In this short clip, Alan Hirsch discusses the difference between the church as communitas, not community. A communitas is a church steeped and driven by mission, not ministry. As a result, it isn’t afraid to take risks as it moves towards the future with an honest sense of adventure and creativity; qualities that often don’t […]

___________________________________________________ I can give you no greater advice than these reflections from Tom Wright – Jesus is absolutely in the middle If you want to know who God is, look at Jesus If you want to know what it means to be human, look at Jesus If you want to know what love is, look […]

Delightful, beautiful and full of hope. One day, God will wipe away every tear from our eyes and renew the world as it should be.

What is the goal of the gospel? Fame? Prestige? Large churches? Converts? Heaven? Happy marriages? Large homes? Cottages? Actually, none of the above. In this short video, Skye Jethani explains what the actual goal of the gospel is. You may be surprised with his answer. Maybe not.

The subject of inter-religious and non-religious dialogue normally conjures up images of battle, debate and intense forms of argumentation. Even for those who claim to represent Christianity, hostility, rather than hospitality, usually describes our method of persuasion. In this video from Brian McLaren, he asks a number of important questions about how we normally conduct […]

Click here to watch the video clip from Brian McLaren entitled Confidence and Slippery Slopes I deeply appreciate Brian’s ideas around how we learn as students/disciples of Jesus Christ. Students never believe they know it all or that they know nothing at all. Instead, they are constantly moving forward, learning new things along the way. […]

Here is a video interview with Dr. Roger Olson concerning his latest book Against Calvinism.  As always, Dr. Olson provides a great overview of the current debate between Calvinism and Arminianism within Evangelical theology. Interview with Dr. Olson – From Assemblies of God TV

Here is a video from a lecture given by Dr. John Polkinghorne at Point Loma Nazarene University on the relationship between science and religion.  Dr. Polkinghorne was a very successful scientist, an expert and creative theoretical physicist involved in the discovery of quarks. He was Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge University before he resigned […]