502 results for tag: Brad Jersak
August 2017
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Brad Jersak: Moving On... Faith after Evangelicalism – pg. 1
Brian Zahnd: Vive la Revolution! – pg. 7
Zack Hunt: Do Only Christians Go to Heaven? – pg. 8
Danielle Schroyer: On Wisdom Amidst the Crowd – pg. 11
Brad Jersak: Teaching the Cross to Children – pg. 12
Richard Rohr: Trinitarian Revolution – pg. 14
Greg Albrecht: “Is the Bible 'the Word of God'?" -pg. 15
July 2017
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Articles:
Our Partner in Prayer – pg. 1
"What Is God's Plan for Your Life?" – pg. 2
Walking in the Jesus Way – pg. 5
One Verb: Tipping – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
June 2017
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Greg Albrecht: Forgiveness...Who First? – pg. 1
Laura Urista: The Best Father's Day Gift – pg. 7
Brian Zahnd: The Charm of Beauty in an Ugly Age – pg. 11
Greg Albrecht: "Did 'all people' receive the Holy Spirit on Pentecost?" – pg. 12
Amber Hamilton: Reflections on A More Christlike God – pg. 13
Brad Jersak: Wishful thinking? Or Blessed Hope! – pg. 15
April 2017
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Brad Jersak: The Wounds that Heal – pg. 1
Cindy Brandt: Easter: The Game Changer – pg. 6
Paul Young: The Shack - Interview with Paul Young – pg. 7
Greg Albrecht: "Have I truly accepted Christ?" – pg. 10
Greg Albrecht: The Mother of Us All – pg. 11
Brad Jersak: The Great Descent – pg. 15
February 2017
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Greg Albrecht: How Great is the Love? – pg. 1
Cindy Brandt: Outgrowing the Christian Bubble – pg. 5
Rob Grayson: Fear God... Or Fear Not? – pg. 7
Greg Albrecht: "I feel like I never do anything right!" – pg. 9
Jeff K. Clarke: This World IS My Home and I am NOT Just Passing Through! – pg. 10
Josh Valley: Being Cross-shaped in a World Bent out of Shape – pg. 13
Brad Jersak: Ghouls, Ghosts... and Gospel! – pg. 15
Gospel in Chairs – Brad Jersak
Brad Jersak, in a short video, explains the Gospel in Chairs.
Winter 2016
Articles:
Dare to Hope...Can All Be Saved? - page 4
32 Scriptures that Dare Us to Hope - page 6
7 Myths about Christian Universalism - page 8
"If you want to see folk damned..." - page 12
Changing Diapers for God - page 15
Nones and Dones - page 16
One Road; Two Ditches - page 20
A Perfect Plan for Your Life? - page 23
Jesus, Son of Adam - page 24
"When the time had fully come..." - page 25
What Itching Ears Really Want to Hear - page 31
Fall 2016
Articles:
Remembering 9-11: 15 Years Later - page 4
When Towers Fall - page 11
Five Stages of Religious Violence - page 14
Religion That's Lost Its Way - page 16
What's so "Christian" about Christianity? - page 17
"Fear Not" - page 18
Raising Children with Fearless Faith - page 20
The Dogs of Legalism: Can Religion Help with Stress? - page 21
The Therapeutic Massage of Prayer - page 25
George MacDonald's Spiritual Journey (& mine too) - page 26
House of Cards - page 27
Times of Refreshing and Restoration - page 31
Summer 2016
Articles:
Whose Image Is on the Coin? Religion & Politics - p4
Why We Love The Walking Dead - p8
I Wish the Bible Had Never Been Written - p14
God Is Not a Monster - p15
The Gospel in Three Words - p17
Because He First Loved Us - p18
Raising Children Un-fundamentalist - p20
You Don't Need Another Study Bible - p21
Putting the World Back Into Christianity - p23
Burning Ember: The Steve Bell Adventure - p25
Father, Forgive Us - p28
Walking Through Minefields Together - p29
Missing What Mark? -p31
A Cold and Broken Hallelujah – response by Brad Jersak
Leonard Cohen's mournful ballad, 'Hallelujah,' moved me to tears from the first time I heard it (covered by Jeff Buckley). Why so? What is this dissonance between the victorious term of praise when sung in the tones of a dirge? What is it to sing 'a cold and broken hallelujah'? (see below)
I cannot speak for Cohen -- though others have (e.g. Liel Leibovitz's A Broken Hallelujah), -- but I can describe my own resonance with my fellow Canadian's lament. The song entrances me with the reality of life and faith beyond the surface narratives of triumphalism. Our 'hosannas' and 'hallelujahs' have too often signaled a desperate stuckness in what we ...
Spring 2016
Articles:
The Jesus Way - p4
Out for Blood? - p7
Golgatha: Collision of Sin and Grace - p13
The verdict Is In... -p14
Jesus at the Gates of Hell - p17
The Importance of Doubt - p19
Strange Land of Dread and Denial - p20
More Than Magazines (2015 Year in Review) -p26
Kissing Evangelism Goodbye - p28
The Jewish Teacher - p29
God Is Not the Witch -p31
Winter 2015
Articles:
God...More Than a "Christian"? -p4
When Poetry Devolves into Doctrine -p8
He's There For You & With You (God With Us)- p10
Why I Still Believe in God -p18
How the WORD Read the Word -p23
God Is Just Like Jesus - p25
God Is Love...and Love Never Ends -p26
You Are Worth More than Chewing Gum! -p31
Fall 2015
Articles:
Responding to the River of God's Grace -p4
Reading the Bible as an Epic Story -p8
Everything Happens for a Reason...Or? -p9
Giving Thanks to the Master -p11
Millennials and Money -p14
Don't Water it Down -p16
"Are you saved?" -p17
Jesus IS What God Has to Say -p19
Inspiried, Infallible & Inerrant? -p20
Does Recovering from Religion Have to be Morose p25
Are Bible Verses the Worst Thing Ever? -p26
Disarming Scripture -p28
Defending the Bible? -p31
Nov-Dec 2015
Articles:
The Visitor - page 1
Apart From and before God's Grace - page 2
Fellowship of the Unashamed - page 4
Perils of Bible Dissection - page 5
Reading the Bible Right - page 6
God Loves China - page 7
Jul-Aug 2015
Articles:
Gateway to the Gospels: John - page 1
Grace A Lot or Grace Alone? - page 2
The New Covenant: Part 3 - page 4
Reading & Understanding the Bible: Part 3 - page 6
Grandma Taught Me - page 7
May-Jun 2015
Articles:
Gateway to the Gospels: Luke - page 1
Unsnatchable! - page 2
The New Covenant: Part 2 - page 4
Reading & Understanding the Bible...Part 2 - page 6
Tangled Trees - page 7
Summer 2015
Articles:
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For -p4
Would you Choose the Truth Over Christ? -p11
Would you Choose Christ Over the Truth? -p12
"The Bible clearly says..." -p13
You Can't Imagine How Much He Loves You -p15
The Church As We Know It -p17
Regret--the Silent Killer -p18
Rx for Remorse, Regret, Resentment -p22
In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud -p24
Behaving Badly -p26
The Calf Path -p30
The Only Way to Really Get It -p31
Mar-Apr 2015
Articles:
Gateway to the Gospels: Mark - page 1
Everything for Nothing - page 2
The New Covenant: Part 1 - page 4
Reading & Understanding the Bible: Part 1 - page 6
Seeking the Kingdom? - page 7
Jan-Feb 2015
Articles:
Transitions: Past, Present & Future - page 1
Jesus -- Superior and Supreme - page 8
Gateway to the Gospels: Matthew - page 13
Death, Loss, Pain & Laughter - page 16
All Jesus, All the Time - page 17
Grace & Response: First Things First - page 19
The "Typhoon of Steel" - page 22
Why We Believe What We Believe - page 23
The Kiln - page 30
You and Me and Our Father - page 31