God Behaving Badly

Eight Reflections on Urbana 15

My family arrived home at midnight last night after an amazing five days in St. Louis at Urbana 15, a gathering of 16,000 students and leaders who are interested in missions,…
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God Behaving Badly at Urbana 15?

When I was 19, I attended Urbana 1981 with my parents and my older brother, Rich. Urbana is one of the world's largest missions conferences, held every three…
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Talking to Atheists

"What about all the contradictions in the Bible?" I was speaking at Ursinus College on Wednesday night hosted by the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship group there on the topic,…
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Wrath Satisfied or Love Magnified?

Recently the Presbyterian Church (USA) decided to drop the song "In Christ Alone" (written by Stuart Townend and Keith Getty) from their hymnbook. They had requested to make a…
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Thinking about anger this week?

Christianity Today's Men of Integrity blog has been going through portions of chapter 2 of God Behaving Badly (Is God angry or loving?) in its daily devotions. I mentioned this…
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The Immutably Mutable God

“God is not man, that he should lie or a son of man that he should change his mind (naham)” (Num. 23:19).  Thus, Divine Immutability. "So the LORD…
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Der missverstandene Gott? (A Review)

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? If you do, check out Julia Weisenberger's review of Der missverstandene Gott? (more familiar to English speakers as God Behaving Badly) which just appeared on…
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Sheep Out to Eat? (Psalm 23, Part 3)

My son Nathan has a good memory.  Lately, he has delighted to display this ability by spouting a monologue from Hamlet at unsuspecting members of our family.  He…
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Sticks and Stones (Part 2)

In a recent post (Sticks and Stones) I asked what would you say to someone who asked about the man who gathered sticks on the Sabbath.  In case you're not familiar…
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