Last night as I was flipping the channels during a second straight depressing late-inning loss by my Cardinals, I happened onto Joel Osteen’s program. As someone professionally-trained as an American religious historian, it was striking to watch Osteen once again…
Here’s one for the historians. “Memory is much more significant than originality.” Samuel Wells, Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics, 147.
A week in Peru and an entire week teaching systematic theology (39 hrs of lectures in five days) has left me short of breath. Both have been exhilarating in ways that constantly challenge. The latter comprised mostly of the doctrine…
I so appreciated Steve’s post on the continued usefulness of the “evangelical” label. Thinking about historian David Bebbington’s four-fold identificiation of an evangelical (biblicism; conversionism; cruci-centrism; activism) can be helpful here; it is striking that Steve’s list contains them all,…
One of the many lessons we’re hoping our kids learn is the standard one on not being selfish. A hard lesson for them, especially since I am so selfish my self. We all are. I was reminded of this yesterday…
Amazing times. Reformed Man Today is leading with a report from Britain’s Independent that the Pope is riding to the rescue of Rowan Williams. You can read the story here. Apparently, Benedict XVI has warned Anglicans not to split over…
Over the past few days, on my personal blog, I’ve been posting quotes from L. Gregory Jones and Kevin R. Armstrong’s book, Resurrecting Excellence: Shaping Faithful Christian Ministry (you can find these here, here, and here). This morning I finished the…
John Piper sends his regards.
In the second of a series of articles in which we examine Jesus’ encounters with various individuals, this week we take a look at the conversation of Jesus with the Woman of Samaria in John 4. They met at well,…
Rowland Ward weighs in. Here.
