I won’t be reviewing Mark and Grace Driscoll’s new book. That’s because I won’t be reading it. But I’m glad that David Moore of Fuller Seminary’s The Burner Blog did. Dave confesses in his post that he is a complementarian, a position that I find biblically, theologically, and cultural untenable and downright disgusting. Nevertheless, Dave holds it, and he still thinks that the Driscolls’ book is full of misogynistic crap. Over to you, Dave: When I received Real Marriage: The... Read more
An old friend, Joe Boyd, is relaunching his blog. I’m honored to be his first interview. Here’s a taste: JOE: Tony, tweet to the first person you kissed. TONY: Lisa Washington. She kissed me, actually, in 6th grade. Her dad played for the Vikings, so I was scared. JOE: Tweet your bio as if you were your biggest fan. TONY: @jonestony calls the church to be better than it is. And he’s a good writer. JOE: Tweet your bio as... Read more
Here’s why: Evangelicals* won’t vote for a woman (see Michele Bachmann) Evangelicals won’t vote for a Catholic (Santorum) Evangelicals won’t vote for a Mormon (Romney) No one else will vote for Perry, ensuring Romney the nomination Thus, in the general election, evangelicals will stay home because they’ll be unmotivated by their choice (Romney) *I mean “evangelicals” as defined by the mainstream media: white, conservative, born-again Christians. This is a psychographic category, not a theographic one. The media is underestimating the... Read more
With Pawlenty gone, and Bachmann (reportedly) leaving the race today, yet two more Minnesota also-rans. Our presidential victories match our number of Super Bowl victories. Bachmann reportedly cancels South Carolina trip, will call press conference By Devin Henry | Published Wed, Jan 4 2012 7:27 am DES MOINES, Iowa — Michele Bachmann has reportedly cancelled her string of campaign stops in South Carolina and will hold a 10 a.m. press conference in Des Moines. Bachmann finished a distant sixth... Read more
At Church Marketing Sucks, Brade Abare floats an idea that’s sooooo crazy that it just might work: Imagine an association of churches—or denomination(s)—who would partner together with the USPS to function as a local post office. No other organization in the U.S. has as many locations as churches do. Larger churches could function as processing centers. Any church could serve as the delivery center and mobilize volunteers to deliver mail, and provide a pickup service for the times when packages... Read more
I haven’t. I’m not (yet) a full embracer of process theology. But, I’m writing a book on prayer, which has me thinking a lot about the interaction of God with creation. That interaction, from any rational perspective, is highly problematic. On the one hand, I want a God who is Other, with whom I can have a differentiated relationship. There seems to me little reason to pray unless this is the case. However, a God who is differentiated Other... Read more
My latest book, The Church Is Flat: The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement, is now $4.99 in the Kindle store. But, if you’re a member of Kindle Prime, you can get The Church Is Flat today for FREE! I’ve enrolled The Church Is Flat in Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which is a lending library for Amazon Prime members. Thousands of ebooks are available to borrow in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library — and there’s no due date! Read more
At D Magazine, Michael Mooney writes a long profile of Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Dallas. Jeffress has said that Muhammed was a terrorist, that Mitt Romney is not a Christian, and that Oprah is a tool of Satan. In spite, of that Mooney finds reason to like him: Before I met Robert Jeffress, I wanted to hate him. Jeffress is the conservative preacher who made national headlines in October, when he called Mormonism a cult. He’s the... Read more
This year, I finished my Ph.D., and I got married. Two great accomplishments, of which I’m very proud. Other things, of course, didn’t go so well, but tonight is not the night for that. Tonight is to celebrate a year gone by, and to anticipate new adventures in 2012. Happy New Year to you and yours! Read more
Somehow, Doug and I convinced our publishers to drop the price on a number of our ebooks. But the sale ends at midnight, so don’t wait any longer! The Sacred Way by Tony Jones $9.99 $.99 buy now » Church In the Inventive Age by Doug Pagitt $9.99 $.99 buy now » Preaching in the Inventive Age by Doug Pagitt $9.99 $.99 buy now » The Church Is Flat by Tony Jones $9.77 $.99 buy now » Divine Intervention by... Read more
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