by Jeremy Bouma | Church Culture
So how about it: Would God use me to send someone to hell? It’s a question that has deep meaning for me, because it is rooted in a very specific moment in my story. That moment goes something like this: About a year ago while I was still in ministry I had the... by Jeremy Bouma | Church Culture, Emerging Church
Contemporary debates on alcohol and the bible hit a new turn this past week as a state assembly of Baptists now link loan money to church planters and their teaching of “the strong biblical warnings” against drinking beer and wine. Steve McCoy, a SBC... by Jeremy Bouma | Church Culture, Personal
In this blog I write about an emerging faith. The ‘faith’ that is emerging is faith in Jesus. Some call this Christianity, but I and others like to call it “Christocentric spirituality,” a spirituality that places Jesus and His Way at the... by Jeremy Bouma | Church Culture, Emerging Church
Much of the novus lumen that has occurred in my life over the last 30 months has been in the area of faith and spirituality. Especially relevant and wholly influential in my spiritual evolution has been what is known as the emerging church movement. Because this new... by Jeremy Bouma | Church Culture, Ministry, Personal
There is a great dialogue happening at Scot McKnight’s blog, Jesus Creed. His post “Thinking of Seminary?” was written in response to several emails he receives from readers and former students on whether they should attend seminary. He wrote that... by Jeremy Bouma | Church Culture
A few weeks ago, my friend Evan did something exceedingly naughty: he recommended I read Mark Noll‘s book, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. For sometime, I have been trying to reconcile my uneasiness with aspects of my fundamental, evangelical roots with my...