The Cave Drawings of Lascaux
A young and influential emerging leader decries the evils of religion.
Religion is condemned as a work of man. Christianity, on the other hand, is not about religion. It is about relationship.
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Lucas, my youngest son, and I read this text on Easter while in Kenya together
The Bible is only human literature.
Breathe.
I have a question I want to consider, and I have asked this question at the end of this post. But let’s begin with this lesser question:
Why does embracing the Bible as human literature disorient some of us?
Perhaps it is because many of us are so used to being told that the Bible is a book written by God — The Bible is God’s word. But the Bible is not written by God. It is written by humans.
Having said that, does claiming that the Bible is only human literature mean the Bible is false? Read More »
It’s 1983.
I’m in a Baptist church.
That’s scary enough.
I’m sitting before a council of men who are testing my readiness to enter the ministry.
It isn’t going well.
First of all, I didn’t know that one had to “enter” the ministry.
But, in order to fulfill one of the qualifications to participate in launching a new church, something I was curious about, I “needed” to be ordained because soon I would be “baptizing new believers”.
I didn’t know you had to be ordained to baptize new converts. In reality, I didn’t even know you had to baptize new converts.
Secondly, they’re asking me questions and I’m getting all the answers wrong.
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Ideas have consequences. TIME Magazine published their list of 10 Ideas that are Changing the World Right Now. Inspired by Time, I’ve created a list of my own. See if you agree. Read More »
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Kevin Sutherland engaging the conversation at the Human Event
Last week at the IMN’s 7-Day Mentoring Immersion my friend, Kevin Sutherland, offered a provocative idea. He said that he had decided not to participate in the recession.
“You can do that?” I asked.
“We’re planning on giving more this year than we did the year before,” he said.
I was definitely inspired.
As a result of Kevin’s leadership, we too have decided that we will not participate in the recession. Read More »
The IMN’s 7-Day Mentoring Immersion, H209, and Voxtropolis (USA) 2009 are now behind us. Whew. That was a lot of work AND and lot of fun. The photos will be up soon. Immediately after these events I experience a kind of lull. It sure is quiet here now with everyone returned to their homes.
Wednesday and Thursday of this week I teach at the National Pastor’s Conference in San Diego. I’ll return on Friday and sleep till Monday.
Then the fun begins again — The BETA Immersion, H209, and Voxtropolis in Sheffield (UK) scheduled for the end of September/beginning of October will appear dead center on my radar.
Good times.
See you in the mystic…
alexmcmanus.org got a new look this week. here’s a hat tip and thanks to chris marsden — http://chrismarsden.com — for taking the lead on the work. need a fresh look to your blog? hire chris.
see you in the mystic…
In my last post (Frameworks for Mission: Direction or Dogma) we looked at the experience of Cornelius as described by Luke in Acts chapter 10. I asked the question, Are we saved by cognitive acceptance of certain doctrines or by the direction of our lives?  
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