The issue of integrity is going to be huge in the Southern Baptist Convention in the next couple of decades. More and more younger leaders are calling for true integrity in commitment to what the Bible says, what we say and do, and what we declare is the will of God. Those battles for integrityContinue reading “An Example of Much-Needed Integrity: Biblical Requirements for Leadership”
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An Analysis of the Emerging Church
UPDATE: Check out the “Emeghing Remix” of the same video. OK…What a humorless crowd we’ve got around here. I’m not serious. This guy is, but this “analysis” is awful, though unfortunately is typical for many emerging critics. Several of you have asked for information on the Emerging Church. This comprehensive look at the Emerging ChurchContinue reading “An Analysis of the Emerging Church”
Internet Monk Radio Podcast #50
Finishing Romans 15:1-7. Appreciating the beauty of monastic singing and praying (courtesy of Joel Hunter and the monks of St. Meinrad). Are evangelical women writers appreciated? The first 19 podcasts are now gone. This podcast is available on iTunes as a free download. It’s exciting. Try it. With a good Italian sauce.
Fear of Women and Their Cute, Pink Books
Forty-five men authoring books solo or with others. One female author. Two books with female co-authors. That’s the “gender†count from the new books page at a major conservative, reformed, Christian book source on the net. Blind spot? Evidence that most of conservative evangelicalism is a movement by men, for men, described by men, expressedContinue reading “Fear of Women and Their Cute, Pink Books”
Three Resources For A Missional Reading of the Bible
Three good resources for a missional reading of the Bible: one essay, one book, one set of questions. The essay is Notes Toward a Framework For a Missional Hermeneutic by Michael Goheen. Goheen is one of the authors of the outstanding literary/narrative introduction to the Bible, The Drama of Scripture. Goheen is a professor atContinue reading “Three Resources For A Missional Reading of the Bible”
Photoshopping Luther
The longer I observe evangelicals, the more astonished I am that anyone among them could, with a straight face, ever criticize the Roman Catholic church for paying too much attention to “the saints.” The evangelical focus on personalities, past and present, can’t be too far behind any Roman Catholic veneration of the saints. For example,Continue reading “Photoshopping Luther”
Thirty-Two Rooms and No Way Out: Adventures in Bookstore Claustrophobia
This post is an odd soup. Call it one part “Second Half of Life,” for just getting old and pathetic; one part “In The Study,” for the sermon idea I’ll get out of it; and one part “Parable, Metaphor and Illustration” for what you can do with it. Laugh at me, with me, and thenContinue reading “Thirty-Two Rooms and No Way Out: Adventures in Bookstore Claustrophobia”
Evangelical Anxieties 7: Our Children
Here are the previous six posts in the Evangelical Anxieties series. There will be several more. This isn’t even close to the final version I want of this post, but I may not get back to it for a while. So this will have to do for now. Worrying about our children has been anContinue reading “Evangelical Anxieties 7: Our Children”
Internet Monk Radio Podcast #49
Continuing Romans 15:1-7. An interesting Piper-Dever debate. Stuff that just isn’t. This podcast is available on iTunes as a free download. Imagine that.
Guess what this atheist heard in church?
“Before I restart the “Evangelical Anxieties series, here are words from an atheist who visited some 30 churches. Clearly, most churches have aligned themselves against non-religious people. By adopting this stance, Christians have turned off the people I would think they want to connect with. The combative stance I’ve observed is an approach that causesContinue reading “Guess what this atheist heard in church?”
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