Reading Robinson
I love reading Marilynne Robinson. One of my favorite books in recent years is her novel Gilead. Her ability to write as an aging midwestern pastor is remarkable. The book is a moving account of a Lutheran pastor who, coming…
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Driven by the Word
Recent research has found some troubling trends in America. One trend that ought to cause us great concern is that since 1991 the number of unchurched in our country has almost doubled. The adult population has grown by 15 percent…
God is Good…all the time?
In Genesis, Scripture tells us that the first thing God did after He created the universe and everything in it was to observe all He had done and conclude that it was “very good.” The goodness was not something inherent…
Misunderstanding the doctrine of election
Read this excellent essay by Dr. Wayne Grudem. Many of the people I have met who oppose the doctrine of God’s sovereign election do so on the basis of common misunderstandings. Grudem examines and effectively deals with those misunderstandings.
Contextualization run amok
Check out this interview with Ed Young Jr. on CNN. The interviewer seems to have more wisdom on this issue than the tragically hip pastor. Young is the pastor of Fellowship Church in Grapevine, TX. Although he dodges it, Fellowship…
Rowan Williams gets God off the hook
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of the Church of England was in New York on September 11, 2001 not far from the World Trade Center. This article tells of Williams’ experience that fateful day and the days that followed. What is…
Just for fun
Check out 50 Strange Buildings of the World. Do you have a favorite?
Disrupting Church
I am very curious to get your take on a recent event at a Lansing, Michigan church where homosexual protestors disrupted a service. Read the story HERE.How should a church respond to such an event?Is the body of Christ called…
How Not to Raise a Pagan
Check out this excellent message by Al Mohler. Dr. Mohler delivered this message at a chapel service at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Al Mohler is one of the outstanding scholars / leaders / communicators in evangelicalism. He is the President…
Challenging Atheism
Writing for Christianity Today, William Lane Craig reports some encouraging news concerning college philosophy departments and atheism. He writes: Back in the 1940s and ’50s, many philosophers believed that talk about God, since it is not verifiable by the five…