Category Archives: Theologia

In The Study: My Good Friday Meditation

In my work setting, I’ve done a Holy Week meditation each day this week. This is today’s Good Friday meditation. My mother had an unusual experience as a teenage girl. She was present at the last public hanging in the United States. She recalled that day in the mid-1930’s very clearly. It was, she said,Continue reading “In The Study: My Good Friday Meditation”

Roxburgh Journal Interview with Mike Goheen + Resources

In my continuing attempt to help others understand the missional church conversation, I’m finding some great resources on Allelon’s web site. This Roxburgh journal interview with Missiologist and church planter Mike Goheen is full of rich insights and lots of helpful ways to see how the missional church and the traditional church can become theContinue reading “Roxburgh Journal Interview with Mike Goheen + Resources”

The Choice, The Treasure: Calvinism and the Language of Believing

When I first encountered Calvinism in a Southern Baptist Church, it was with several of my church members criticizing the use of the public invitation. Particularly, they objected strongly to my use of any appeal to “decide” or “choose” in any way. [I generally avoid the use of the public invitation in the way IContinue reading “The Choice, The Treasure: Calvinism and the Language of Believing”

Blogging from “Worship and Arts” Part 2

I want to run through some of the highlights of Michael Card’s teaching sessions on “The Lost Language of Lament.” These are all short summaries from my notebook. On 9-11, Calvin Seerveld called Michael and said, “See….you have no songs to sing.” The language of Lament is the lost language of worship, and that lossContinue reading “Blogging from “Worship and Arts” Part 2″

Riffs: 3:24:07: A “Post-Christian” Confessional at The Parish

BHT fellow Tom Hinkle reposts this confessional piece from a blogger at “The Parish.” If you want to read 1) the TR version of where the emerging church is going or 2) my opinion of what much of evangelical fundamentalism is producing, then this is your piece. It’s a rant, it’s honest, it’s harrowing, it’sContinue reading “Riffs: 3:24:07: A “Post-Christian” Confessional at The Parish”

Southern Baptists and the Emerging Church: Friends or Foes?

Mark DeVine, theology professor from Midwestern Seminary (and a man who knows his Barth), has looked seriously and deeply at the emerging church and suggests some directions for SBC interaction, avoidance and further study. A measured and competent essay, worth your time. [Or you can watch the video below. It’s more of a summary ofContinue reading “Southern Baptists and the Emerging Church: Friends or Foes?”

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”

iMonk 101: Previous Posts on Missional Churches + Bob Hyatt + Ed Stetzer on Culture

Here are some previous posts on issues relating to the missional church. Missional Isn’t A Bad Word. This is my most extensive discussion of the missional church question. The Missionary Headache: Why Evangelicals Need to Support the Missionaries Among Us. This is a piece I wrote last year as I was beginning to grapple withContinue reading “iMonk 101: Previous Posts on Missional Churches + Bob Hyatt + Ed Stetzer on Culture”