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Preaching: What’s Not a Myth

We are continuing our consideration of an article by David Fitch, “3 Myths About Preaching Today,” posted in “Out of Ur.” The Kind of Preaching We Desperately Need The task of preaching is to proclaim truth. It is the moment … Continue reading

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Preaching: Myth 3

We are continuing our consideration of an article by David Fitch, “3 Myths About Preaching Today,” posted in “Out of Ur.” MYTH 3: The Goal of Preaching is to Make the Bible Relevant We pastors, who are at the end … Continue reading

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Preaching: Myth 2

We are continuing our consideration of an article by David Fitch, “3 Myths About Preaching Today,” posted in “Out of Ur.” MYTH 2: Who You Preach To is Who You Will Reach I have heard it said repeatedly “who you … Continue reading

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Preaching: Myth 1

This post and the next few like it are based on article by David Fitch, “3 Myths About Preaching Today,” posted in “Out of Ur,” the Christianity Today blog. Fitch is a pastor at Life on the Vine, in Long … Continue reading

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Sex, the Church, and Miss California: Serving the Hurting

The church should be a community that … loves and nurtures the hurting souls and bruised lost ones who seriously desire to be shown another way but are too consumed at this moment to see anything else. This is big. … Continue reading

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Sex, the Church, and Miss California: Law vs. Story, Part 1

The next point made by David Fitch in his article is — Quit disembodying sexuality in the way we do whenever we make the Bible into moral propositions that should be enforced instead of a narrative world to be shaped … Continue reading

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Sex, the Church, and Miss California: Hyper-romantic Notions of Sexuality

To try to get a sense of what David Fitch is saying in his article, I figure I should sort through the summary points he makes at the end — I believe we need to become the kind of community … Continue reading

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Sex, the Church, and Miss California: The Question Posed

A few days ago, David Fitch posted an article at “Out of Ur” (Christianity Today‘s blog) that takes such an unconventional view of the Miss California controversy that I had to talk about it. You see, he may be right, but … Continue reading

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