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Jun 9
4 min

Preaching in the Cultural Moment

How do pastors decide what to say about current events and social issues? As the story goes, both Karl Barth and Billy Graham said someth...

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Glenn Packiam

Jun 5
3 min

When God Groans

What do we do with the pain of the world? We enter in it and groan. That is what the Son of God did. And that is what the Spirit of God d...

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Glenn Packiam

Dec 31, 2019
5 min

The Enlightenment’s Lie About the Basis of Human Rights

It is all the rage to talk about how oppressive Christianity is and has always been. It’s even more troubling to see some Christians parr...

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Glenn Packiam

Dec 23, 2019
5 min

What I Read In 2019 (And Why)

2019 was a good year for reading. I managed to read about 30 books this year, which may be a personal high, but there were several shorte...

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Glenn Packiam

Jan 19, 2018
6 min

‘How to Think’: A Summary

The goal of the book is to help us learn to interrogate our instincts and intuitions by examining the social, emotional, linguistic, and ...

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Glenn Packiam

Dec 27, 2017
2 min

Seven Books I Read and Loved in 2017

I feel like I read a lot of books this year. But it would be more accurate to say that I read parts of a lot of books this year. Graduate...

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Glenn Packiam

Sep 25, 2017
5 min

Seek First to Understand: Can Public Discourse Be Saved?

We don’t understand each other. And I’m not sure how hard we’re trying. This is not a post about athletes or anthems, flags or protests. ...

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Glenn Packiam

Feb 6, 2017
5 min

What Does It Mean to Be a Prophetic Church?

What does it mean to be prophetic? The word is thrown around a lot, but depending on which circles you run in, it means something quite d...

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Glenn Packiam

Jan 18, 2017
4 min

The Currency of Christian Leadership

Where do leaders in churches and Christian ministries gain their authority to lead? It is tempting to simply say, ‘From God!’ There is, o...

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Glenn Packiam

Jan 12, 2017
4 min

How the Past Can Rescue the Present

At the start of new year, most of our attention is focused on what lies ahead. It’s really one of the few times we take our eyes of the p...

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Glenn Packiam

Feb 11, 2015
3 min

Better Sex, the Subjugation of Women, and Shades of the Real Thing

I’m blushing. I don’t write like this. I don’t like to talk like this in public. But when the public conversation is about a book and a m...

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Glenn Packiam

Oct 20, 2014
4 min

Is There a Difference Between Public Statements and Pastoral Exhortation?

[NOTE: This is a follow-up piece to my initial response to the reactions to Hillsong’s decision to decline making a public statement on ‘...

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Glenn Packiam

Oct 18, 2014
4 min

It’s Too Easy To Dismiss Hillsong…and Miss Our Shared Problem

So, Hillsong declined to publicly declare a position on ‘LGBT issues’. And the internet was awash with opinions. Some shook their heads i...

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Glenn Packiam

Dec 31, 2013
3 min

On the Limits of New Year’s Resolutions

Resolutions are powerful things. We feel all the energy of a new year rushing forward, washing over past failures or shortcomings. I like...

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Glenn Packiam

Sep 27, 2010
1 min

Overview of Ephesians in 15 Minutes by N. T. Wright

For those already familiar with theologian N. T. Wright, this talk will seem a bit elementary– and much shorter!– than his normal lecture...

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