McKnight on emerging church
Here are some of Scot McKnight’s thoughts on the emerging church. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Evangelicalism
Merton for the Soul
Too often too many of us turn a blind eye to social or moral injustice, poverty, or the mere craziness which makes our world turn these days. For so many people, the market insanities of the last year have “forced” us to react – only it may be too little to late. Why didn’t we react to this over-consumerism before we got to this place of collective dysfunction? Continue reading
Conversations on the Church
His question was mostly focused on something like this: “Are we letting go of things we should hold on to?” While I was at the same time asking, “Are we holding on to some things we should be letting go of?” These are not incompatible questions, and both are important. Continue reading
The Future of Evangelicalism 11: An Evangelical Manifesto
I’ve talked in previous posts about what it means, has meant, and might mean in the future to be an evangelical. There are lots of definitions, but there is some remarkable similarity among them. I want to mention a new … Continue reading
The Place of Christians in the World 2
Henry, thanks for your response. I agree that I think we do have something substantive to say. The question is who “we” are. The counter-cultural nature of the gospel and the world-tranforming power of the resurrection, the power of the … Continue reading
The Future of Evangelicalism 8
Henry Blackaby says this in his book Spiritual Leadership [p. 115-116]: It has been the thinkers who have exerted the longest-lasting influence on world history. In fact, the timeline of history can be divided according to the emergence of leaders … Continue reading
The Future of Evangelicalism 7
So, here’s the first picture. I’m sure I’ll create another one. The idea here is that the middle represents a centered set of core evangelical beliefs, cradled in the larger bosom of Christianity as a whole – represented by the … Continue reading
The Future of Evangelicalism 6
So, I’ve been writing a lot about being an evangelical, the core of evangelicalism, and in previous posts, what it really means to be a Christian living in the Kingdom of the resurrected King Jesus. I’m focusing on evangelicals, because that’s … Continue reading
"Lining Up" at Westminster
I’ve been writing a bit lately about the issues of “who’s in” and “who’s out” and drawing firm boundary lines within evangelicalism. There are some these days who are tightening up the theological borders, while others are in favor of … Continue reading
The Future of Evangelicalism 5
Here are a couple of famous ways of trying to put define the center of evangelicalism with both clarity, and generosity. What I mean by that is there is enough clarity as to actually have some definition and now just include … Continue reading