The Vatican Files N. 4
Word of the Lord and/or Word of the Church? The Bible in a recent papal pronouncement [Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series on Roman Catholicism in the 21st century. A new entry in the series should follow…
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The Vatican Files N. 4
Word of the Lord and/or Word of the Church? The Bible in a recent papal pronouncement [Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series on Roman Catholicism in the 21st century. A new entry in the series should follow…
Multi site and the Lord’s supper?
I’ve never been to a multi site church, I’m not really sure what one is. In fact as I think about it apart from a couple of conferences I’ve never been in a congregation of over a 1000 people. I think I…
WSC and Thomas Watson
I’m relearning the Westminster Shorter Catechism. How on earth people learnt the Heidelberg is beyond me. It may be warmer but give me the Westminster any day. It’s built for speed and memorability! Alongside I’m reading through Thomas Watson ‘A…
How the prosperity gospel invaded and infected the African church
In the video below D.A. Carson interviews Conrad Mbewe about the tragic rise of the prosperity gospel in Africa. One of the reasons for the popularity of preachers like Benny Hinn, Keneth Copeland, and other prosperity teachers in Africa is…
You never grow beyond the Gospel
I still come across Christians who consider the Gospel to be the “abc’s” of Christianity. That concerns me because we never truly outgrow our need for the Gospel. Indeed we will never grow beyond the Gospel. If we believe the…
Cassandra Called It As She Saw It
There is a fascinating article on multi-campus ministry in the latest Christianity Today. I will not bore readers with too much of my usual shtick about the celebrity/megachurch culture which seems to have engulfed even the Reformed wing of evangelicalism…
Cassandra Called It As She Saw It
There is a fascinating article on multi-campus ministry in the latest Christianity Today. I will not bore readers with too much of my usual shtick about the celebrity/megachurch culture which seems to have engulfed even the Reformed wing of evangelicalism…
On not being “overtly Christian”
An Episcopal priest who describes herself as “left leaning” seems to have been right in the middle of the target audience for the recent Wild Goose Festival. Yet Catherine Caimano writes: I was surprised that an event billed in part…
Book Review:
Living in God’s Two Kingdoms, David VanDrunen (Crossway, 2010) How should I educate my children? Is there such a thing as Christian politics? Should my church tell me how to vote? Is it nobler for me to seek Christian employment rather than…