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Pitting Evangelism Against Discipleship
This is a pretty good example of spiritual abuse from the pastor of one of the nations newest mega-churches. Ironically, this “what have you done for Jesus lately” preaching simply replaces one type of Pharisee with another. It is…
The Gospel-Driven Church
In September I began preaching a series of messages called “The Gospel-Driven Church.” It is part of an emphasis that I hope will be refreshing and challenging for Metro East. Much of it is the fruit of what the Lord…
Bad Porn
Last month’s post on Naomi Wolf’s essay “The Porn Myth” provokes many useful lines of practical and theological reflection. Wolf’s basic argument is that, contrary to feminist expectations, easy access to pornography has not been liberating for women, but makes…
God is a Judge
Brian McLaren, the elder statesman of the emergent church movement, has written in this book “A Generous Orthodoxy” that God as judge was perhaps a useful metaphor in some long past generation but today men and women need to construct…
Updating Tolstoy
Updating TolstoyWages of SpinCarl Trueman Some years ago the BBC produced a new version of Tolstoy’s romantic tragedy, Anna Karenina, with the twist was that this was to be an updated version set in the present day. I guess…
Updating Tolstoy
Updating TolstoyWages of SpinCarl Trueman Some years ago the BBC produced a new version of Tolstoy’s romantic tragedy, Anna Karenina, with the twist was that this was to be an updated version set in the present day. I guess…
Anne Bradstreet: The Guided Tour of the Life and Thought of a Puritan Poet
For some, far too many school children and public leaders still believe in a Creator. With their creeds of intolerance now bestsellers, noted atheists decry the “flagrantly irrational” idea of a God-created universe. One such atheist, Sam Harris, laments the…
More on “The Great Exchange”
Like Phil, I got a copy of The Great Exchange, kindly sent to me by Jerry Bridges. I’m very glad to see it, having been told of it by Jerry during a dinner we had during last year’s PCRT conference. …