the current state of much of American Evangelicalism. In light of this, I am interested in looking into why this happens to movements in the church, including but not limited to Evangelicalism.
For the past few days, the country has been abuzz with talk about Rick Warren's forum that took place at Saddleback Church, in which Barack Obama and John McCain answered some of the questions of evangelicals. During this event, I was on a flight from San Francisco to Atlanta, and thus was able to use AirTran's in-flight XM radio to listen to some of it.
For 48 hours starting today (Monday) at noon, there is a premiere of a new video from Nooma, called "She." I would encourage you to give this a look.
Before I moved to Atlanta, I spent the last period of my residence in Lakeland, Florida as part of a house church.
From time to time, I recognize that God is attempting to speak to me about something.
At Cornerstone Festival this year, the Jesus for President tour made a stop on July 4.
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.
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