One question that has arrived in the Inbox as a result of yesterday’s post on the difference between public figures and celebrities has interesting implications for preaching. The question is about the legitimacy of self-reference in sermons. The questioner gives…
A friend dropped me a note on Saturday to say, somewhat tongue in cheek, that I was becoming a celebrity by virtue of my anti-celebrity writing. I do not wish to prolong my anti-celebrity rants any more, having said all…
A friend dropped me a note on Saturday to say, somewhat tongue in cheek, that I was becoming a celebrity by virtue of my anti-celebrity writing. I do not wish to prolong my anti-celebrity rants any more, having said all…
Donatism is an early church heresy that seems to be making something of a comeback in the modern church. Put simply, in its original context, the debates about Donatism in the ancient church swirled around the issue of rebaptism for…
Donatism is an early church heresy that seems to be making something of a comeback in the modern church. Put simply, in its original context, the debates about Donatism in the ancient church swirled around the issue of rebaptism for…
One of the things the non-Christian world does so relentlessly, and often rather accurately, is mock the inconsistencies and hypocrisies of the church. Of course, the Bible does the same, as anyone who has read Judges or any of the…
One of the things the non-Christian world does so relentlessly, and often rather accurately, is mock the inconsistencies and hypocrisies of the church. Of course, the Bible does the same, as anyone who has read Judges or any of the…
I am working feverishly this summer on a short book commending creeds and confessions to evangelical friends whose desire to make sure the Bible rules supreme leads them to what I consider a misguided but sincere rejection of such documents…
I am working feverishly this summer on a short book commending creeds and confessions to evangelical friends whose desire to make sure the Bible rules supreme leads them to what I consider a misguided but sincere rejection of such documents…
One of the strange phenomena which blogs have perhaps not created but have certainly helped to propagate is the armchair reformer who mistakes opining about things for actually making a difference. I have been fascinated over the years to see…
