Church Culture | jeremy bouma

Evangelicals Are Heretics (Here’s Why and How You Can Help)

I’m now a bi-weekly contributor to OnFaith, a sort of inter-faith dialogue webzine. Here is a column from a few weeks ago. You may have missed it in the run up to the election, but a different set of results are in: Evangelicals are heretics. Or at least hold...

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Worshiping Empire America This July 4th Sunday

by Jeremy Bouma | Church Culture

I originally wrote this post 6 years ago when July 4th fell on a Sunday. I think the basic message still fits despite it falling on a Friday this year: Far too often American Christians (particularly evangelicals) are far too caught up in prostrating themselves before...

Why World Vision’s Pro-Gay Pivot (Had) Epic Gospel, Moral, and Theological Implications

by Jeremy Bouma | American Culture, Church Culture, Theology

BREAKING UPDATE: Apparently World Vision has reversed their decision to adjust their policy toward same-sex married employees/employment. Read the full letter from Richard Stern, here. An incredible turn of events that is well-appreciated, and well-received. While I...

Church is (GRACIOUS & HONEST) : Acts 17:16-34 and the Blank (5)

by Jeremy Bouma | Church Culture

Church is (_BARRIER-FREE_) : Acts 15:1-19 and the Blank (4)

by Jeremy Bouma | Church Culture

The past few weeks we’ve been looking at the story of the early church through the Book of Acts. And we’ve been looking at how we are called to fill in the BLANK for “Church is ____”. We’ve seen that the Church is the hope of the world. Church is a group of devoted...