Kitsch in the church can be a source of constant embarrassment or humor, not mutually exclusive categories, for my Christian students. Whenever they get too discouraged I point out to them that any large movement will attract all kinds of people.One should be careful not to be a snob and merely . . . . Continue Reading »
Kaleo Church Houston’s Bill Streger on the danger of legalistic “gospel-centrality.”I’m a part of the Acts 29 network, which is at the forefront of what has been called the “new Calvinism” and the “young, restless, and reformed (YRR)” (both of which . . . . Continue Reading »
Well that didn’t take long. When the Law Lords ordered the head prosecutor to create a public document stating which assisted suicides wouldn’t be prosecuted, he declared open season on the dying, frail elderly, and people with disabilities by permitting family members to assist their . . . . Continue Reading »
In a recent issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education , Xenia Markowitt, director of the Center for Women and Gender at Dartmouth College, answers the question: “Is It My Job to Teach the Revolution?” (Subscription required. The full article, however, is also available at . . . . Continue Reading »
Since we’re on the topic of the Gospel and the culture War over here, I’m going to recycle a post from my old-school blog about this subject. I love this post.It starts, as is common in my world, with a cartoon:The comment was made that this is the conservative view of . . . . Continue Reading »
For those on the outside, the “culture war” is not understood in the same way, or even as being the same thing, by all evangelicals. The creation mandate and cultural mandate certainly separate dispensational ideas from those of the covenant community. For we . . . . Continue Reading »
A book noted ... (and purchased ... at least by me). It’s the getting from there to here that might be problematic, seeing as we aren’t simply sulphur-based sophonts. Development. Of watching water drip ... and being close to God. Too big to fail ... and some of the complexity involved . . . . Continue Reading »
The Obama administration has chosen to fight wars on three fronts: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Fox News. Unlike the other two conflicts, the President seems to think he can win this based solely on his goodwill with the American public. But he and his staff may be overestimating their influence with . . . . Continue Reading »
Most faith healers are frauds. So saith Benny Hinn, faith healer extraordinaire, in an interview with my buddy Frank Lockwood of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:LOCKWOOD: In your ministry, how many people have been healed and what kind of [illnesses] are we talking about?HINN: Well, goodness, . . . . Continue Reading »
OK, so First Things is an ugly magazine. I mean, nobody is going to say, “Wow, that’s a beautiful design!” about the pages we print. Of course, there’s something coolly uncompromising in its ugliness: We’re about text , man, and here’s the text, and if you want pretty pictures, then go . . . . Continue Reading »
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