My son Clay asked me the other day, “What do you mean by post-evangelical?” That deserves a good answer. Let’s start with this: By evangelical, I do not mean, as some on the Internet have labored to prove, a line of Christianity extending from the Reformation through Calvinism to a handful of modern day independentContinue reading “What Do I Mean by Post-Evangelical?”
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The Tactics of Failure: Why The Culture War Makes Sense To Spiritually Empty Evangelicals
Ann Out Of Place This afternoon I listened to Ann Coulter being interviewed on TBN. Not CNN. TBN. The Paul Crouch/Jan Crouch fashion show and soap opera that you can’t look away from. Yes, that TBN. The one with Creflo, Joel, General Joyce, Kenneth and Gloria, Kim, Matt and hundreds of very, very uncool peopleContinue reading “The Tactics of Failure: Why The Culture War Makes Sense To Spiritually Empty Evangelicals”
The Missionary Headache: Why Evangelicals Need To Support The Missionaries Among Us
It goes without saying that new ways of thinking rarely bring out the best in evangelicalism. Those dreaded “paradigm shifts” usually elicit lots of sermons on topics like “The Christian Worldview” and “The Threat of Relativistic New Age Contemplative Prayer.” No doubt, there are many times that the evangelical response to a new way ofContinue reading “The Missionary Headache: Why Evangelicals Need To Support The Missionaries Among Us”
A Little Less Squirrelly Discernment
UPDATE: One of the watchbloggers has finally gone after Luther and the LCMS Lutherans. I can’t think of a more deserving group of people. 🙂 Thankfully, someone is courageous enough to expose Luther for the false teacher that he was. Our story begins with the following quote from Dr. John Piper:
Why Mark Driscoll Bothers You (or Not)
UPDATE: Driscoll has a short piece of video at Desiring God for those of you who might not have heard him explain his approach to being “missional.” My review of Confessions of a Reformission Rev. can be found here. After reading yet another sniping comment tossed at Mars Hill Church pastor Mark Driscoll, I startedContinue reading “Why Mark Driscoll Bothers You (or Not)”
The SBC Resolution on Alcohol: A Matter of Shame
Phil. 1:20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. 2Tim. 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker whoContinue reading “The SBC Resolution on Alcohol: A Matter of Shame”
Have Southern Baptists Turned A Page?
In what may be the SBC’s most significant political development in more than twenty years, convention messengers broke the insider hold on the powerful office of President and elected an outsider with no national connections, agency endorsements or loyalties to the recent controversial policy changes at the IMB. South Carolina Pastor Frank Page took justContinue reading “Have Southern Baptists Turned A Page?”
How much is too much?
How far is too far in using creative methods to “reach” people? Tom Ascol has been posting some good posts about some of the more extreme forms of sincere, but outlandish pragmatism to be found in the cause of church growth and evangelism. In the comments, the inevitable question appears: OK- how do we knowContinue reading “How much is too much?”
Missional Isn’t A Bad Word
“The question is familiar: “What do you mean by missional church?” Even though the term is now used everywhere, there is still confusion about it. As we begin this book, here is a brief description of what we mean by the phrase.
Under the Radar Calvinism: An Ethical Question
Fact: Calvinism is hotly controversial among Southern Baptists. Fact: There are many more Calvinistic ministers than confessionally Calvinistic churches in the SBC. Fact: In an interview process, a candidate has the choice to be open about Calvinism or to keep it under the radar. In his article on TULIP at Baptist Press, SEBTS President DannyContinue reading “Under the Radar Calvinism: An Ethical Question”
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