Month September 2006

I just saw that this week’s TIME magazine cover story is on the Health and Wealth Gospel.  Of course, it makes it look like this is what evangelicalism is all about.  But we deserve it.  In my view, whenever we see…

Thanks, Phil, for the happy birthday.  Yes, you got the date right.  Actually, it was my 46th birthday — the big five O is coming fast.  (When I turned 40 it was a relief — but I’m not so sure about…

Last week’s article (Suzanne Sataline, “Veneration Gap: A Popular Strategy for Church Growth Splits Congregants,” Wall Street Journal, front page, September 5) on the trouble some churches are facing as they transition to a purpose-driven format was illuminating for what it said…

An interesting web phenomenon: Google.  Godlike in its ability to see into the nooks and crannies of each webpersons virtual life.  Omnipresent and omniscient.  But there is a way in which Google, even its mighty knowledge of the web, is not like God…

posted by Philip Ryken I believe I am writing in saying that my good friend Rick Phillips is celebrating his birthday tomorrow, September 9.  Let’s see, Rick, are you 39 again this year?  In any case, may the Lord give…

posted by Philip Ryken Don’t miss the “Houses of Worship” section in today’s Wall Street Journal.  Under the title “Anything goes,” Heather Wilhelm writes on the newest publishing effort of the PCUSA’s Westminster John Knox Press.  In a book called…

posted by Philip Ryken After a long, full, and fruitful summer sabbatical, I am ready to take my laptop in hand and start blogging again.  I hope to report on my time in South Africa soon.  I appreciate Derek’s forebearance in…

It seems like I’ve been in discussions about race and diversity my whole life. It’s only in recent years, though, that I’ve been actively engaged with discussions about race in the church.  The discussions, I believe, are important—and they are…