Doug Wilson’s novel is a piercing and direct critique of the uniquely American religious institution, the mega-church. Wilson takes the gloves off in this story and aims straight for the heart of a mega-church, its pastor. Make no mistake, for any Christian that reads this book there will be discomfort, and probably a lot. But [...]
Tags: book-review, novel, wilson
The life of the mind is critical to the growth of a Christian, and my fear for our generation is that we have not been taught this from childhood and today we still have not committed ourselves to that pursuit. We are a people who value the Word of God. God chose to speak to [...]
Our culture and society is deeply divided on issues of “life”. There is no better place to see this than the recent discussion around the Santorum family’s handling of a stillborn child… in 1996. The fact that some will go back more than 15 years and pull such a painful and private episode for criticism surely says [...]
Note: I am privileged to serve on the Austin Stone Story Team as a writer. I have been with the team a few months and it has been great for me, it’s an opportunity to serve the church body with my meager talents and tell the stories of what God is doing in our community [...]
Tags: 100people, storytelling
[Ed.- I want to lead off with my own sinful tendency here. I will admit that when it comes to al Qaeda I have a personal axe to grind and it colors my judgement. I think I can overcome it when soberly applying the Bible and reason here, but I may not be able to so [...]
Today Don Miller asks, “are Evangelicals getting dumber?” Honestly, I can’t say that we are or are not, but I can tell you that those who teach in the broader Evangelical church must think we are. Little attention is paid in most churches to deep theology, church history or exegetical Bible study. This is a sign [...]
Tags: bible-study, evangelicalism, preachers, scholarship
Dane Ortlund has posted a really good application of 1 Timothy 6:4 for those of us with our own little soapboxes out here on the web: . . . an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people . . . –1 Timothy [...]
Justin Taylor points us to an interesting exchange between Anthony Bradley and Jared Wilson on the value of tweeting the gospel. The posts Justin links to are interesting, for several reasons. First, Bradley basically argues that tweeting the gospel has become ‘insider baseball’ for Christians on Twitter and in the process it is emptying it of its [...]
Tags: twitter
Check out this great film about #35 and #36 out of the 100 People. Don’t know about the 100 People? Go here. #35 and #36 of 100 from The Austin Stone on Vimeo.
Tags: 100people, austin-stone, missions
Frank Turk, writing over at one of my favorites blogs – Pyromaniacs, has posted and open letter to the Southern Baptist Convention discussing why he and his family will not be joining an SBC church in their new hometown. Why should we care? Well, here is Frank’s answer: The reason you should care, I think, [...]
Tags: community, gospel, pyromaniacs, southern-baptist-convention
