I Knew Jesus before He Was a Christian . . . and I Liked Him Better Then is an attempt to make an appropriate and helpful distinction between the gospel and religion, between Jesus and the institution in human history that has driven so many away from him. Yet it is a “pro-church” book that calls God’s people to do a better job of representing Jesus to the world by finding its true identity in him.

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This Week's Fax of Life

THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS
Don’t refuse the face the possibility that you are learning and growing – and need to change.[more]



This Week's Sermon

LOVING THE PERSON WHO ISN'T "ONE OF US"
The best way for the church to get clear about our mission in the world is to study the life of Jesus.[more]



THE 'CHRISTIAN VOTE'
I resent the wrong-headed and manipulative use either of state by church or of church by state.[more]

TIM TEBOW CAN'T WIN!
To borrow a sports metaphor, poor Tim Tebow just can’t win.[more]

HANDS OFF THE BROOMS!
The fact that Christians tend to train our guns on one another – sometimes scholarly, sometimes denominational, and sometimes literal – makes faith look foolish to whole hosts of people.[more]

BE IT RESOLVED THAT . . .
What are your feelings about New Year’s Resolutions? For that matter, what is your feeling about the concept of a “New Year”?[more]