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Colonized and Displaced – The State of American Evangelicalism
“We have come with some confidence to believe that a significant part of Christianity in the United States is actually only tenuously Christian in any sense that it is seriously connected to the actual historical Christian tradition…It is not so…
Reading Reflection:
The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis (Harper Collins, NY, 2001) I suspect that many of the most beautiful women today do not get the fame and recognition that those pretty-packaged Hollywood ladies are receiving. One of the most vivid descriptions of…
Sunday’s Sermon
Yesterday I preached part 4 in our series through Ruth. It is entitled “Right Man, Right Time” and can be listened to or downloaded HERE.
Pastors, feed the flock of God
[vimeo 26100841 w=400 h=225] Church Leaders Who Permit Carnility from NCFIC on Vimeo.
Obituary for John Stott in The Daily Telegraph
A lengthy obituary of John Stott has appeared in the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph. See here.
Reading Reflection:
If You Bite and Devour One Another, Alexander Strauch (Lewis & Roth, 2011) The theme of this book is found on page 8: When conflict arises, our attitudes and behaviors should reflect our new life in Christ given by the…
The Waste of Worry
In the dark night of our souls, we imagine and worry about the worst possible scenario. In fact, we often conjure up contradictory worst case scenarios to worry about, events that cannot all happen to us. We persuade ourselves that…
John Stott: a few more personal reflections
“Any theology which cannot be communicated as gospel is of minimal value.” So wrote John Stott (Culture and the Bible [IVP, 1981], 38). And as I now think about the massive contribution he made to twentieth century evangelicalism, it is…
John Stott “must reads”
The Cross of Christ The Message of Ephesians Basic Christianity Between Two Worlds The Message of Acts The Message of Romans