Sermon on Philemon

I preached this sermon at Valley View Bible Church in Paradise Valley, AZ on 6/13/2010. The video was taken by my nine year old daughter, so please forgive the camera jitters and noise. It is her cute giggle you will hear from time to time. more about “Sermon on Philemon by Matt Rundio“, posted with [...]

Be a Man (like Jesus, not like Drsicoll)

[Before you read this post, allow me to make a disclaimer:  I do not want to cause division, strife, start arguments, or anything like that.  I do not know Mark Driscoll and I do not listen to (or read) all of what he has to say.  In fact, please note that this post is not [...]

Lead like a Leaf

This video contains the tag line: “leaf veins show why looped networks could be more efficient than networks modeled after tree branches.” [See the short article here.] But you know what I saw?  What leadership should look like.  Rather than all energy flowing from one central point (as in a tree branch), the flow of energy is [...]

Women and Ministry

I’ve not blogged for a long time.  Too long.  I enjoy writing and thinking and expressing what is going on in my mind.  Lately I’ve just not had much to say. But today I became aware of a piece that President Jimmy Carter wrote and it struck a nerve,  I loved what he had to [...]

the hammer or the pipe?

If you know me (or the way I think) then you will know that I am passionate about gender equality – especially with regard to women in the church where, unfortunately, a great deal of inequality is perpetuated. I regularly read a blog, Suzanne’s Bookshelf, that often addresses such issues and came across one of [...]

Women in Leadership

I don’t do this very often (this is the first time), but I must repost a great blog about women and leaderhsip.  Here it is.  It is from The CBE Scroll, the blog of Christians for Biblical Equality.  It is excellent: The early evangelicals were the first to provide a biblical foundation for women’s leadership [...]

I am going to hell

It is official.  John Hagee says I’m going to Hell and Mark Driscoll seems to agree.  Luckily, Eugene Cho is on my side and, luckily, I tend to agree with Cho far more than Hagee or Driscoll.   Here are the two videos that talk about how a stay at home dad is “worse than [...]

The Blue Parakeet

I just read an awesome book: The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible by Scot McKnight. It is provocative, helpful, enjoyable, understandable, and I say that it belongs on everyone’s “must read” list.   What’s the deal with a the phrase “Blue Parakeet”? It is a metaphor for difficult, dangerous, misunderstood, or unwanted [...]

Again, the World Has Changed

With McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, an historic election is assured.  In the White House our country will have either the first black man as President or the first woman (of any race) as VP.  In a world where women are still belittled and marginalized and not allowed to lead (in [...]

I am a Feminist

One of the issues I am most passionate about is the equality of women and men. Someday I’ll write a post (or ten) about that but for now I’ve added a few links. You will see two new links added to the blogroll, Suzanne’s Bookshelf and The CBE Scroll. The other link is a post [...]