Yesterday, USA Today published the article Most Religious Groups in USA have Lost Ground, which reports the findings of a new survey on religion in America. It's fairly bleak looking as the only Christian groups to report any increase since 1990 are Protestant (Generic), up .5% and Charismatic/Pentecostal up .3%. Here's some key quotes:"When it … Continue reading Evangelicalism: Losing Ground and Collapsing?
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What if Paul’s Letter to the Galatians was published in Christianity Today?
I stumbled upon this post on the Sacred Sandwich today. It's wonderful, and scary true. Here's a sample of letters to the editor:Dear Christianity Today: In response to Paul D. Apostle’s article about the Galatian church in your January issue, I have to say how appalled I am by the unchristian tone of this hit … Continue reading What if Paul’s Letter to the Galatians was published in Christianity Today?
The Meaning of History
I was very challenged by something I read in Newbigin's Gospel in a Pluralist Society tonight. Newbigin served for years as a missionary in India and describes how Jesus was often incorporated into the Hindu worldview without changing the prevailing worldview in any way whatsoever. He writes, "the foreign missionary knows that this is not … Continue reading The Meaning of History
the heresy of homosexuality?
We throw the word heresy around too much I think - at least in certain circles. So I'm reluctant to put that label out there, yet I think it's important to do so. As many of you know there has been an ongoing controversy in the Episcopal/Anglican Church over the topic of homosexuality, specifically the … Continue reading the heresy of homosexuality?
Insights from Green’s ‘Evangelism in the Early Church’, pt. 3
I'm going to wrap up this series with this post. There is probably a lot more to glean from this book and I look forward to rereading it sometime down the line. For now though I have many other books I need to get to and think on.The fifth practical/ministry insight I'm taking from Green's … Continue reading Insights from Green’s ‘Evangelism in the Early Church’, pt. 3
God Entranced 