Catalyst Atlanta 2010: Gabe Lyons from Catalyst on Vimeo. Lyons, Gabe. (2010). The Next Christians: How a New Generation is Restoring …
James Davison Hunter says that, “…Christianity in North America…is a weak culture; weak insofar as it is fragmented in it’s core beliefs …
Jared Wilson suggests that hymns aren’t outdated as much as the progression of preaching that has morphed into something that makes hymns sounds …
Hyde, Daniel R.. Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims. Orlando, Fla.: Reformation Trust Pub., 2010. Print. Reformation Trust provided …
Like many Christians, I’ve wished that Christians could be more united even while I am a Protestant, a member of the most …
Anthony Bradley, a writer for World magazine, as well as the author of “Liberating Black Theology“, posted an article “Practicing True Diversity“, …
I admire Glenn Beck’s love for country, but there is more than meets the eye behind all his rhetoric. He conflates religion …
Just read a great post by Russell Moore on the role Glenn Beck is playing in the national political scene and his …
A recent piece from CNN, titled “More Teens becoming ‘fake’ Christians”, is yet another confirmation from “secular” media about what’s wrong with …
Well, with my new Netflix subscription in effect, I was able to take in a few documentaries (I am a big documentary …
Greg Laurie comments: “If there’s one thing that Christians and non-Christians have in common, it’s this: We’re both uptight about evangelism…far too …
James Davison Hunter’s “To Change the World”, Chp. 6 “The Cultural Economy of American Christianity” Hunter notes that Christians tend to be …
Hunter offers 11 propositions on culture—seven about culture and four about cultural change. I will use my friend Scott Kistler’s summary of …
Ed Stetzer penned a recent article in Christianity Today, “Life in Those Old Bones”, where he makes the positive case for renewal …
No, I don’t just copy everything Peter Leithart writes and then post it on my blog. But it wouldn’t be a terrible …
Leithart argues that African Christians’ freedom from what he calls Western “dualism” offers much to correct white Christians’ theology. Leithart believes that …
This clip is from Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church,where Piper addressed Urban Pastors from the Los Angeles area on Feb. 28, 2010
Al Mohler has an eye-opening article over at his wonderful website (albertmohler.com) titled “Preachers Who Don’t Believe“. Here is a sad account …
Tim Challies seems to think so in his recent review of McLaren’s book, “A New Kind of Christianity”. Check out his blogpost …
Robert Rayburn states at his Church’s website: “We do not practice paedocommunion here at Faith Presbyterian. We get as close to it …
David Nienhuis, a professor at Seattle Pacific University (a Christian college) describes his students’ ignorance of the Bible and traces it to …
Kevin DeYoung considers how churches can become cushions, focusing on comfort rather than on challenging their congregations to truly encounter God and …
Recently, Kevin DeYoung linked to an article in The Christian Century about the New Calvinist movement. In the article, Western Theological Seminary …
In a rare Colbert interview with Rolling Stone, he shared a bit on his Catholic faith: Does faith still play a big …
Growing up Pentecostal and still considering myself a “neo-Pentecostal” of sorts, I wish to honor Calvin’s influence upon Pentecostal theology in this …
Here is an excerpt from John Piper’s book, “Finally Alive” – What Will It Take Today? What will it take so that …
In my research for my thesis, I came across the following from BSac—V108 #429—Jan 51—pps. 46-47 Is the Pentecostal Movement Pentecostal? Part …
The United Methodist Church, having already lost a couple million members over the years and continuing along that trend, have decided that …
Peter Leithart comments on the end of Christian Smith’s Souls in Transition. Here is his full post: Near the end of his …
Christianity Today’s Katelyn Beaty interviewed sociologist Christian Smith for the current issue. Smith’s new book, Souls in Transition, looks at the religious …
Kevin DeYoung, pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan, did a series this week on his five-part plan for “reaching …
A local church plant sent out fliers to each home advertising a free Starbucks gift card to all who would show up. …
My first response to Noll’s work is to express my appreciation and respect for the amount of research and expertise that went …
The last major chapter of America’s God compares the subtlety and humility of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address in March 1865 with the …
For those who don’t know, I pastor a Church located in a strong Nazarene community. Nampa, Idaho houses Northwest Nazarene University and …
In my last post, I summarized Mark Noll’s (America’s God) belief that American evangelicals in the early 19th century generally accepted the …
Noll now explores the changes in American theology that came after independence. Noll believes that the new, republican order that overturned the …
Chapters 13-17 of America’s God consider the process by which the two major theological traditions in early America became Americanized; in other …
Chapter 12 of America’s God explains the tenets of what Noll calls “American theology.” He believes that as American evangelicals built a …
Chapter 10 of America’s God discusses the cultural consequences of the rapid expansion of evangelicalism. How, he asks, did evangelicalism come to …
In Chapters 7-8 of America’s God, Mark Noll shows himself to be a careful historian as he documents how traditional and “innovative” …
Noll’s fifth chapter analyzes the American combination of Christianity and republican political ideas, which was a rare combination in the 18th and …
In Chapter 3 of America’s God, Noll writes that while Jonathan Edwards ably defended the doctrines of Calvinism in a way that …
I’ve finally gotten a chance to begin, for at least the second time, Mark Noll’s America’s God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham …
Time magazine had recently cited the “New Calvinism” as one of the most important ideas in the world. While I am excited …
All I got to say is that I strived to be genuine and authentic in my time of youth ministry. The youth …
There’s certainly been a lot of discussion about younger evangelicals and their differences with their parents’ generation. Matthew Lee Anderson, a “young …
Well, I obviously missed this when it was posted in January, so perhaps linking to it now is kind of lame. But …
