Recommendation and Review: Evangelicals and Tradition by D.H. Williams

My list of must-read books for post-evangelicals is short. Newly added at the top of the list: Evangelicals and Tradition: The Formative Influence of the Early Church by Baylor University professor of patristics and Baptist minister D. H. Williams (Ph.d, University of Toronto.). Reviews of D.H. Williams’ work on the need for evangelicals and freeContinue reading “Recommendation and Review: Evangelicals and Tradition by D.H. Williams”

Recommendation and Review: What is a Healthy Church? by Mark Dever

Some of you need to buy this book: What is a Healthy Church? by Mark Dever. You need to buy it and start some trouble with it. Here’s the deal. Your pastor is caught up in whole church-growth, seeker-sensitive movement, and he’s reading church growth books and rehashing the content into most of his sermons.Continue reading “Recommendation and Review: What is a Healthy Church? by Mark Dever”

I like the Prayer List

When I returned to worshiping at the SBC church down the street, one of the things I wasn’t looking forward to was the “open prayer request” time I’d experienced there in the past. My previous experiences left me with memories of too much information, too much detail, too much time….just too much. Things haven’t beenContinue reading “I like the Prayer List”

Interview with Peter Matthews, Pastor of Saint Patrick’s Anglican Church, Lexington, Kentucky

Peter Matthews was raised Methodist, ministered as a Baptist pastor for ten years and now pastors a vibrant growing Anglican Mission in America congregation in Lexington, Kentucky. When it comes to evangelicalism and liturgical church, Peter is the man. He blogs at Guitar Priest, but you need to visit his church or catch his preachingContinue reading “Interview with Peter Matthews, Pastor of Saint Patrick’s Anglican Church, Lexington, Kentucky”

The Baptist Way: Discerning the Fullness of Christ in the Lord’s Supper (3)

Exodus 12:13 13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. Ex. 12:14 “This day shall be for you a memorial day,Continue reading “The Baptist Way: Discerning the Fullness of Christ in the Lord’s Supper (3)”

Sanctification and the Only Child

Yesterday my wife told me that she wanted to make a suggestion on how I could be a better person. That’s a bit like shooting at a target the size of North Dakota, but she had a helpful, truthful criticism combined with some encouragement about a behavior I often overlook. Of course, my feelings wereContinue reading “Sanctification and the Only Child”

The Baptist Way: Confessional Resources for Renewing the Lord’s Supper (2)

My first post on the Baptist View of the Lord’s Supper is here. Last week, I apparently shook up the world of people whose stereotype of me precluded any agreement with my Baptist tradition. In a post surveying some immediate resources for a Baptist view of the Lord’s Supper, I raised the ire of allContinue reading “The Baptist Way: Confessional Resources for Renewing the Lord’s Supper (2)”