I keep seeing an ad on the right column of Facebook talking about the need “for a new conversation about the future of the church” … and my question is when did the existing “conversation” end, and better yet, why does it have to keep going on and on as if there is no definition [...]
Posts under ‘Christian Culture’
Let Us Not Repeat History
Phil Johnson on John Piper inviting Rick Warren to speak at the Desiring God Conference this year I really appreciate Phil Johnson’s conclusions and perspective about how this whole controversy reflects the errors committed by fundamentalists and neo-evangelicals in the 20th century. I fall into Johnson’s camp on this issue more than anyone else that [...]
Health Care, Fear and the Christian Life
Don’t Be Afraid – Russell Moore It is a sad day … no, not about health care. It is sad to see so many, I would even venture to say a majority of fellow believers (many possibly assumed believers of the verbally violent conservative bent) controlled more by their affections and longings for a temporal, [...]
Does This Sound Familiar My Evangelical Friends?
This is an excerpt from J. Gresham Machen, in his excellent concise work Christianity and Liberalism, chapter 2, first published in 1923. It is amazing how words from the past apply in the same manner to today’s evangelical movement. If the practice of our faith consists merely in our feelings, emotions and experience without knowing [...]
The Decline of Christianity in America … and the Solution is?
A new study by The American Religious Identification Survey (PDF) is reporting an even greater decline of Christianity in the US and a marked increase of those with no religious preference at all. This is so saddening and should cause all believers every where in this country to stop and pray for their salvation and [...]
American Patriot’s Bible – Words Cannot Describe II
America has a rich history rooted in the Christian faith, drawing many principles from Scripture. And while this is true, it does not lend us the conclusion that America was a “Christian nation,” even at our founding. Such an assumption is absurd and presents a misguided interpretation of history and a misunderstanding of the nature [...]
American Patriot’s Bible – Words Cannot Describe
American Patriot’s Bible: combining God’s infallible Word with the idolatry of American nationalism. If there is anything that really gets my blood boiling, it is any piece of merchandise or any program or movement that holds up the idea that being an American equals being a converted, born-again Christian, something plaguing many of our churches [...]
The Shack – A Review
There are so many reviews that have done a fine job of explaining the pros and cons of this book that I don’t feel I need to go into this for very long. First, I’ll just say that after reading it, the picture of God’s sovereignty and reasons for ordaining that suffering be are attractive, [...]
Today Show Reports Yet Another Gem – Spanking Makes Your Kid Dumb
Religiously convicted parents’ disciplining techniques make their kids dumber than more “enlightened,” secular parenting techniques, according to “new” analysis; that is, parenting techniques are better for your childs’ intelligence coming from a worldview and presupposition that denies the inherent wickedness of a persons’ heart, or rather, just denies the very existence of sin in general. [...]