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This is for you, Christy!
Happy girl! (Taken with my phone. I can NEVER get good pics from my phone. My Dad is working on my “real” camera, which hopefully isn’t permanently out of service…) Yeah, the… more →
Only Sometimes Clever
On Being Disciples in a Foreign Land
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K. Rex Butts wrote 3 months ago: “My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil … more →
Missions, Evangelism, and Idolatry
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K. Rex Butts wrote 3 months ago: Missions, evangelism…the Christian bookstores are full of literature geared to assist chur … more →
This is for you, Christy!
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Karen Joy wrote 4 months ago: Happy girl! (Taken with my phone. I can NEVER get good pics from my phone. My Dad is working on my … more →
A Word on Christian Leadership: Reflections on My Last Year with the Kandiyohi Church of Christ
K. Rex Butts wrote 4 months ago: I don’t know what a person thinks of when they hear the term “leadership”. The literature on this s … more →
Gran Torino & The Gospel
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K. Rex Butts wrote 4 months ago: I just finished watching the movie Gran Torino in which one of my favorite actors, Clint Eastwood, b … more →
Pepperdine Lectures Highlights
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K. Rex Butts wrote 6 months ago: Here are my highlights from the Pepperdine Lectures (in no order): Great teaching: All of the keyno … more →
Idolatry, Then and Now
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K. Rex Butts wrote 7 months ago: Lately I have been trudging my way through The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand … more →
Missing the Point of Being Church
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K. Rex Butts wrote 8 months ago: Some issues seem to die hard. Today, I received in the mail a letter from another church. … more →
The Barbarian Way
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K. Rex Butts wrote 9 months ago: You may or may not have read The Barbarian Way: Unleash the Untamed Faith Within by Erwin Raphael Mc … more →
Acts 2.36-47: Imagining Christian Community
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K. Rex Butts wrote 9 months ago: Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord … more →
Educational Decisions
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K. Rex Butts wrote 10 months ago: I learned earlier this week that I have been accepted into the Master of Theology program at Luther … more →
Churches of Christ are in Decline
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K. Rex Butts wrote 10 months ago: There is an article on the Christian Chronicle website (here is the link) detailing the declining st … more →
In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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K. Rex Butts wrote 10 months ago: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 Having lived in the city of Memp … more →
The Danger of Miscommunication
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K. Rex Butts wrote 10 months ago: A first grade girl handed in the drawing below for a homework assignment. After it was graded and th … more →
Pastor Rick Warren & President-Elect Barack Obama
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K. Rex Butts wrote 11 months ago: I congradulate both Pastor Rick Warren of the Saddleback Community Church and President-Elect B … more →
Thinking on the Missional Church
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K. Rex Butts wrote 11 months ago: The calling to be the missional church begins with those who die to themselves and live for Christ ( … more →
There is a Need for Good News
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K. Rex Butts wrote 1 year ago: I have not posted anything on my blog for about a month because I have not had anything to say. Tod … more →
Baptismal Hymns
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K. Rex Butts wrote 1 year ago: Growing up in a Church of Christ, we had certain hymns that were regularly sung either as … more →
The Vain Search for a King
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K. Rex Butts wrote 1 year ago: Like many, I have grown tired of the negative campaigning. I am disgusted by all of the distorting, … more →
