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One of the books I’ve been reading lately is “How People Change” by Paul Tripp and Timothy Lane. Tripp and Lane are faculty members at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation in Glenside, PA. There is a link to the…

The following is from an article by Fred Zaspel on the invitation system. While almost unheard of before the 19th century, the “altar call” has become a fixture in Baptist, Weslayan, Pentecostal, and Nazarene traditions. In fact, many feel as…

I have a new link in the “Bible and Theology” section of this blog. It is called “Gospel Pedlar” and is worth checking out. It links to a host of excellent articles on all manner of theological topics. Enjoy.

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…

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…

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…

I have little patience with many of the leadership conferences and seminars offered by big, huge, really cool, awesome churches and other Christian ministries. Most of them sound something like, “How to be a super-duper impressively awesome leader.” The largest…

Driscoll can be a bit irreverant at times but for a church that is losing its MEN, this is an incredibly important message.