Some time ago on Reformation 21 I recounted certain events from my visit to Italy: the awesome beauty of Rome; the flight to Padua with a delightful Maronite priest; and the scene at the Basilica of Saint Anthony, with dozens…
Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman: So I finally get around to reading Postman’s great book and on p. 68 I’m challenged with the question: How often does it occur that information provided you on a morning radio or…
Wes Pastor (great name for a pastor!) wrote a terrific post for the Gospel Coalition. He is the founding pastor of Christ Memorial Church which is the largest baptist church in Vermont. In his post, Pastor recalls how Johnathan Edwards,…
Michael Horton continues his thorough review of Love Wins HERE and HERE. You can read parts one and two HERE.
I remember when my fifth grade art teacher announced, much to my horror, that we were now too old to be drawing every picture with the sun (burst) in the upper left corner of the page. What? That was how…
At the risk of picking on Rob Bell I am going to post another critique of “Love Wins.” It is by Greg Gilbert. Greg’s focus is on just a few details that Bell gets terribly wrong. This matters because Rob…
“In light of what we have considered, we see that it is inaccurate to talk about free will, as though there were an autonomous thing inside of us, capable of acting in any direction, regardless of the motives of our…
“There’s nothing wrong with talking and singing about how the ‘Blood will never lose its power’ and ‘Nothing but the blood will save us.’ Those are powerful metaphors. But we don’t live any longer in a culture in which people…
Last Sunday evening I preached a message on Hell. Specifically I preached on why Jesus warned so often about Hell and the coming outpouring of God’s wrath. The sermon is entitled “The Other Side of the Good News” and can…
The other day Brian McLaren decided to point out Al Mohler’s many errors in his critique of Rob Bell’s Love Wins. It’s the usual post-modern emergent fogginess. You know the routine. It’s the, “We can’t really know the Gospel so…
