>The idea of 'mere Christianity' or the essentials of the faith as been coming up for me a lot recently - in my ACG, in private conversations, in thinking about evangelicalism's identity and how I fit into it, etc. I only heard the term 'paleo-orthodoxy' and Thomas Oden's name a few years ago (if my … Continue reading >The Best Intro I’ve Read in a Long Time
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>Christ and Culture: My Conclusion
>Last semester the ACG I lead considered how Christians and the Church should engage our culture. We looked at Neihbur's five models, considering the pro's and con's of each (for this summary, check out the Nov. 20th posting on the poiemablog).Most of us landed in one of two camps - the "transformationalist" or the "two-kingdom" … Continue reading >Christ and Culture: My Conclusion
>Next Semester in the Poiema ACG
>There’s nothing new under the sun. That’s one of the things I come away with after reading Christ’s words of encouragement and reprimand to the seven churches of Revelation 2&3. The churches were struggling to love, struggling to keep themselves morally pure, struggling against false teachers, under pressure from their culture. Some were holding up … Continue reading >Next Semester in the Poiema ACG
>Luther, ‘V’ and Evangelical Cultural Accomodation
>Sometimes thoughts from seemingly unrelated fields of personal study and interest convergent in rather unexpected and enjoyable ways. As many of you know, I've been on a real Luther kick recently (in fact, I'm sitting in Borders considering the purchase of 'Luther for Armchair Theologians - it's got cartoons in it!). I've also been thinking … Continue reading >Luther, ‘V’ and Evangelical Cultural Accomodation
>Who was Charles Finney?
>Its very understandable that not everyone knows Charles Finney - he has been dead 135 yrs or so. Yet Finney may be one of the most important shapers of modern evangelicalism - and that ain't a good thing. Finney was a minister, a president of a college, the 'Father of Modern Revivalism', one of the … Continue reading >Who was Charles Finney?
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