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January 2014

January 02, 2014

Liberals Arising

Evangelicals have written the story of liberalism and that story, reluctantly but seemingly irresistibly, has...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

It is a Conundrum Pt. 2 (RJS)

On Tuesday I put up a post It is a Conundrum Pt. 1 that gave...

November 19, 2013

It is a Conundrum Pt. 1 (RJS)

I've mentioned in a number of posts over the 18 months or so that I've...

October 2013

October 23, 2013

GAFCON News

From the GAFCON conference in Nairobi: Link to GAFCON itself. After celebrating the East African...

October 06, 2013

Ed Stetzer on the “Nones”

From Ed Stetzer's blog: Around 75 percent of Americans call themselves Christians—they "self identify" as...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Baptists Talking Unity with Roman Catholics

For a number of years some Baptists and some Catholics discussed points of unity and...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

Our Story, Our Stories

Sent to me by a friend, Yes, that yellow line will lead you to my...

August 08, 2013

Megachurches are a Megaminority

Thom Rainer's very helpful list of SBC churches 1000 and bigger, and they are still...

July 2013

July 24, 2013

What American Christianity Looks Like: Theologically

This is a reputable source with reliable conclusions, so pastors and Christian leaders need to...

June 2013

June 17, 2013

Theological Showdown — The Big One

What was the biggest showdown in church history? One could make an argument for the...

May 2013

May 01, 2013

New Expressions of the Church

One of the world's, and especially North America's, finest chroniclers and evaluators of new and...

April 2013

April 18, 2013

Now What? (RJS)

This has been a rather long series looking at Tim Keller’s book The Reason for...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

Doubt, The Reformation, and Sola Fide (RJS)

Lord I believe; help thou my unbelief. I took part in a scholarly discussion recently...

March 06, 2013

Tale of Two Catholic Churches

From Hans Küng: There’s no way to ignore the church’s desperate needs. There is a...

March 05, 2013

The Historic Christian Faith (RJS)

Following Tim Keller in The Reason for God we have now presented and discussed seven...

March 01, 2013

Sydney Anglicanism

This post is by Brian Harris, whose contact information is at the bottom. Sydney Anglicanism...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Messianic Judaism: An Introduction

If you want to know what Messianic Judaism was (in the New Testament era) and...

February 18, 2013

What is a Progressive Anyway?

This post is by Bo Sanders, a self-confessed progressive who will sketch how he distinguishes...

February 14, 2013

Ben Witherington on Picking the Next Pope

Ben Witherington's suggestions all boil down to this: Don't pick a Roman Catholic! 1) Pick...

February 14, 2013

Gary Wills on Papal Authority

From NYTimes: THERE is a poignant air, almost wistful, to electing a pope in the...

February 11, 2013

What is a Liberal anyway?

Roger Olson speaks: Roger lists paradigmatic theological liberals as Schleiermacher and Marcus Borg, I'd add...

December 2012

December 06, 2012

On Criticizing Individualism

For decades now Bible scholars and theologians have raised the red flag of warning about individualism....

December 04, 2012

The Greatest Drama Ever Staged (RJS)

A couple of weeks ago I posted from Christian Letters to a Post-Christian World, a...

November 2012

November 20, 2012

We Must Believe in Age (RJS)

Among other things lately, I have been reading from Christian letters to a post-Christian world,...

November 17, 2012

A Solidarity of Silence

Krish Kandiah and a silent church service: Today we had a shorter service at our...

November 14, 2012

The Unchanging Church

At the heart of so much discussion of the church, in particular missional church or...

November 01, 2012

No Creed but the Bible?

Some pastors, preachers, professors, and parishioners will announce they have "no creed but the Bible."...

October 2012

October 18, 2012

Gentrification and African American Church Decline

From The Atlantic by Alessandra Ram: This is a distinctive American problem, but one that...

October 15, 2012

Dangerous Encouragement

John Collins, professor at Yale Divinity School, is right. "When it became clear that the...

October 01, 2012

Honest Answers to Honest Questions

What is perhaps most remarkable about the Christian faith is how adaptable and resilient it...