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Memories
Here’s one for the historians. “Memory is much more significant than originality.” Samuel Wells, Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics, 147.
Signing back in…
A week in Peru and an entire week teaching systematic theology (39 hrs of lectures in five days) has left me short of breath. Both have been exhilarating in ways that constantly challenge. The latter comprised mostly of the doctrine…
Packer & Nicole
Tullian Tchividjian has posted some moving thoughts on two of evangelicalism’s most important theologians: J.I. Packer and Roger Nicole. Neither of these men are long for this world and so it is important for the church to recognize their impact…
Struggling to understand the emerging church?
If the whole emerging/emergent church movement seems to escape you then check out this article by Doug Brown over at Sharper Iron.
J.I. Packer on same sex unions
This is a fitting follow-up to the previous post. J.I. Packer, the dean of evangelical theologians in our day is also a life-long Anglican. He speaks with grace and clarity to the issue of homosexuality.
What is a name? no. 2
I so appreciated Steve’s post on the continued usefulness of the “evangelical” label. Thinking about historian David Bebbington’s four-fold identificiation of an evangelical (biblicism; conversionism; cruci-centrism; activism) can be helpful here; it is striking that Steve’s list contains them all,…
Gay US bishop heckled in UK
Gene Robinson the openly homosexual Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire was publically denounced recently in London. The slow clapping you hear in the background is not support for the protestor but a way to drown out his calls for…
Problems That Test Priorities (3)
Acts 6:1-7 (Cont.) 3. The Principles a) Issues of unity must be dealt with immediately and sensitively. I love the fact that the apostles did not try to cover up the problem. Neither did they try to solve it behind…