Posted in American Idolatry, Post-Evangelicalism on October 14th, 2007 82 Comments »
UPDATE: A page of Horton resources related to Osteen.
UPDATE II: So many good Osteen pieces on there. Denny Burke zeroes in on Osteen’s glad admission that he does not preach the Bible’s main message.
UPDATE III: Slate Magazine on Osteen’s God.
The mentality that thinks in terms of marketing Jesus inevitably moves toward progressive distortion of him; […]
Posted in Coffee Cup Apologetics, Podcast on October 13th, 2007 5 Comments »
Podcast 24. Discussing C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity Part 5: Is Christian behavior a good apologetic?
The podcast website is Coffee Cup Apologetics.
All the episodes of Coffee Cup Apologetics are now on iTunes. Go to iTunes and search for “Apologetics.” (iTunes is missing some podcasts. You can get them from the web sites.)
Posted in Site news/Tech on October 12th, 2007 19 Comments »
What was it Shakespeare said about disposing of all the lawyers?
I just got a handful of major legalese from the Boar’s Head Brand Corporation, makers of fine meats and owners of a registered trademark they believe is in the BHT’s banner. So, according to the barrister sending me the mail, the banner goes or I […]
Posted in Commentary, Rants, Theologia on October 11th, 2007 21 Comments »
Donny Deutsch’s reaction to Ann Coulter’s claim that it would be good if all people were Christians is about as good a tour of the postmodern cul de sac as you’ll find anywhere. Read the conversation, then report back here for class.
Dear Donny,
I like your program. I really do. I wish all my students would […]
Posted in Baptists, Commentary on October 9th, 2007 40 Comments »
Some thoughts on women teachers, an issue that continually puzzles me every time I see a Lifeway stocked with Beth Moore Bible studies for sale to Southern Baptists who can’t say enough about women not being pastoral teachers.
I Timothy 2:8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without […]
Posted in Commentary on October 9th, 2007 18 Comments »
Has the whole Christian worldview thing gotten out of hand?
I teach “worldviews” as part of my high school Bible classes, and in my Advanced Bible class, I spend a good bit of time giving my kids James Sire’s “Seven Questions Every Worldview Must Answer.” I frequently use the term “worldview” in preaching, and I do […]
Posted in Post-Evangelicalism, Recommendations and Reviews, Riffs on October 8th, 2007 8 Comments »
When someone else looks at what you spend all your time looking at….and they see the same incredible, unthinkable, unexplainable, bizarre, sad, madhouse of a thing…you feel better.
Thanks, Amy. I feel better.
No….actually….I think I’m feeling worse. THANKS A LOT.
The best writer in the reasonable Roman Catholic blogosphere takes a look at the evangelical church growth, […]
Posted in Christian Humanism on October 8th, 2007 17 Comments »
First, a letter from an IM reader, then some thoughts on humor.
Greetings.
First, let me say I have thoroughly enjoyed the last year or so since I came across your website. It has been a blessing for me. You’re probably thinking I’m setting you up for something. Not really. I do have an issue to kick […]
Posted in Commentary, Sermons and Devotions on October 7th, 2007 17 Comments »
Here in Kentucky, most of the Baptist Churches of a certain age have a particular approach to their names. Most choose to go the geographic route, so we have Three Forks of the Elkhorn, Muddy Gap, First Baptist Every-town-you-can-think-of, a couple of thousand “creeks” of various kinds and so on.
After that, Bible names come in […]
Posted in iMonk 101 on October 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Will Hinton tagged me, but I wrote the response several years ago: Why Do They Hate Us?
When I published this several years ago, over 100 atheists wrote me saying “amen.”
Posted in Podcast on October 5th, 2007 3 Comments »
Drought. Deleting old podcasts. Decisional methodology and the evangelical problem. New books.
Internet Monk Radio is on iTunes Podcasts for free. Search for Monk. I’ll appear right under monkeys.
Posted in Recommendations and Reviews on October 4th, 2007 No Comments »
My wife says I need to read more fiction, and she’s right as usual. So, of course, I find a way to read religious fiction. After finishing J.F. Powers Morte D’Urban, I wanted to share this wonderful book with you.
J.F. Powers passed away in 1999, and recent reissues of his novels and short stories have […]
Posted in Coffee Cup Apologetics, Podcast on October 4th, 2007 2 Comments »
Podcast 23. This and that. Re-recommending Kreeft’s book on apologetics. Why debate if you believe in depravity? Brad Pitt’s objection to an egotistical God.
The Handbook of Christian Apologetics.
Brad Pitt quote.
Coffee Cup Apologetics now has its own website: ccapologetics.wordpress.com
All the episodes of Coffee Cup Apologetics are now on iTunes. Go to iTunes and search for “Apologetics.” […]
Posted in Recommendations and Reviews on October 3rd, 2007 27 Comments »
I’ve seen so many special edition Bibles the last ten years that I’ve gotten very cynical about anything new. When I see things like the Maxwell Leadership Bible or a newly released Apologetics Bible that features an endless list of “Big Names” on the front, it’s easy to get cynical. What are publishers thinking about […]
Posted in Laugh or else, Post-Evangelicalism, Uncategorized on October 3rd, 2007 31 Comments »
UPDATE: Check out the 50 Top Selling Authors in Evangelical Publishing and you’ll see what’s wrong with us. (And sorry Reformed boys, but that is DON, not John.)
Time for an official apology. (WARNING: If you are ironically challenged, beware of this post.)
Roman Catholic friends, if you’ve ever been confronted by various Protestants over the tendency […]
