Is That Jesus in the Next Port-o-Let?
By Al Speegle, Jr.
The Door has obtained a draft excerpt of Donald Miller's next book, Bark Like a Scab. Miller is, of course, the Portland-based post-modern "emergent church" chronicler of spiritual odysseys and really groovy personal responses to the nature of God and Jesus. When we got this priceless little portion of Bark Like a Scab, READ MORE...
05.06.2008 | Comments(19)
Good News for Postmodern Man
By Dale Dobson
Taking a page from the extensive Chicken Soup for the Soul marketing handbook, the publishers of Good News for Modern Man are pleased to announce an extensive new line of niche-targeted Bible translations:
Good News for Primitive Man
"Take. Eat. Live. Ah! Good!" READ MORE...
Midwestern Christian Girl Still Single at 22
By Leann Long
Springtown, MO--The Christian community in Springtown, Missouri, is outraged over a community member's unwillingness to do anything possible to get married as soon as possible. READ MORE...
05.05.2008 | Comments(94)
Saint Peter's Basilica Visitor Information Survey
By Aaron Alford
Welcome to Saint Peter's Basilica! We're happy you're here! Please take a few moments to fill out our visitors' survey and help us get to know you better!
Please check your age:
under 18
18 to 30
31 to 45
46 to 65
66 to 80
81 to much too old.
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Next Wave: The Submergent Church
By Matt Mikalatos
Illustration by Michael Walker
LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA--
Pastor Peter Eidenburg decided his church needed a change, so he began to study the "emergent" movement for some ideas. What he found shocked him.
"Our church needed an infusion of cool," he said. "We lacked in style. We had Jesus and the Holy Spirit, sure, but our Power Point slides sucked and we never had candles. READ MORE...
04.24.2008 | Comments(18)
Pimp Thy Ride
Epigrammatic Theology for the Megachurch Generation
By Fred Allen
Bumper stickers for the new millennium:
One nation under awed.
Jesus saves, but the interest rate leaves a lot to be desired.
Better latte than never.
Remember the Sabbath and keep it short. READ MORE...
The Pope vs. Spiderman
Let’s Get Ready to Rumble
April 18-20: New York Comic Con
April 18-20: New York Papal Visit
Coincidence? We think not.
The Vatican knew exactly what they were doing. It was their attempt to make a full-scale frontal assault on American popular culture. Faced with a decision between comic books and holy scriptures, multiple superheros and a single savior, action figures and crucifixions, graphic novels and encyclicals, between the greatest artist in comic book history (Stan Lee) and the second most popular pope of the last four years (Benedict XVI), who did they expect us to choose? READ MORE...
04.21.2008 | Comments(39)
Dispensational Smackdown
By Paul Smith
Bock vs. Pentecost
Tribulation Cage Match
Dallas-In a move that rocked the far-flung Dispensational community, noted Traditional Dispensationalist Dwight Pentecost challenged Progressive Dispensationalist champion Darrel Bock to a cage match fight to determine the future of Dispensational thought in America. READ MORE...
04.10.2008 | Comments(9)
"You're Going to Die, You Self-Righteous Jerk" And Other Soothing Meditations from Jim Wallis and Tony Campolo
By Judith Hugg
"Selections from Our Daily Muffin"
Wednesday, September 5
"At one time you were darkness but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light." Ephesians 5:9
I walked through the garden alone, while the dew was still on the roses. Well, who cares? Wake up and smell the latte. People are suffering and dying at a prodigious rate while you choose what color nail polish to have the delicate, coughing Vietnamese woman paint on your fake fingernails. READ MORE...
04.09.2008 | Comments(24)
Camouflaged Fundamentalist Commandos Assault Apartment of Eugene Peterson to Stop All Future Editions of 'The Message'
By William Mcpherson
Illustration by Kevin Atherton
Eugene H. Peterson has reached millions of young adults throughout the world with his unique Bible paraphrase, The Message. Since its inception in the early '90s, Peterson's Message has drawn strong praise and criticism from both sides of the religious aisle for its informal tone and dynamic approach. READ MORE...
04.07.2008 | Comments(14)