Ok, so the irony is I learned about his book 4 hours after I voted, but I'm still going to buy it. Maybe I'll get some guidance for the message on Nov. 2nd, 'Do Christianity and Politics Mix?' If anyone's already read it, let me know what you thought. The folks at Koinonia asked Dr. … Continue reading Voting as an Evangelical
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Modern ‘respect’ for religion is really disrespecful
I don't keep up with too much TV, unless its sports. I've seen three or four episodes of Lost, only two episodes of the Office. I even missed the whole Seinfeld craze. Just wasn't into it. But Friends, I watched that religiously back in the day. I was reading a book about religious pluralism and … Continue reading Modern ‘respect’ for religion is really disrespecful
Summary and Review of Above All Earthly Pow’rs, Part 2
It has been a long time since I posted part one of this summary and review, but I want to finish what I started, so here is part two and part three will soon follow. Wells does a great job chronicling the effects of immigration on the American religious scene. For the first century and … Continue reading Summary and Review of Above All Earthly Pow’rs, Part 2
Summary and Review of Above All Earthly Pow’rs, Part 1
In Above all Earthly Pow'rs author David Wells provides an informative explanation of our current cultural situation as well as an informative and devastating (yet also instructive and hopeful) evaluation of the current state of the evangelical church. The solution, both to the ills of our culture and the malaise of the church (which has … Continue reading Summary and Review of Above All Earthly Pow’rs, Part 1
Why I hate the prosperity gospel so much, part 2
I'm writing this post while watching Joel Osteen on TV. No joke. I was bored by the football game so I started flipping. He's going on and on about not being just an average 5, but focusing on where you can be a 10. Blah, blah, bull. Watching him, however, reminded me about this post … Continue reading Why I hate the prosperity gospel so much, part 2
God Entranced 