I run the danger of annoying some, but this post by DeYoung is very good. Not sure I like this part, "Let us be more like a chocolate covered raisin, likeable on the outside and surprisingly good for you on the inside, and less like a tootsie roll pop with its brittle, crunchy exterior that … Continue reading Kevin DeYoung: Core or Crust
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Piper: How Barack Obama Will Make Christ a Minister of Condemnation
I have not posted much on the Presidential transition of power or the inauguration of President Elect Obama not because I'm not interested, but not well enough informed. I don't know most of the people who have been appointed to cabinet posts but most seem pleased with what he has done. I do think he … Continue reading Piper: How Barack Obama Will Make Christ a Minister of Condemnation
Onward Christian Soldiers?
I'm finding Well's book The Courage to be Protestant to be somewhat depressing and I feel myself getting more and more jaded and cynical as I read it (mind you, I think he's right about most of what he says). To balance Well's out a little, I just started Michael Green's Evangelism in the Early … Continue reading Onward Christian Soldiers?
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I know I have become accustomed to and maybe even guilty of 'selling the gospel' at times. I remember complaining once about a summer sales job to a pastor(yes, I was telemarketer for a summer at MCI and yes you probably hung up on me). He told me it was good evangelistic training - the … Continue reading More from The Courage to Be Protestant
the shrinking of doctrine
I have just begun to read another book by David Wells (not the pitcher). His books are dense and I'm finding the tone of this one rather jaded, but the insights into the evangelical world strike me as very true.Wells delineates three groups within the evangelical movement - the traditional evangelical (J.I. Packer, John Stott, … Continue reading the shrinking of doctrine
God Entranced 