To get right to the point, I wonder if many of us haven’t gone too far in the direction of “relational evangelism.” We’ve seen contact evangelism done poorly in certain circumstances, we realize that many of our peers are hostile to the gospel, and we ourselves have grown up going to school with and working with unsaved people, and therefore we’re accustomed to fitting in pretty well with them, and consequently we don’t make it a point to make sharing... Read more
Update on Tuesday, January 15: If anyone else wants to be linked on my blog, please let me know. I’ll check out your blog and then link to it provided everything makes sense. Then, if you could link to me, that would be great. I’ll leave this up today in order to see if anyone else wants to be linked on this blog. Thanks to everyone who has already left their names and addresses–my blog will be the stronger for... Read more
For the last three and a half years, I have worked on campus at Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY. For the last two and a half years, I have worked in the President’s Office, and a year and a half of that time has been devoted to research for an upcoming book on Christian manhood. Today is my last day in the office. It has been a privilege to work for Dr. Al Mohler. My day in and day out... Read more
I’ve been thinking a little lately about blogging. I wrote a while back on humility as it relates to blogging, but I’ve had some further thoughts on the subject. Blogging, it seems to me, is neither good nor bad. It is a neutral field that can be used for either good or bad ends. It thus takes discernment and careful thought to blog in a distinctly Christian manner. From a quick and under-developed look at the evangelical blogosphere, I think... Read more
Where our grandfathers could typically care less about what they looked like, modern men are increasingly concerned with their appearances. Many sociologists have noted this trend, pointing out that men have moved into traditionally feminine territory in constantly caring for their bodily comportment. The Adonis Complex, a 2000 book writted by doctors/researchers Harrison Pope, Katharine Phillips, and Roberto Olivardia, examines this phenomenon, taking special pains to pain out how many men have become obsessed with how they look. I would... Read more
I’m not sure if you watched the debates from New Hampshire, but I watched snatches of them and came away with quick thoughts on the candidates. Due to a busy schedule, I had not seen any of the candidates in action. On the Republican side, it was fun to see a bunch of smart, confident, able men talk for a while about important things. You don’t see that sort of thing on television much these days. Rudy Giuliani is a... Read more
1. A look at the Emergent Church movement by PBS. The video is 10:44 long. It’s got some interesting material, and commentary from a Trinity Evangelical Divinity School professor, Don Carson. I’m hoping to take a class from him in coming days. The video shows us that the Emergent Church is a confused movement, a mishmash of practices from other religions combined with a dose of traditional Christian doctrine. The saddest moment: when a young woman at the weekly gathering... Read more
Don’t try to pretend that you’re not checking for the next Indy movie. We all are. Vanity Fair has a long and interesting chronicle of the process that has led to the filming of the fourth “Indiana Jones” movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, due out in the coming year. If you like cinema, there’s alot to chew on–and the photos are gorgeous–but the aspect of the article I found most interesting was a discussion of... Read more
If you don’t check the 9Marks site for its bimonthly offerings (all free!), you should. It is like taking a course in whatever subject the site is examining. It’s amazing that it is free, because there are multiple contributors each issue who offer choice insights and expert analysis. Though I have a book review in this issue, I am decidedly not including myself in that group. However, I do hope that my review of Dallas Seminary professor Aubrey Malphurs’s book... Read more
Sometimes I think that older Christians can get away from the basics. We’ve been in the faith for awhile, and we’re coasting along, and life is busy, and we can let the foundational aspects of the faith slip away. I’ve recently been convicted of the need to read the Bible more. I now have a graduate degree in theology, I’ve been in church my whole life, and I do regularly read the Bible, but I have recently been convicted of... Read more
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