A few days ago I heard a reporter say that the Iowa Caucuses could come down to which candidate the evangelical pastors in Iowa backed on Sunday morning from their pulpits. I'm not sure that's how it played out or not, but the idea is repugnant to me (I think there should be disciplinary procedures … Continue reading Iowa Caucus, Apartheid & the Church
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Best Books 2011
As I looked back and on my reading list for 2011, I realized it wasn't a very good one. I read a lot, about a book a week. Unfortunately, the demands of classes this year meant I read a lot of narrowly focused books on education, small groups, etc. While useful, they aren't inspiring reads, … Continue reading Best Books 2011
>Living in God’s Two Kingdoms
>More than a year ago I opened for myself a can of worms I'm still trying to close. When Lynn and I kicked off the Poiema ACG, we started with a semester long series on Christ (or better Christianity) and Culture. I thought it would be easy, and I had four books I used to … Continue reading >Living in God’s Two Kingdoms
>The Trinity and Gender Roles
>So far this year, I have been really challenged and blessed by some of the reading I have been doing. Two books stand out as particularly good, thought shaping books - I'll post on them separately.First, as a part of the Trinity seminar back in early February, I read Millard Erickson's Who's Tampering with the … Continue reading >The Trinity and Gender Roles
>Jesus is Better Evangelism
>I'm sure many of us have encountered what Jason Stellman terms 'Jesus is Better than Drugs (or Sex, or Money, or Power) Evangelism'. I know my own evangelistic efforts have sometimes rested on this presumption - the presumption that the pleasure of knowing Jesus and serving him is better than than pleasure gained from anything … Continue reading >Jesus is Better Evangelism
God Entranced 