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Author: Alec Zacaroli

Alec Zacaroli joined Burke Community Church in 2020, following a 20-year career in law and 7 years in journalism. He received a Master in Theology (ThM) from Dallas Theological Seminary in 2019, and also holds a Juris Doctor from American University, and a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from George Washington University. He and his wife, Amy, have four children, Nick, Sophie, Hannah and Rebecca.In 2003, Alec and Amy founded 25:40 (www.2540.org), a ministry dedicated to bringing the hope of Christ to orphaned and vulnerable children in rural, poverty-stricken areas of South Africa, where Alec lived as a child. In addition to their passion for the least of these, Alec and Amy enjoy hiking, exercising together, traveling, and most especially (as former reporters) reading and writing.Alec’s call to ministry became clear to him through John 14:6 – when he found the imperative of sharing the truth that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, and the only path to the Father was his reason for being.

Get Into Something A Little Less Comfortable

For the past few months, we have been exploring how to share and live out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. Having looked at the state of our culture, we are now considering how we respond with the gospel. Specifically, we are going to look at the example Jesus provided when He

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Looking For Our Night Nurse? Moving Beyond Christian Consumerism

For the past few months, we have been exploring how to share and live out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. Having spent time taking stock of our culture, we’re now going to take stock of ourselves. How does the Christian respond in a post-Christian world? To begin with, I contend, we

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An Ungodly Culture? We’ve Been Here Before

In this series we are exploring how to share and live out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. So far, we’ve walked through how, as a culture, we got to where we are now; tracking a path from modernism to post-modernism to what many regard as the current era of post post-modernism.

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Leaving God: Is Our Culture Post-Christian?

This is the fourth in a series of posts in which we are looking at sharing and living out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. To begin this journey, we started exploring two questions.  Where are we now? And where are we going?  So far we have looked at the journey our

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Leaving Hope: What’s After Post-Modernism?

This is the second in a series of posts in which we will look at sharing and living out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. In our last two posts, we began exploring two questions.  Where are we now? And where are we going?  So far we have looked at modernism and

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Leaving Absolute Truth: Post-Modernism

This is the second in a series of posts in which we will look at sharing and living out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. In our last post, we noted that our exploration of faith and culture in today’s world begins with answering two questions.  Where are we now? And where

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Leaving Faith: A Look at Modernity

This is the second in a series of posts in which we will look at sharing and living out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. As noted in our introduction, this series of posts is essentially about answering two questions relevant to the intersection of faith and culture.  Where are we now?

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Leaving It All In A Left-It-All Culture

This is the first in a series of blog posts in which we will look at sharing and living out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. “When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.” – Luke 5:11 Let’s face it, folks. We like leaving stuff. Metaphorically

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The First Sacrifice: A Pathway to Glory

This is the final in a series of reflections on the significance of the incarnation. The purpose of this series is to help us reflect on our Savior’s birth, and what that meant for us. To do this we are drawing upon Paul’s letter to the Philippians, specifically Philippians 2:5-11. So far, we have considered

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The First Sacrifice: Humbled

This is a third in a series of reflections on the significance of the incarnation. The purpose of this series is to help us prepare for the celebration of our Savior’s birth. To do this we are drawing upon Paul’s letter to the Philippians, specifically Philippians 2:5-11. So far, we have considered verses 2:5-6 and

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The First Sacrifice: The Meaning of Empty

Last week we began a series of reflections on the significance of the incarnation. The purpose of this series is to help us prepare for the celebration of our Savior’s birth. To do this we are drawing upon Paul’s letter to the Philippians, specifically Philippians 2:5-11. Last week we considered verses 2:5-6 and the significance

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The First Sacrifice: Relinquishing the Throne

When we think of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, our minds likely gravitate towards the cross and the price He paid by surrendering His life on it. And we absolutely should. But as we move into the Advent season, the season in which we remember and rejoice over the arrival of our Savior, I would

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