Ol' Clive Staples has always been one of my favorite authors. From the time I first stumbled across a tattered copy of Mere Christianity among my parents' library in high school, straight…
andrewarndtApril 21, 2015
This past weekend I had the great privilege of emceeing and presenting at the first (hopefully annual) Praxis Conference held at my home church (Sanctuary) in Tulsa, OK. The purpose of…
andrewarndtJune 9, 2014
This week we prepare our hearts for Pentecost Sunday--celebrating the Father's gift to humanity of pure, "excessive," boundless love in the Holy Spirit as recorded in Acts 2. As Paul…
andrewarndtJune 3, 2014
There is an impulse in contemporary Christianity to broaden our view of God by incorporating (or drawing out) more maternal images and motifs into our imaginary of who God is…
andrewarndtMay 11, 2014
I love and have been indelibly influenced by Stanley Hauerwas. I first heard his name during my last year as an MDiv student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He wasn't…
andrewarndtMay 1, 2014
"Maundy" Thursday. So called because on this day the Church celebrates Jesus' institution of the "new commandment" ("mandatum novum" in Latin) following his washing of the disciples' feet. The commandment…
andrewarndtApril 17, 2014
Last night at Bloom (during the first service), I had the wonderful privilege of baptizing one of the newer members of the Bloom family, Emma Johnson. The experience was totally…
andrewarndtMarch 24, 2014
Ok friends, here's a sweet opportunity for you. In two weeks, me and a few friends are heading out to friggin Eugene Peterson's house (if you don't know who Eugene Peterson is,…
andrewarndtMarch 12, 2014
As we all know by now, Don Miller has "left the church"... or at least, that's the impression you'd get if you read all the response to his blog posts…
andrewarndtFebruary 21, 2014
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