Theology Upgrade for your Brain
If you are considering seminary, check out re:train as a cost-effective alternative.
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March 2010
Should You Leave Your Church?
The Resurgence addresses this question. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts about this in the comments.
More →Healthcare Reform and the Gospel
Everybody is talking about the passage of landmark healthcare reform signed earlier this week. Like many political issues of our day, this one, probably more than anything else, has turned to a heated, polarized debate where emotion seems to interfere with rational discussion and levelheaded disagreement, and things are getting ugly. In recent history, Christians …
More →How Pastors Spend Their Time
A study by LIfeway research reveals how typical protestant (across all denominations) pastors spend their time, by number of hours on particular activities. More details available here.
More →Helpful Summary of "New-Calvinism"
Here’s a helpful summary of New Calvinism from the resurgence website. New Calvinism is more than a view of how people become Christians, it is a complete worldview which acknowledges God’s total control over the universe. Read it here.
More →This is simply amazing.
What creative minds can achieve when working together. Stats: four months to build, two days to shoot, 3:54 to watch.
More →Gaining a Kingdom Reputation
New York Times Columnist Nicholas D. Kristof recently offered many positive remarks about Evangelicals’ growing commitment to relieve poverty and suffering worldwide. Kristof, who is not an Evangelical, highlights World Vision a largely Evangelical relief ministry. For somebody who seems largely skeptical of our beliefs, Kristof is supportive of our actions of compassion. He even …
More →Misunderstanding “Scripture Alone”
Generally, when U.S. Christians think of the phrase “Scripture alone” we understand it to mean that the Bible should be our only authority in following Jesus. In his book Words of Life , Timothy Ward argues that this is a misunderstanding of the 16th Century Reformers teaching of Sola scriptura (Scripture alone). Building on several …
More →Misunderstanding "Scripture Alone"
Generally, when U.S. Christians think of the phrase “Scripture alone” we understand it to mean that the Bible should be our only authority in following Jesus. In his book Words of Life , Timothy Ward argues that this is a misunderstanding of the 16th Century Reformers teaching of Sola scriptura (Scripture alone). Building on several …
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