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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More from The Courage to Be Protestant
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
The Non Gospel of Legalism
Taken from The Reason for God, by Tim Keller:"If you are avoiding sin and living morally so that God will have to bless and save you, the ironically, you may be looking to Jesus as a teacher, model, and helper but you are avoiding him as Savior. You are trusting in your own goodness rather … Continue reading The Non Gospel of Legalism
the Truth isn’t always in the middle
I am a fairly regular reader of Scott McKnight's blog Jesus Creed, though I don't keep up every day, and he blogs a ton (how does he find all that time). I usually find his posts stimulating and enriching. Recently, however, he has been writing a series of reflections on "The Third Way", using Adam … Continue reading the Truth isn’t always in the middle
God Entranced 