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Why Evangelicals Struggle… But Should Learn
This article is a good reflection and they point out a couple of things I’ve thought of over the past few years. It does not cause me to repudiate evangelicalism, however. It causes me to reflect....
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What to do with all the time…
Brian has chronicled some very interesting commentaries of late regarding the flight from evangelicalism. It is interesting reading. He DOES mention the Assemblies of God, and tries to remain kind....
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The end is near! Or… A revival is coming!
Two very different takes on just how Christianity is “doing” in different parts of the world show our tendency toward tribalism. In the Middle East there are dire warnings of Christianity becoming...
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White. Male. Evangelical. Pentecostal.
A CALL TO AMERICAN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS I very rarely read a book than once. Outside of the Bible, there are a handful I’ve made a second attempt at. Beyond that, it’s been Dallas Willard’s The...
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Theology becomes therapy
Following up on my re-read for Chan’s book Liturgical Worship has come my re-visit to Harper and Metzger’s book Exploring Ecclesiology. Written by evangelicals, it is an excellent tool for me as I...
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Moving beyond knowing “right answers”
Evangelical Christianity in America is simply a cultural way of looking good.
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Our massive cultural failure
We aren't producing disciples. We aren't producing people who follow the character of Christ. As a result, we've failed to engage well in our society... and in particular our politics.
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The calling we have in culture
We must understand the idea, once again, that pastors can indeed be teachers to the nations. This is a tough understanding because we have separated out true spiritual knowledge from "saving souls."
View ArticleThe trip down memory lane
Frances FitzGerald’s book, The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America, is mostly a trip down memory lane for me. She gives a quick history of early revival movements in America to establish her...
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I know the name Lecrae, but I’ve not listened to his music. Recently he has boldly spoken out about American evangelicalism and the lack of place for people of color. There is a discussion about it...
View ArticleConfronting the issues of the American Conservative Church
Yesterday I was in prayer for the American Church. I had read in Mark 11 about Jesus cursing the fig tree and cleansing the Temple, and I was grieved for the Church once again. On my drive yesterday...
View ArticleThe evangelical crisis
“…contemporary evangelicalism is in serious trouble. Actually, its crisis is the same one that afflicts all Christianity in America. At the risk of hubris, and the risk of merely adding one more item...
View ArticleThe American Christian Industrial Complex
In the past two weeks we’ve witnessed yet another key influencer in the evangelical movement “give up” and move on. This one is Joshua Harris of I Kissed Dating Goodby fame (or infamy, as you will)....
View ArticleCurrent reading and listening
From time to time I like to look back on what I’ve been reading in articles, commentaries, etc., along with podcasts. In books, I am currently reading Killers of the Flower Moon by David Gram. It is...
View ArticleThe evangelical industrial complex
Julie Roys is a journalist who has exposed massive corruption in key ministries and her message is this: God isn’t finished cleaning his house.
View ArticleThe follow up on Christianity Today's editorial
Last week Christianity Today posted an editorial calling for the removal of the president. Well, a lot has happened since then. It got Trump’s ire in some tweets and then some responses from the...
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