Who knows? This stuff always comes with fanfare and until the proper scholars can get good looks at them, we’ll not know. But if anyone out there knows something, I’d be glad to hear about it. They could be the earliest Christian writing in existence, surviving almost 2,000 years in a Jordanian cave. They could, just possibly, change our understanding of how Jesus was crucified and resurrected, and how Christianity was born. A group of 70 or so “books”, each... Read more

Ken Ham has been disinvited for comments about Pete Enns. Ken Ham, founder and president of Answers in Genesis, was disinvited from several homeschooling conferences after he criticized a fellow speaker at two Great Homeschool Conventions conferences and on his blog. “The Board believes that Ken’s public criticism of the convention itself and other speakers at our convention require him to surrender the spiritual privilege of addressing our homeschool audience,” wrote Great Homeschool Conventions conference organizer Brennan Dean in the email... Read more

Adam McHugh’s book, Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture, was one of my favorite reads in the last few years and, on top of that, it struck a nerve because this issue — introversion — is a significant (and overlooked) dimension of church life. Here’s a recent post of his. From Patheos: Introverts in the Church is a serious book. I didn’t realize I would have to remind people of this when it was published.... Read more

From Tim Dalrymple’s interview. Today Gordon College, one of the premier educational institutions in the firmament of American evangelicalism, catches a rising star as it completes a seven-month international search and names D. Michael Lindsay its new President. It’s a bold, brilliant, sensational choice. Dr. Lindsay co-authored two books with George Gallup, Jr., while still a graduate student. With degrees from Baylor, Princeton Theological Seminary, Oxford and Princeton University, Lindsay has published in leading journals in three fields, and his... Read more

T posts again on this Multiple or Solo pastor question. Sola Plura Pastora – 2: Teaching Today I’d like to single out one pastoral task that almost everyone would put high on their job description for a head pastor, namely, teaching, and talk about the pros and cons of the sola and the plura approaches. In many churches, in no task is the pastor more alone than in teaching, at least as it pertains to the central gatherings.  In my... Read more

I agree with John Mark Reynolds, but I’d go further. No war is just. Good intentions will not save our nation from bad actions. No sane person roots for the present tyrant of Libya. Good men long for his removal, but wise men know that wanting a good thing does not justify every means of getting it. If you don’t know what you want, you are not likely to get anything good unless you are lucky. Nobody should go to... Read more