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Why Politics is More Exciting than Christianity

Last Updated November 5, 2008 by Matt 3 Comments

Watching people’s passionate involvement in the intense politics of the past month or so has been an interesting phenomenon.  We literally had millions of people working in one way or another to get their candidates elected, and last night we watched as euphoria erupted over an election of historic proportions. It left me wondering: Why […]

Filed Under: Ecclesiology, News, Theology Tagged With: Politics, 2008 election, eschatology

How Christians Can Avoid a Tax Increase Under Obama

Last Updated November 4, 2008 by Matt 4 Comments

To the 74% of white evangelicals (and other Christians) who voted for John McCain and are worried that Obama will raise your taxes: If his tax plan goes as he plans, only families making $250,000 or more will have an increase in taxes.  If that doesn’t sit well with you, you have an alternative.  Give […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2008 election, obama, taxes

Why are Politics and Theology Directly Related?

Last Updated October 13, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

I find it interesting as I read blogs of people of certain theological persuasions during election season because you tend to learn their political leanings as well.  In reading through the various blogs this year I’ve noticed that most people on the more liberal end of the theological spectrum are liberal politically, and conservatives are […]

Filed Under: Ecclesiology, Theology Tagged With: 2008 election, elca, Politics

A Presidential Debate Idea

Last Updated October 9, 2008 by Matt 1 Comment

After two snoozer debates with mostly empty rhetoric, it is pretty obvious the candidates don’t want to talk isses or facts.  So we should at least make this entertaining and raise the stakes.  My new dabate format proposal: The moderator is there to try and keep time commitments even. The questions are asked by one […]

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Powers of the President

Last Updated October 6, 2008 by Matt Leave a Comment

Thinking about the upcoming election, I was trying to think about what the really important and powerful roles of the president actually are. I came up with my top three: Commander-in-Chief: Obviously, the power to command the United States troops is a significant role of the president, especially as we are at war in Iraq […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2008 election

Best Youth Ministry Books

These are the books that will completely change the way you think about youth ministry, for the better. Links are to my reviews of each book.

Teen 2.0 by Robert Epstein

A psychologist makes you question every assumption you have about adolescence.

Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry by Andrew Root

Why build relationships? Root’s answer will surprise you.

Best Youth Ministry Books: Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher

Yesterday I finally read Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher, and since I’m one of the latecomers to the conversation I won’t summarize the book too much. Marko has linked to tons of reviews on his blog if you are interested in more in-depth summaries. If you are fairly in-tune with a lot of the […]

Best Youth Ministry Books: Postmodern Youth Ministry

Postmodern Youth Ministry by Tony Jones is the book I would recommend to youth ministers if they could just read one youth ministry book. I first read the book in my Foundations and Practices of Youth Ministry class at John Brown University. After the preface to the book there is a page titled, “The Day […]

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