by Jeremy Bouma | Uncategorized
During the past few months, I have been reading a wonderful book by Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, called Radical Reformission. He wrote this book to help steer the emerging church conversation along a missional course. Essentially, reformission... by Jeremy Bouma | Uncategorized
I was in the shower dreaming about this Kingdom-vision for Capitol Hill (these things typically take place in this sacred space!) when it hit me: what does this look like practically for the millions of American Christians who want to influence their government for... by Jeremy Bouma | Uncategorized
One of the central concepts to the Emerging Church (EC) movement (alright, let’s get real and call it what it is!) and my alternative vision for Capitol Hill is a recapturing of Jesus’ teachings on the Kingdom of God. For someone who was raised as a... by Jeremy Bouma | Uncategorized
It has been a little bit since I’ve posted on The Politics of Yeast, an alternative vision to the status quo efforts by American Christians to bring about cultural transformation in America and influence on Capitol Hill. I’ve paused partly for fear of... by Jeremy Bouma | Uncategorized
I want to post a quick clarification to my previous post. A few days ago I wrote these words: Why didn’t Jesus speak out against the social ills of his culture? and… So given the morally corrupt nature of the Roman culture, a culture in which the Jewish... by Jeremy Bouma | Uncategorized
I’ve thought about this quite a bit recently: why wasn’t Jesus politically involved? Why didn’t Jesus speak out against the social ills of his culture? Why didn’t Jesus petition or confront the Roman government regarding certain vial, sinful...