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Dryer-Fresh Smell
I’ve been watching Christopher Benson take up on behalf of BioLogos this last period of time – I guess it’s over a couple of weeks now, but blogging distorts...
“Special Meaning”
by Frank Turk So you know: Pack a lunch. And before you read a single word of this post, I require of you that you read this post, by...
The other foot of Jesus
You know: the subject of God’s love is not an either/or question in the face of orthodoxy. It’s not either you think God loves men or you have the...
eBook recommendation: the Infidel Delusion
There have been a slough of books recommended here at Evangel in the last month of so — and to buy them all you’d need a small fortune. But...
The Gray Area
Well. Hello. I’ve been away for a while — work and other commitments have limited by blogging overall, and sadly my availability for Evangel has been one of the...
Bias #3 and the Gospel
Because it’s important to be transparent about biases before one starts a review like this, I have at least 3 going into this blog post:
How Filthy Rags come back in style
While I have a minute today, I have been working through James Davison Hunter’s To Change the World along with another book which I think is the right theological...
Song that everyone knows they don’t know
A few words before you watch this video. 1. The point is obvious, and it’s been said before, but to see it in this high production value should make...
A Pastoral Standpoint
I have no idea how long ago I received my review copy of Abide by Jared C. Wilson, but it has had me on a guilt trip every since...
A short bit about Hell
Before closing the last thread on bashing Calvinism, I noted this as one of the comments: If it is contended that people go to Hell because God elects them...
HT: Challies
Great link from Challies at SBTS “The Towers”, from Chuck Lawless, Dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism. Seven sure-fire ways to blow up a church....
Pastoral
So as a lead-in to the chapter-by-chapter reviews I’m going to do on the two books I recommended this weekend, let me ask you to consider something: what do...
The Surprising Offense
The other book I’m reading right now is the latest from 9Marks ministries, by Jonathan Leeman,The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love: Reintroducing the Doctrine of Church...
To Change the World
Got this book, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity Today, in the mail Thursday night, and for those following on FB and Twitter you...
A Dangerous Man
The people and their leaders all took Jesus to Pilate and began to bring up charges against him. They said, “We found this man undermining our law and order,...