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
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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
My New Favorite Site
Last week I got together with a few friends to kick around the question, 'how relevant is too relevant'. The spark for the discusion was a quote by Francis Schaeffer, "the world doesn't take the church seriously becuase the church isn't serious". After looking at the A Little Leaven website, I know Schaeffer was right, … Continue reading My New Favorite Site
InterFaith Prayer Clarification
Tonight the Dali Lama lead an interfaith prayer service in Bloomington. I recently spoke out about why I would not participate in this service, but I think I may have been misunderstood. Some have told me they thought this was wasting a great opportunity to engage in some interfaith dialogue. I guess I see it … Continue reading InterFaith Prayer Clarification
