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Thursday, September 22nd, 2005One guy’s attempt to translate the so-called “emergent church” for an A/G district: “Now remember, I was to challenge and represent a mindset that is growing inside and outside the church walls. So I don’t necessarily do all these things, or fit into all these mindsets. But I do long to understand this ‘people group,’ [...]
As the Spirit moves you …
Friday, August 26th, 2005Newsweek, for one, is noticing. And writing about it on the cover. One of the paradoxes: Whatever is going on here, it’s not an explosion of people going to church. The great public manifestations of religiosity in America todayâ€â€the megachurches seating 8,000 worshipers at one service, the emergence of evangelical preachers as political power brokersâ€â€haven’t [...]
Put a sock in it
Wednesday, August 24th, 2005Hat tip to Tony on this one. In order to save money and eliminate a “terrific danger” to our country, televangelist Dr. Pat Robertson said “covert operatives” should assassinate the president of Venezuela, even though assassinations are illegal and — some would argue — a violation of the 6th Commandment. He said this on his [...]
Convergence, McLaren’s way
Friday, August 12th, 2005I hope that recent controversies about emergence will give way to a profound new convergence – where formerly alienated people come together as never before to form Christ-centered communities in which more and more of us learn to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength … in which we learn to love [...]
Pentecostal Clergy on the Absence of Black Fathers
Wednesday, July 27th, 2005Kudos to Rev. Eugene Rivers for making noise about a critical issue within low-income (not just black) neighborhoods. “Father absence is the bane of the black community, predisposing its children (boys especially, but increasingly girls as well) to school failure, criminal behavior and economic hardship — and to an intergenerational repetition of the grim cycle. [...]
“30 Emerging Voices”
Friday, July 22nd, 2005The August 2005 issue of Charisma magazine asks: “Who will lead the church in the next decade? These young Christian leaders, all 40 or younger, represent THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH…. They represent a new breed. Burned out on denominationalism, they avoid labels and aren’t comfortable with old church methods. Turned off by religious [...]
Worship well
Tuesday, July 19th, 2005“How do you redeem a culture whose worship is all messed up? Worship well before them, and tell the truth about God in your worship. … “The evangelical American church at worship is often a mess… either as passionless as a CSPAN lecture or as loopy as a Richard Simmons video. And yet the Scriptures [...]
Newsflash: “George W. Bush is Not Lord”
Monday, July 18th, 2005So begins a recent editorial by Christianity Today. It continues: “The Declaration of Independence is not an infallible guide to Christian faith and practice. Nor is the U.S. Constitution, nor the U.N. Universal Declaration on Human Rights. “Original intent” of America’s founders is not the hermeneutical key that will guarantee national righteousness. The American flag [...]
How evangelistic are we, really?
Sunday, June 26th, 2005Overwhelmingly, the media coverage of the crusade has been positive. But an op-ed from Sunday’s NY Times, although similarly respectful, raised some hard issues. “Indeed, most of those who come to hear Mr. Graham preach are already born-again Christians. Some may be ‘backslid’ in their faith or fighting drugs, but it is seldom the hardened [...]
The family business
Friday, June 24th, 2005As Billy Graham steps down, will his kids shape the future of American evangelicalism?From “All in the Family,” U.S. News (12/23/02)
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