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> Interesting links I've found lately
Missional-ism: What is the Mission of the Church?
Posted On Wednesday, 27 Apr 2011 By David Westerfield. Under Christian Culture, Philosophy of Ministry, Theology Tags: michael horton, Ministry, Missiology, Missional, Missionalism, Monasticism, movement, Philosophy of Ministry, Pietistic, Theology
(Resources at the bottom of the page pertaining to this topic)
Over the past several years, the missional movement has picked up steam and has become a common modus operandi for ministry in mainstream evangelicalism, even within aspects of my own church. The term 'missional' has taken on many different definitions ... Read More
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Gospel-Driven – Michael Horton (MP3′s)
Posted On Thursday, 07 May 2009 By David Westerfield. Under Audio, Christian Culture, Church History, Culture, Philosophy of Ministry, Theology Tags: American Christianity, American Church, Audio, bad news, Christless Christianity, evangelicalism, good news, Gospel-driven, michael horton, MP3, people, Spring Theology Conference
Session #1: The Front Page God (MP3)
Session #2: The Promise-Driven Life (MP3)
Session #3: Feasting in a Fast Food World (MP3)
Session #4: Question and Answer (MP3)
Taken from: http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/gospeldriven.html ... Read More
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Liberating a Captive Church – The Foreword to Christless Christianity
Posted On Thursday, 30 Apr 2009 By David Westerfield. Under Christian Culture, Philosophy of Ministry, Reviews, Theology Tags: book, Christless Christianity, contemporary Christianity, critique, evangelicalism, michael horton, Monergism Books, review, solution
Here we are in the North American church—conservative or liberal, evangelical or mainline, Protestant or Catholic, emergent or otherwise—cranking along just fine, thank you. So we’re busy downsizing, becoming culturally relevant, reaching out, drawing in, making disciples, managing the machinery, utilizing biblical principles, celebrating recovery, user-friendly, techno savvy, finding the ... Read More
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An “Emerging” Debate in Reformed Circles
Posted On Tuesday, 21 Apr 2009 By David Westerfield. Under Christian Culture, Philosophy of Ministry, Theology Tags: Classical Reformed, debate, Driscoll, Emergent Calvinism, Heating Up, New Calvinism, reformed
Something is starting to boil. It has been simmering for a while, kind of quietly on the back burner, but it seems the critiques have really escalated in the past few weeks and been brought to the forefront ever since Time Magazine published their 10 Ideas Changing the World Right ... Read More
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A Discussion on Christianity and Culture (MP3)
Posted On Thursday, 05 Feb 2009 By David Westerfield. Under Audio, Christian Culture, Church History, Philosophy of Ministry, Theology Tags: agenda, christianity, Church History, Culture, foolishiness of God, gospel, michael horton, MP3, radio, white horse inn
This is a very important program that ministers, leaders, counselors, and pastors in the church should take the time to listen to. The White Horse Inn radio program recently did a show entitled The Foolishness of God in which a discussion took place on the relationship of the church to ... Read More
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The Seeming Successes of Evangelicalism – John Piper (MP3)
Posted On Thursday, 05 Feb 2009 By David Westerfield. Under Audio, Christian Culture, Church History, Philosophy of Ministry, Theology Tags: Christian Culture, Church History, evangelicalism, John Piper, my anguish my kinsmen are accursed, seeming success
This has to be one of the best introductions to a sermon I've heard. At only seven minutes long, John Piper hits the nail right on the head concerning the state of evangelicalism. Very excellent analysis, yet very saddening. The truth is hard to hear sometimes, but we must properly ... Read More
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What Do You Think About the State of Today’s Church?
Posted On Monday, 26 Jan 2009 By David Westerfield. Under Christian Culture, Church History, Philosophy of Ministry, Theology, Video Tags: evangelical church, state of the church, Video, white horse inn
These are not just a bunch of Reformed people criticizing what's "out there" as it were ... these are people from various backgrounds, denominations and traditions within evangelicalism, including the emerging church, discussing what they see as the gutting of historic Christianity in America. The Reformed movement is not immune ... Read More
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The Pragmatism of the Church – John MacArthur
Posted On Monday, 19 Jan 2009 By David Westerfield. Under Audio, Christian Culture, Philosophy of Ministry, Theology Tags: Doctrine of Absolute Inability, evagelicalism, john macarthur, methodology, sin, Sinner Neither Able Nor Willing, t4g, together for the gospel, total depravity, total inability
"Pragmatism has engulfed and swallowed up the professing church. Theology has been replaced by or subverted to styles of methodology. I think it is a strange phenomenon that throughout history denominations were established based around a common theology and now associations are established based around a common methodology. So much ... Read More
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Christless Christianity – Michael Horton
Posted On Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008 By David Westerfield. Under Christian Culture, Culture, Philosophy of Ministry, Theology, Video Tags: Christless Christianity, michael horton, Video
Check out this site www.christlesschristianity.org and get the book. Good stuff.
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The ‘I Am Second’ Campaign – A Review
Posted On Sunday, 21 Dec 2008 By David Westerfield. Under Christian Culture, Culture, Philosophy of Ministry, Reviews, Theology Tags: calvinist, Christian Culture, evangelicalism, fad, gimmicks, I am second, iamsecond.com, perspective, reformed, review
Updated 4/16/2009:
Since I originally wrote this, I have become less leery of what the campaign is trying to do. My church is one of the churches to contact and we preach the Gospel. So, all that to say that though I still have some legitimate concerns concerning methodology, I'm not ... Read More
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