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Article on Church and Culture
Perhaps the defining issue of our time in Christian circles is the relationship between the church and the culture we live in. Several books and innumerable blog posts take up this issue and, at the risk of simply adding to the fray, it’s an issue I hope to tackle from time to time here. To [...]
Read More..>>Western Confession of Faith
I stole this from Drew Goodmanson
I believe in Science Almighty. I believe in the power of human reason disciplined by the scientific method to understand, control, and change our world.
I believe in Technology and a Rational Society, its only begotten Sons which have the power to renew our world.
I believe in the spirit of Progress. [...]
Gospel Project 1: When God Doesn’t Live up to My Plans
We all know the story of Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego. They refused to worship the false gods of Babylon, and, having been rated out by the Chaldeans, King Nebuchadnezzar questions them: “Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes and all kinds of music, if you are ready to [...]
Read More..>>The Gospel Project
One of the things that came out of our time at the Church Planting Assessment Center is that I need to work on the gospel-application portion of my sermons. I don’t have much problem explaining what the gospel is, but applying it to the experiential aspects of our lives in a way that causes us [...]
Read More..>>C. S. Lewis on the Modern Mindset
Here’s a quote from C. S. Lewis that seems to explain the contemporary view of reality. In opposition to those who say that belief in the supernatural (”magic”) has been supplanted by science, Lewis, an expert in the the medieval age, explains that belief in magic and science actually developed at the same time (towards [...]
Read More..>>Reading Tim Keller’s new book, The Reason for God, (of which I shall write more later) I came across the following enlightening quote:
“Christianity is the religion of over two thousand different language groups in the world. More peple pray and worship in more languages that in any other religion in the world…. Obviously these facts [...]
Religion in America
Al Mohler comments on a massive study by The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life on Americans’ religious affiliation. The results have huge implications for the way in which the church carried out its mission in the culture.
Three things I find particularly interesting: 1) the study shows that Protestants no longer possess a majority [...]
Things I Learned at Church Planter Assessment
Last week Ashley and I were at the PCA Church Planting Assessment Center. Altogether, it was a great, exhausting, and immensely helpful experience. We learned a lot about ourselves, about church planting, and began what I hope will be a few lasting relationships.
As a way of processing the whole experience, and to ensure that I [...]
Pastor’s Job Description
In reading Lesslie Newbigin’s The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, I came across the following quote that, in my opinion, succinctly summarizes the pastor’s job:
The task of ministry is to lead the congregation as a whole in a mission to the community as a whole, to claim its whole public life, as well as the [...]
N.T. Wright on Heaven
Much of “traditional” Christianity gives the impression that God has these rather arbitrary rules about how you have to behave, and if you disobey them you go to hell, rather than to heaven. What the New Testament really says is God wants you to be a renewed human being helping him to renew his creation, [...]
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