John March

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  • N.T. Wright on Post-modernity and the Church

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    In this video Wright contrasts the narrative of modernity, which he argues reached its climax in the 18th century, with the narrative of Christianity, which reached its climax in the resurrection of Jesus. Money qoute: Postmodernity is about announcing the doctrine of the fall to arrogant modernity. That was necessary, but the doctrine of the…

  • Torture and the Church

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    A sadly revealing survey has just been released that found evangelical Christians are the most likely group to support torture.   White evangelical Protestants were the religious group most likely to say torture is often or sometimes justified — more than six in 10 supported it. People unaffiliated with any religious organization were least likely…

  • Wild Goose Chase

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    This is a book that makes you want to go out and conquer the world.  Friends of Mary’s and mine previously attended Mark Betterson’s church in Washington DC, and they kindly gave this book to me.  I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it.   The Wild Goose that he challenges us to chase is…

  • Connecting to One another

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    I just preached this past weekend on John 15:5-17 about the necessity of Christian community in order to experience the growth that comes from loving one another sacrificially.  Here is the audio: [audio:http://www.pilgrimmarch.com/audio/GrowingInOurRelationshipWithOthers.mp3] Or, download the file here.

  • New is Nice

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    I often hear pastors and theologians disparaging new expressions of faith.  They push back against new songs, new prayers, and new church structures.  The sentiment is that being relevant or new compromises the gospel, which is rooted in the time-tested way of doing things.  With that in mind, I found this quote about heuristic bias…

  • Why Plant Churches

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    “Results of a DAWN project in England found that … ‘those churches planted since 1989 had grown an average of 75% per year!  By contrast churches established prior to that date averaged six percent growth per year!  In other words new church plants were growing 12 times as fast as established churches!” Jim Montgomery, Then…

  • Justification, God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision

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    There has been a little bit of evangelical in-fighting going on recently.  Many in the traditionally reformed camp have criticized the theology of justification that N.T. Wright (and other NT scholars of his ilk) espouse.  John Piper wrote a book summarizing these criticisms, and N.T. Wright replied to Piper’s book with the one I am here reviewing.…

  • New York

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    Mary and I just got back from New York.  We spent the past three days visiting friends in New Jersey and New York.  Then On Sunday night, I officiated a wedding for a good college friend.  Here are some pictures. The bottom pictures were taken from our hotel room of ground zero.  We were directly…

  • Emerging Church Perspectives

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    I’ve heard a friend say that defining the emerging church is like trying to nail Jell-o to the wall.  It doesn’t have any formal institution or maintain a set of doctrines or membership requirements.  It is, when defined by its adherents something of a conversation that is categorized more by ethos than doctrine.  The people who are a part…

  • Fighting Fear

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    Fear is a terrible thing.  It consumes us.  It saps the life from us just like a parasite saps us of energy.  When we’re afraid, everything seems harder.   It makes praying harder.  It makes taking a risk on a new job or relationship nearly impossible.  Fear drives us inward.  We only think about ourselves…