Down through the years, I’ve been part of a few in-church discussions about church discipline. They were all memorable. Almost everyone was against it and treated me like I was going off the deep end for bringing it up. Being against church discipline was an issue worth yelling over, and I’ve been yelled at moreContinue reading “Where Is Church Discipline When You Need It? Part 1: A Better Approach”
Category Archives: Commentary
Billy Gillispie and Your Pastor: What do they have in common? (Part 1 of 2)
The commonwealth of Kentucky where I reside is currently completely captivated by the drama surrounding the firing of University of Kentucky Men’s basketball coach Billy Gillispie. Gillispie had only been at UK for two years. Both years featured lackluster performances in comparison to fan expectation, but Gillispie was just starting to recruit his own players.Continue reading “Billy Gillispie and Your Pastor: What do they have in common? (Part 1 of 2)”
A Great Commission Resurgence: Is It A Possible SBC Future? (Part 2 of Thoughts On My Denomination Today)
The previous post was “Avoiding Death By Nostalgia.“ I have a job, a home and a paycheck every month because the Southern Baptist Convention (actually the Kentucky Baptist Convention) believes in cooperative evangelism. I was evangelized and won to Christ by a Southern Baptist Church. I’ve spent my life- since I was a teenager- evangelizingContinue reading “A Great Commission Resurgence: Is It A Possible SBC Future? (Part 2 of Thoughts On My Denomination Today)”
Avoiding Death by Nostalgia: My Denomination (The SBC) Today
The following post is completely and only my personal opinion. It is the first of two posts about my denomination. The second will examine the idea of A Great Commission Resurgence: Is It A Possible SBC Future? Nostalgia- a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition.Continue reading “Avoiding Death by Nostalgia: My Denomination (The SBC) Today”
Riffs/CEC: A Third of ATS Seminaries Are In Financial Trouble
USA Today is on the ringside of the Coming Evangelical Collapse (CEC) with this story on the desperate situation facing a third of the schools on the Association of Theological Schools. (Page loads strangely in Firefox.) Schools are closing, cutting back, combining, going on-line, selling facilities… the situation is serious. Many schools report less thanContinue reading “Riffs/CEC: A Third of ATS Seminaries Are In Financial Trouble”
The Evangelical Collapse: A Statistical Analysis Part II by Michael Bell
Guest Blogger Michael Bell (The Eclectic Christian) returns for his second round of statistical evaluations of “The Coming Evangelical Collapse.” As I was time limited when taking my first statistical look at “The Coming Evangelical Collapse“, I wanted to follow up with a few more observations about some of Michael Spencer’s statements: 1. Denominations willContinue reading “The Evangelical Collapse: A Statistical Analysis Part II by Michael Bell”
Riffs: 03:15:09: How the Left Perceives Evangelicals: Change? Really?
I rarely write about politics, but this “Riff” is a bit of an intersection between evangelicalism and the left-leaning media. Pam Chamberlain’s piece on young Evangelicals shifting leftward first appeared in the proudly left journal, The Public Eye. It’s reproduced here on AlterNet. The first thing I want to say is that, until recently, I’veContinue reading “Riffs: 03:15:09: How the Left Perceives Evangelicals: Change? Really?”
The Limbaughization of Evangelicals
(I usually don’t cross post with the podcast, but this is an exception. If I’ve missed a great source on Rush’s spiritual views, I welcome correction.) For several years, I was a devoted Rush Limbaugh listener. I rarely missed a day. I haven’t listened to him much since Clinton left the White House, but IContinue reading “The Limbaughization of Evangelicals”
Postcards From My Spring Break
Yes, this past week was my spring break. That’s why I had the time to do interviews, moderate comments, answer emails, etc. If all this had happened any other time, I’d have been at work or preparing sermons, etc. So “Thank You, Lord!” for the time to enjoy my 15 minutes. Here are some ofContinue reading “Postcards From My Spring Break”
The Coming Evangelical Collapse: A Statistical Review by Michael Bell
The Eclectic Christian, Michael Bell, is a long-time IM reader and commenter. He can also count all his digits, which puts him way past me when it comes to the statistical evaluation of the ARIS data and the Evangelical Collapse posts. Welcome Michael as an IM guest blogger and take note of his conclusions. MichaelContinue reading “The Coming Evangelical Collapse: A Statistical Review by Michael Bell”
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