Posted in Riffs on June 2nd, 2008 8 Comments »
SBC President Frank Page is one in a million. He’s a truth-teller who understands what’s actually going on in his denomination.
Don’t get me wrong. My denomination does love its statistics, but they seldom- never?- go all the way down the field and say “This is where the ball is going to fall.”
Frank did. Frank […]
Posted in Riffs on May 26th, 2008 125 Comments »
(Thanks to all of you who are already supporting Jesus Shaped Spirituality, or JSS.)
We probably need a new category around here: “Words As I Ride Into The Sunset.”
Catholic blogger extraordinaire Amy Welborn has been studying me for a couple of years now, and she knows what’s red meat to my post evangelical soul.
So this morning, […]
Posted in Riffs on May 3rd, 2008 11 Comments »
BHT fellow and Harry Potter blogger Travis Pinzi eloquently pens his take on a Jesus-centered spirituality in this meditation on a wonderful verse from The Church’s One Foundation.
Though with a scornful wonder, men see her sore oppressed
By schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed
Yet saints, their watch are keeping, their cry goes up “How long?”
And soon […]
Posted in Post-Evangelicalism, Riffs on April 21st, 2008 18 Comments »
Tony Jones sent me his new book The New Christians, and I’ve been looking at some of the resource material on Emergent Village. I’ve been very encouraged the the Values and Practices Statement from Emergent Village. In my own journey to create a Jesus-shaped spirituality, I was particularly challenged by the first section: Commitment to […]
Posted in Riffs on February 13th, 2008 118 Comments »
UPDATE: Dr. Michael Horton offers some helpful input in the comments. I appreciate his interest in this discussion.
I love the White Horse Inn. Never miss it. I love Michael Horton and Rod Rosenbladt especially.
I love the Law and Gospel distinction. I use it. I teach it to my students. I stress it to my chapel […]
Posted in Riffs on February 12th, 2008 3 Comments »
UPDATE: I’m going to take this post from Ed Stetzer as indicative that Keller isn’t a theistic evolutionist, and delete this post. Thanks for participating.
Sorry for taking up your RSS space.
Posted in Riffs, Theologia on January 28th, 2008 41 Comments »
The following post could possibly be the largest discrepancy between the subject of a post and the actual title of a post you’ve ever read in these spaces. I’m hoping someone will nominate the title for an award.
Seriously, if you never thought about the topic of this post, don’t ridicule me. I’ve watched a lot […]
Posted in Commentary, Post-Evangelicalism, Rants, Riffs on January 27th, 2008 40 Comments »
***Music by The Doors: “The End.”***
There was an elf that met the children at the door. Also in this room was a store that had Barbies, action figures, Brats Dolls, and all of the most popular items that you would find in a Toy-R-Us catalog the day after Thanksgiving. In order for kids to get […]
Posted in Riffs, Theologia on January 1st, 2008 34 Comments »
UPDATE: John H has a helpful Lutheran response.
UPDATE II: A Lutheran view of Assurance.
UPDATE III: Mark Shea comments on assurance in Calvinism and Catholicism. I think Mark’s experience with Calvinism is not very nuanced, but it’s on target. (Buy the Rosenbladt presentation.)
Q. 1. What is your only comfort, in life and in death?
A. That I […]
Posted in Commentary, Riffs on December 31st, 2007 15 Comments »
I don’t know much about Sydney Anglicans, so I’m not in any position to say anything about the truthfulness of this interesting comment found on the Light of the World, A City on a Hill website. What I will say, however, is that the commenter is a bright fellow saying some very perceptive things about […]
Posted in Riffs on December 20th, 2007 27 Comments »
UPDATE: Check out what Williams really said when he used the word “legend.” Talk about a hit piece. Sad.
Here’s the Transcript. Check out the deliberate misquoting.
UPDATE II: Here’s Williams just a few days ago when asked if he believed in the virgin birth.
Yes; I believe that the conception of Jesus was a moment when the […]
Posted in Interview, Riffs on November 29th, 2007 8 Comments »
Want to know what Phillip Pullman himself has to say about the Golden Compass and his books that inspired the film? Christian film critic and blogger Peter Chataway interviews Phillip Pullman and asks all the questions you’ve been wondering about. No more need to wonder what Pullman had on him mind in the books or […]
Posted in Riffs, Theologia on November 21st, 2007 20 Comments »
UPDATE VII: Ochuck makes a good contribution to the topic.
UPDATE VI: James White on the whole debate. Two things you can be sure of: 1) The longer the discussion goes on, the more likely that Witherington will eventually be called out as an apostate. 2) The longer the discussion goes on, the more it will […]
Posted in Riffs on November 14th, 2007 14 Comments »
John Piper has enough truth in this sermon to revolutionize evangelicalism—if anyone is really listening. Read it several times. It’s absolutely on target.
Memorize those church planting statistics, young preachers/church planters.
The connection between church planting, evangelism and ministry to the poor is a balance evangelicals need to embrace in a way that shapes everything we 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, […]
