The Blue Like Jazz Movie – Steve Taylor on SBE

Erik Guzman April 20th, 2012

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When Steve Brown is away, Etcetera will play, and this week Steve Taylor jumped into our sandbox to talk about his new movie Blue Like Jazz.

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The story of turning Donald Miller's wildly successful spiritual memoir, Blue Like Jazz, into a movie could make a movie of its own. From screenplay to flabbergasting fundraising problems to a record-breaking fan-led Kicks … (Read More)

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Is Christ the Center in Your Life?

John H. Armstrong April 17th, 2012

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One of the chapters in my widely-discussed book, Your Church Is Too Small, is taken from the title of a book by the famous German theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Christ the Center. I argue that the Christian faith is first about Christ. "Who do you say that I am?" asked Jesus. Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Before we argue about the doctrine of the church, the nature and seat of authority or even about the … (Read More)

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Civil Religion, School Prayer and Our Missional Future

John H. Armstrong February 20th, 2012

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America has had more than its share of court cases and challenges regarding prayer in our public schools. I can actually mark stages of my developing memory about growing up in America by these various challenges and debates. I remember, very vividly, when the Supreme Court first ruled on separation challenges regarding opening the day with prayer in our schools. I remember how Christians vehemently protested and spoke against the "evil" Warren Court for years … (Read More)

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Jesus + Nothing = Everything – Tullian Tchividjian on SBE (Re-Air)

Erik Guzman December 30th, 2011

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Can you imagine living in a world where Christians have forgotten the gospel and instead try to motivate by fear and guilt? Imagine the self-righteousness, immorality and lovelessness that would plague our churches. Boy, let's hope that never happens.

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Join Tullian Tchividjian on Steve Brown Etc. as we talk about the radical good news in his book, Jesus + Nothi … (Read More)

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Trends That Call Us to Understand Our Mission Differently

John H. Armstrong December 27th, 2011

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There is a continual danger that the church will be driven by various cultural and social trends. Evangelical churches are the most susceptible to this danger. "Trendier than thou" is a real problem when our vision of discipleship is stunted and becomes consumer oriented. Given the great desire to reach people with the good news we can easily adapt our methods and approaches in ways that are inconsistent with our message.

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This is Christmas. So? – Tony Campolo on SBE

Erik Guzman December 16th, 2011

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On this edition of Steve Brown Etc., Steve asks, "What happened at Christmas, and is it working?" Join Our Favorite Lib., Tony Campolo, as we talk about what difference Christmas makes anyway.

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Tony Campolo joins us regularly on Steve Brown Etc. He's professor emeritus at Eastern University and the founder of the Evangelical Association for the Promoti … (Read More)

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