book review: sacrilege [finding life in the unorthodox ways of jesus]

by Rev. Dan King | Mar 27, 2012 | authentic christianity, book reviews, READ

I recently had a pretty deep conversation with my nephew about God. I’ve always had a perspective on religious things that he’s respected. He’s a senior in high school, and has a lot of stuff to figure out right now. His struggle was reconciling the...

1 john 2:7-14 [the new commandment]

by Rev. Dan King | Mar 21, 2012 | authentic christianity, bible literacy, READ

[serialposts]Read 1 John 2:7-14 (ESV, NIV, The Message). It’s not that complicated! One of the things that frustrates me the most about how many Christians approach interpretation of the Bible is how we over-complicate the message. We pull soundbite-sized...

they disfigure their faces

by Rev. Dan King | Mar 8, 2012 | PRAY, spiritual practice

Jesus just finished teaching his disciples how to pray when he said to them, “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others.” (Matthew 6:16a) I dig how Jesus went ahead and...

20 books @bibledude readers are reading right now [march 2012]

by Rev. Dan King | Mar 2, 2012 | READ

I’m not surprised a lot by this month’s list of what BibleDude.net readers are getting themselves into. It was a month when I was on a mission trip to Haiti doing a great deal of work with orphans and the poor. So to see several books on these issues on...

[the 7 project] month one: food

by Rev. Dan King | Mar 1, 2012 | authentic christianity, book reviews, engaged in culture, READ

[serialposts]I’m fat. Technically, the BMI calculators I just used tell me that I’m obese. My ever-increasing waistline is a clear example of my excess in the area of food. And watching my fat-pants get even tighter is a constant reminder that I’ve...