Ok, so the irony is I learned about his book 4 hours after I voted, but I'm still going to buy it. Maybe I'll get some guidance for the message on Nov. 2nd, 'Do Christianity and Politics Mix?' If anyone's already read it, let me know what you thought. The folks at Koinonia asked Dr. … Continue reading Voting as an Evangelical
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What defines what?
"What would it mean if, instead of trying to explain the gospel in terms of our modern scientific culture, we tried to explain our culture in terms of the gospel?" - Leslie Newbigin, Foolishness to the Greeks, the Gospel and Western Culture
Favorite Music, Christian and Otherwise
I'm feeling bad that I slammed Christian music tonight. Fist, let me clarify I wasn't slamming Christian contemporary worship music. I actually enjoy much of that. I had in mind the Christian pop/rock genre. I dislike it because I hate it when groups mimic popular secular groups sound, but there are a few Christian artists … Continue reading Favorite Music, Christian and Otherwise
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
Christ and Culture
I have this book on my shelf but haven't touched it yet. I assumed that it was simply a 'remix' of the classic Neibuhr book; however, it seems I assumed too much. Here's an excerpt from an interview conducted by Derek Thomas from FPC Jackson with DA Carson (who happened to be my adviser at … Continue reading Christ and Culture
