Lord, Save Us From Your Followers - Dan Merchant on SBE

Erik August 22nd, 2008

Why is the gospel of love dividing America? Dan Merchant spent two years looking for answers to that question, and the result is the entertaining and thought-provoking documentary, Lord, Save Us From Your Followers.

Dan's quest to explore faith and culture in America included everything from engaging people on the street as "Bumpersticker Man," to interviewing experts, to shooting a game show called "Culture Wars." Use one of the options below to hear all about it.

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A Doxology in Darkness - Chapter 7 - Burning

Sharon August 18th, 2008

If you're just joining me and my story, here are chapters one, two, three, four, five and six of A Doxology in Darkness.

This will be the last online installment. If you would like to read the entire printed version of the book, email erik@keylife.org and he will make sure you know when it's available.

Three days later, I was suddenly plunged back into deep introspection when my daily devotional said:

“…If a grey day is not one of thankfulness, the lesson has to be repea … (Read More)

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A New Kind of Normal - Carol Kent on SBE

Erik August 1st, 2008

Carol Kent was living a model Christian life as a successful author and conference speaker. Her only child graduated from Annapolis and went on to become a lieutenant in the Navy with an impeccable military record. Then the phone rang in the middle of the night and everything changed.

The voice on the other end of the line said her son had been arrested for murdering his wife's ex-husband.

Use one of the options below to hear Steve Brown and Carol talk about her gut-wrenching story and … (Read More)

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Etcetera - 07.29.08 - Miles to Go?

Erik July 30th, 2008

Sara Miles is the author of Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion, a book that tells the story of how eating Jesus' flesh and drinking His blood changed her life.

The recent SBE program with Sara has the emails and comments flying. So, on this edition of Etcetera we talk about Sara's radical conversion and how, for some, it's not radical enough.

Use one of the options below to listen.

Here are some links that came up in this show…

- Sara Miles on SBE

- Michael Spencer (Th … (Read More)

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My Annoying Little Question About Jesus

Michael Spencer July 28th, 2008

Ah, my annoying little question. I do love it.

What question is that? Well, first a bit of background.

My experience with evangelicalism has sent me on a project that I call Jesus Shaped Spirituality. That's not a book title….yet. It is a blog title, but more importantly, it's a way of conceiving as much of Christianity as possible in a way that…

Connects directly with Jesus as presented in the Gospels and in the rest of scripture.

Imitates what Jesus would do, as best as w … (Read More)

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A Doxology in Darkness - Chapter 6 - Starving

Sharon July 25th, 2008

If you're just joining me and my story, here are chapters one, two, three, four and five of A Doxology in Darkness.

After this startling awakening, I began to recall various singles groups I had attended in my life. A couple had been great: healthy people, truly there with no agenda but to meet with others in their same social bracket, which was single. These people were not there to find their mate necessarily, but really just to make friends and interact. For these people, if it just … (Read More)

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