From the monthly archives:
Last week, Chris briefly explored some issues regarding the authenticity of pastors, and how much vulnerability and transparency should a pastor, preacher, teacher employ….not only in the proclamation of the Word, but pastorally in the ministry. This is a really good topic and I have been thinking about this issue a lot over the weekend. [...]
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1. Tyler Williams has put together a couple of movie lists for theologians. The first is the Essential Films for Theologians: “The Director’s Cut”, followed by the Essential Films of 2005 for Theologians. He has putten together a really beautiful list of films, some of which I have, and haven’t seen. I noticed several that [...]
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I never thought I would have seen this much debate on the topic of cancer as there has been this last week. It began with John Piper’s article, Don’t Waste Your Cancer. I took issue with Piper’s comments as many of you read last week. And many of you took issue with my comments as [...]
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Does anyone know how to filter out Trackbacks, or are they just part of the deal if you blog. I’ve just been noticing all the ones on posts from casinos and porn sites, etc…since I said porn in this entry means I will probably have 100′s of trackbacks on this site from porn companies. Is [...]
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We are all guilty in the evangelical community of often “ripping off” or “emulating” logos or ideas that we see in the greater culture around us. I am the first to admit that we “emulate” MTV’s Cribs for our college ministry as we go to different student’s apartments and film an episode in an effort [...]
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Evangelical Christianity Shifting Outside West HT: Smart Christian Interesting article about how Evangelicalism, which was “born in England and nurtured in the United States, is leaving home.” For a longer treatment of this issue, read the book, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins. Technorati Tags: christianity, global christianity
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Drew Sams has got a review and some thoughts on the book, A Churchless Faith by Alan Jamieson. The steps and turning points that Drew outlines are interesting and worth a read. Steve McCoy at reformissionary has a very interesting story about a ministry that exists in a local church that you don’t see too [...]
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In regards to allowing God to be God, and how we speak of God and His actions, and how that impacts our thinking, teaching, preaching, conversations, etc…I defer to two of the greatest theologians of all time. Karl Barth says this in Doctrine of the Word of God: Prolegomena to Church Dogmatics I/I: Volume 1/1: [...]
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Let’s just say that I have posted on a lot of topics before, but I have never received as many comments, as many private emails, or as much traffic, than I have in the last couple of days, regarding John PIper’s, Don’t Waste Your Cancer, my first response, followed by my subsequent follow-up. Most of [...]
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