The Lady Doth Protest Too Much
The amount and the strength of the pushback on my last few posts leads me to conclude that either (a) I am completely wrong on the matter of conferences (and being completely wrong is not without — ahem — precedent…
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Schaeffer and the VIP’s
Not wishing to interrupt Carl and Thabiti – ‘Hear no evil and See no evil’. I remember reading this about Schaeffer and VIP treatment On another but related note our congregation is about to be launch out on a building…
Spending Conference Money Wisely
Okay, so I continue to think about Carl’s post on mega-conferences with famous pastors.His warnings about a party spirit and idolatry of certain personalities will always be relevant and important.That said, I am less persuaded with his suggestion that the…
Theological Fitness Part One: Aptitude
We are currently studying the doctrine of Christ in my Sunday School class. I’ve been reflecting for a couple of weeks now about one of our homework questions. The text: Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great…
Not guilty!
Thanks to Thabiti for his comments. I appreciate them, read them as frank and friendly, and offer these in like spirit. To deal with the last point first, and to engage in some self-justifying, self-serving, purely self-interested defensive boxing (hey,…
Not guilty!
Thanks to Thabiti for his comments. I appreciate them, read them as frank and friendly, and offer these in like spirit. To deal with the last point first, and to engage in some self-justifying, self-serving, purely self-interested defensive boxing (hey,…
Really Trueman? Only in America?
Who in their right minds would do a little “push back” with Carl Trueman??? Okay, there’s my disclaimer. Right up front: I’m not in my right mind. This is crazy. Really. It’s stupid. He’d hate my saying it, but Carl…
How to avoid sinning in our mega-conferences…
So Carl Trueman is a bit of a cynic. This is not to criticize the man. I count Carl as a friend. What is more, Carl is the first to acknowlege his tendency toward cynicism. He is a Brit after…
The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way
Michael Horton is a talented theologian and communicator, able to write for those with delicate digestive systems, as well as for the more robustly constituted. This one-volume, one thousand-odd paged systematic theology is somewhere in the middle of the field.…
How Shall They Hear Without a Preacher?
In recent months both the elders and the staff team at their meetings have been discussing ‘The Trellis and the Vine’ by Colin Marshall and Tony Payne, both Australians with many years of ministry experience. The thesis of the book…