Jesus Creed
The pilots say they weren’t arguing or sleeping. So, what are the Top Ten suggestions of what the pilots were doing? (No report, yet, that they were reciting Jesus Creed followed by rapid repetitions of the Jesus Prayer.) Read more
The pilots say they weren’t arguing or sleeping. So, what are the Top Ten suggestions of what the pilots were doing? (No report, yet, that they were reciting Jesus Creed followed by rapid repetitions of the Jesus Prayer.) Read more
The Book of Acts, in Acts 13, turns once again toward Paul and from here out it is mostly about Paul and Paul’s missional work. The opening verses of Acts 13 are fitting beginning for the week because it is about God’s anointing: 13:1 Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul. 13:2 While they were serving the Lord and... Read more
Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian in NYC, is perhaps the most balanced pastor, theologian, cultural critic and evangelist in the American scene today. His newest book, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters , is no exception to his approach. The book addresses what its subtitle says: the counterfeit gods of money, sex and power, and he does this through the biblical idea of idolatry. It is timely, it is... Read more
I will do this week a post of three young Christian authors whose books I’ve recently read and whose books help us all. I begin today with Josh Graves, a young pastor in Nashville whose new book (The Feast ) can be summarized in this way. He provides … Episodes of kingdom work now. The power of stories. The need to absorb the words of Scripture. I read Josh’s book and then realized I would be in Nashville where he... Read more
Books on the Holy Spirit are not as plentiful as one might think, and books on the Spirit that take on the entire scope of evidence are fewer yet — but there is a new book that will become, and perhaps already has become, the benchmark and starting point for all future studies of the Spirit. John R. Levison’s Filled With the Spirit . The effusiveness of the endorsements match what I have seen in the book: a full study... Read more
Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Read more
Question: What makes a gathering “church”? What are the elements that turn a gathering into a church meeting? Is it “church” when I have coffee with two Christian students? Is a Bible study “church”? There was quite the dustup at Christianity Today’s Out of Ur blog this week over Douglas Estes’ article on virtual churches, and this article emerges out of his new book: SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World . I include his concluding paragraph, but I’ve... Read more
Chicago’s Fall Weather I will be at Ashland Theological Seminary Monday and Tuesday giving four lectures on “The Battle for the Gospel.” Talking about pictures, wow, have you seen this one? What kind of twitterer are you? (HT: TT) Why aren’t 20somethings in church? Take a look at Amanda Munroe’s essay “Labels.” Do the emergents understand God’s holiness? Francis Chan’s ministry. A new blog worth perusing: Journeys of a Restless Pilgrim. A potent piece of rhetoric, in a review by Joseph... Read more
Chicago’s Fall Weather I will be at Ashland Theological Seminary Monday and Tuesday giving four lectures on “The Battle for the Gospel.” Talking about pictures, wow, have you seen this one? What kind of twitterer are you? (HT: TT) Why aren’t 20somethings in church? Take a look at Amanda Munroe’s essay “Labels.” Do the emergents understand God’s holiness? Francis Chan’s ministry. A new blog worth perusing: Journeys of a Restless Pilgrim. A potent piece of rhetoric, in a review by Joseph... Read more
The latest little fiasco from the airlines is the plane that overshot its airport by a mere 150 miles. Let’s not dismiss this as simply funny. But, let’s have some fun with it. Let’s assume the pilots were sleeping. Let’s imagine Letterman or Leno ask you to come up with a few lines for pilots… What will you ask the next pilot as you pass him/her by to find your seat? Like singing as you go by: “In the cockpit,... Read more
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