At some level, The Gospel Coalition is an attempt to get evangelical back on the rails (the perceived, true rails, that is). It is an attempt to reverse the Village Green or Big Tent evangelicalism of the last fifty years. Tullian didn’t fit TGC’s perception, he was in effect removed, and this is Tullian’s response: Tchividjian, senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida, told The Christian Post on Thursday that the statement published by founders Keller and Carson on The... Read more

In a recent post on the meaning of “heresy,” a post generated because unauthorized people seem to take it upon themselves to determine who is and who is not a heretic, and often enough use the term carelessly, I wrote this: it is too bad we don’t have such an evocative term for praxis. Jesus’ focus was on “hypocrisy” more than “heresy,” and it might just be an indication of how far we’ve strayed for us to give so much attention to... Read more

This is Mother Theresa’s version of the “St Francis” Prayer, and it can guide us as we remember those who have lost their lives in service to their country: Make us worthy Lord to serve our fellow men throughout the world, who live and die in poverty and hunger. Give them through our hands, this day, their daily bread and by our understanding love give peace and joy. Lord, make me a channel of thy peace. That where there is... Read more

Glennon is so right here. At a school concert she was blocked from seeing her child perform because the person in front of her insisted on holding up an iPad to record the event: Please don’t do this. There is no stadium seating in school cafeterias. And so when you do this – when you sit in a chair and  hold your device above your head for the entire performance- you are blocking the view of many, many parents behind... Read more

O God, You have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Read more

Boz, at RNS: Truth will come out. I grieve that when the parents of one of the boys told a pastor about the abuse, he chose not to report the crime to the police and strongly discouraged the family from doing so. I grieve that the failure to report this dangerous sexual offender gave him two decades of freedom to find and victimize more little ones. I grieve that not even one pastor from the church came to court to... Read more

Doubting Doubt David Moore conducted the following interview.  Dave blogs at www.twocities.org. Doubt is a common struggle.  I know firsthand its debilitating effects which is why I am glad for Timothy Larsen’s wonderful book, The Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England.  Larsen is the Carolyn and Fred McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College. I have interviewed many people on radio, TV, and via text.  This interview was very meaningful to me because of my own struggles... Read more

I love this set of paragraphs by Brian Zahnd: The cross is shock therapy for a world addicted to solving its problems through violence. The cross shocks us into the devastating realization that our system of violence murdered God! The things hidden from the foundation of the world have now been revealed. The cross shames our ancient foundation of violence. The cross strips naked the principalities and powers. The cross tears down the façade of glory that we use to hide... Read more