Monday we begin a series on Roger Olson’s new book, Reformed and Always Reforming. I promise to interact with this book a little more, not because I disagree but because he’s sketching stuff I am seeing too. When I was in college Harold Lindsell wrote his famous book about the Bible and set off a firestorm by lighting unnecessary fires; he fired his volley from the conservative side against what he thought was theological drift. That so-called “drift” is now... Read more
Chicago runner last Friday: We’ve been gone for the week; we got home late last night; not as many links as I’d like. Sorry. |inline Read more
Klyne Snodgrass, in Stories with Intent, turns to a chp on “parables of lostness” and it begins with the parable of the lost sheep. |inline Read more
Dear Scot, Thank you for your support and insight…and thank you for sharing your blog with me/us. While I am not a stranger to the blog community, my wife has never quite recognized the value that the blogosphere offers until this past week. The diversity of experience and unity of heart touched both of us more than words can express. We have been given much to think about, references for resources helpful to our journey, affirmation in our method, and... Read more
Luke 8: 1 After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; 3 Joanna the wife of Cuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means..... Read more
This series is from RJS and she is an expert in this topic and way beyond what I could do. I, Scot, think this is a very significant post in this series; read it carefully. This is the third in a series of posts looking at the book The Language of God by Francis S. Collins, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Part Two of this book describes the scientific evidence – the reasons... Read more
This series on Don Everts is by Chris Ridgeway, a friend and seminary student. His review is more of a critical interaction with the book and I want to thank him for these reviews. We’re both wondering what you think of these books and how you think they are addressing our postmodern situation? Everts, Don. The Old Man Living in My Head: One Guy’s Musings About The Bible. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2007. Welcome to Don Everts’ head. He’s... Read more
(Say the Jesus Creed morning and evening during Lent.) Luke 4:42 At daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. 43 But he said, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” 44 And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea..... Read more
The “true remedy” of James Madison, the one that sought for an amiable relationship between religion and government, has recently been nearly demolished. That problem Os Guinness, in The Case for Civility, calls “the broken settlement.” A fascinating chp, one that again walks hand in hand at times with our own theological wars. |inline Read more
We had a great empathizing and praying for a father; so many good responses. And “Dad’s” response yesterday showed what a blog community can do for folks. Here is the response I wrote to him, now just a little fleshed out than the note I sent to him last week. By the way, Ken White’s pastorally insightful comment was special for all of us to see as the father wrote in and said, “Yep, he’s just like me.” |inline Read more
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