If you have questions about The Shack , and if your questions are theological, and if some have suggested that this book is full of heresy and you are wondering about the book, then you need to read Roger Olson, Finding God in the Shack: Seeking Truth in a Story of Evil and Redemption. The reason this book is the one you need is because Roger Olson is a very good theologian (some critics aren’t) and Roger Olson has read... Read more
A-Rod has taken the hit of public suspicion that more than a couple baseball players have taken steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. Today he openly confessed that he took such drugs during the 2001-2003 seasons. But … If A-Rod really means business, he needs publicly to stand up and declare that the Player’s Union must support frequent and random drug-testing of all players. The only way to end the suspicion and clean up the players is for the Player’s Union... Read more
Have you seen this? What do you think of the approach? The Bible verse chosen? What verse or verses would you choose? The word of God is on the move in London — literally. Beginning Feb. 9, three separate Christian groups will launch advertisements on more than 200 of London’s buses to convince pedestrians of God’s existence. “It may be unpopular and unpleasant, says David Larlham, the assistant general secretary of London’s Trinitarian Bible Society, a group that distributes bibles... Read more
I’ve been asked and given permission to publish this week a series of chapters from the new A Faith and Culture Devotional: Daily Readings on Art, Science, and Life . History: The Council of Nicaea: The Voice Beneath the Altar By Frederica Mathewes-Green, MA, columnist and author of nine books, including The Illumined Heart: The Ancient Chris tian Path of Transformation. Since 1997, she has recorded books for the blind with the Radio Reading Network of Maryland. When he opened... Read more
We are doing a series now on the fantastic book called Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled–and More Miserable Than Ever Before by Jean Twenge. Last Friday we posted some big image ideas from her book. Today we dip into her first chp called “You Don’t Need Their Approval: The Decline of Social Rules.” 50somethings and older are saying “Clear to me” and the real iGens are rolling their eyes to the roof. A big point:... Read more
Last Thursday I was at the Evangelical Covenant Church’s Midwinter meetings where I conducted a day-long seminar on The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible. That evening Kris and I were chatting about the session and about Cheryl Hatch, the person to whom we dedicated The Blue Parakeet. I tell her story in the book, but let me mention a few points. Cheryl was a student of mine early in my teaching career, when I was a teacher... Read more
I’ve been asked and given permission to publish this week a series of chapters from the new A Faith and Culture Devotional: Daily Readings on Art, Science, and Life . This first one is by Sarah Sumner, on General Revelation. I have a chp in this book on the robust gospel. Bible & Theology: General Revelation By Sarah Sumner, PhD, professor of theology and ministry at Haggard School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University. She holds both an MBA and a... Read more
Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
It’s Around the Corner! (Beats hockey any day of the week!) Luke’s #100 was a beer brewed by Trappist monks in Belgium. One way the internet and blogs can be redemptive. Speaking of redemptive, Habitat for Humanity’s founder, Millard Fuller, has passed away. Excellent post by Collin Hansen on the rural pastor and Mike Thompson is a rural pastor and his words are golden. Maybe because of where I grew up, but there is nothing like a rural church to... Read more
Here’s a weird one that I’m thinking someone in our community can discern. We have an Apple AirPort in our basement to distribute a wifi signal in our home. Kris and I both have MacBooks that we use upstairs. We both use Mozilla Firefox. BUT, when I try to use Firefox in the basement on either my old Powerbook G4 Notebook or on my new iMac, on some websites — including Beliefnet — it says that there is a script... Read more
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