Do you need to know what a “flat white” is? Here’s the skinny. Jews leaving France. Jews are fleeing France. Rocked by anti-Semitic violence, most recently when Islamists took hostages at a kosher grocery in Paris Friday, the half-million Jews of France are leaving in droves, according to a British journalist. What if Charlie Hebdo had been published in Britain, or in the USA — no, it wouldn’t have been published here. Cristina Odone: The visitor to London walks past the... Read more
Ron Charles: Tyndale House, a major Christian publisher, has announced that it will stop selling “The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven,” by Alex Malarkey and his father, Kevin Malarkey. The best-selling book, first published in 2010, describes what Alex experienced while he lay in a coma after a car accident when he was 6 years old. The coma lasted two months, and his injuries left him paralyzed, but the subsequent spiritual memoir — with its assuring description of “Miracles, Angels, and Life beyond... Read more
From C4SO: Scot McKnight Appointed Canon Theologian The Rev. Dr. Scot McKnight has been appointed by Bishop Todd Hunter as a Canon Theologian for the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others. This appointment was unanimously celebrated by the other diocesan canons and deans. Canon McKnight was ordained by Bishop Hunter to the Sacred Order of Deacons at a service in April of 2014 and has been serving the Diocese as a theological advisor since that time. Canon McKnight... Read more
Pastors as Parrots, by John Frye Rick Warren says this… Andy Stanley offers this… Tony Jones suggests that… Rachel Held Evans notes that… Craig Groeschel does this… N.T. Wright counters with … John Ortberg comments that… Gordon MacDonald counsels this… Frost and Hirsch offer this… Halter and Smay commented that… Margaret Feinberg writes that… Bill Hybels requires this… Eugene Peterson remarks that… Scot McKnight supports this by… John Wesley created this… Charles Swindoll dared to… Lauren Winner argues this… John... Read more
In one of the better memoirs I’ve read, that of Roger Scruton called Gentle Regrets, Scruton reflects on England’s loss in England’s loss of its religion. Scruton’s reflections concern the inter-relation of faith and community, if not faith and nation, which in his case is about the Church of England. But loss of faith for most people entails a loss of one’s church community, or one’s parents and siblings and family members or close friends. Faith, when done right in... Read more
There are a number of topics worth some thought and discussion – topics where our current understanding of science plays a role at some level. The questions of origins and of miracles top the list, but the nature or possibility of an “Age to Come” with new heavens and a new earth also raises questions. There seems no way under the current scientific laws for any future hope to remain. The robust conversation around Richard Middleton’s new book A New... Read more
Maybe N.T Wright’s best title yet is Surprised by Hope, that word “surprise” giving Wright not a few opportunities to provide the shocking news of the gospel with that word “surprised.” So chp 3 in Simply Good News is called “Surprised by King Jesus.” Which is his way of setting up the reality of Jesus in his historical context as an over-against the Roman and Jewish powers that be (or were, and still are alive and well in our world). Wright... Read more
Source: What good news do you hear about your educators? LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Harrison County elementary school principal has received national recognition for raising money to buy shoes for 200 low-income students. Heth-Washington Elementary School has one of the highest poverty levels in the county, at 75 percent. “We’ve had several students who have had holes in their shoes, the soles were peeling off, we’ve been using duck tape and staples and tying together shoe strings,” said principal Nissa Ellett. But... Read more
This past Sunday I started preaching through the book of James for the first time ever. I have always appreciated James, but have never preached him, and in order to get ready for this series I tried to check out other series done by other pastors and stumbled upon something interesting. James is a book about wisdom and how it looks for a community of wisdom to live where and when she is. It is filled with theology that is... Read more
While it has been said often that Martin Luther urged Christians to sanctify all of life so that everyone was called and had a vocation from God, pastors, priests and ministers continue to talk about being called. Thus, Luther put it this way: All our work in the field, in the garden, in the city, in the home, in struggle, in government-to what does it all amount before God except child’s play, by means of which God is pleased to give his gifts in... Read more
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