January 2006

Discipleship in America, Part 3: Some Responses to Individualistic Consumerism

by Mark Van Steenwyk 29 January 2006

At this point, I want to unpack some of the statements I made in my last post.  It is easy to point at problems.  And it is just about as easy to offer vague solutions.  But we must go deeper than simple prescriptions.  We need to re-ground Christian practices theologically, and practice them in an [...]

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Discipleship in America, Part 2: The Problem with Individualistic Consumerism

by Mark Van Steenwyk 25 January 2006

I was hoping to sumbit my second installation of this series earlier, but I've been overwhelmed this week.  I have an event to attend this weekend (InterVarsity's Breakaway) and am preaching at the Crossing at Woodland on Sunday morning, so I've been feeling spread thin.  Nevertheless, I am perhaps more committed to writing this series [...]

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Discipleship in America

by Mark Van Steenwyk 20 January 2006

How do we live as disciples in this nation? One might be tempted to think that this is a relatively easy question. But this is the most difficult question that I've ever pondered. Bear with me as I explain why.
A lot of folks assume that discipleship is pretty straightforward. You just read the bible, [...]

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