I’ve lived this photo of Dr. Ray Ortlund. After years of being blessed by his books, I met him a few years ago. It went something like this: I dumped a huge duffel bag full … Continue reading How Ray Ortlund Became Foster Father to a Generation of Church Planters
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“I foment spiritual revolution for our time. A persistent loving provocation…” I have a friend who I’d say is a humanist. A naturalist. And agnostic. Very bright educated guy, and successful. We talk business. We … Continue reading Spiritual Revolution
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A Jewish rocker friend, who’s shared the stage with the likes of Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell and others, wrote a cool song with a great hook: “We’ve got to rescue the future, for the future … Continue reading The future is here today: how ready is the church?
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I’ve always got a dozen going…here’s a sampling… Resident Aliens Life in the Christian Colony, (and also) Where Resident Aliens Live: Exercises for Christian Practice both by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon Bad Religion … Continue reading What I’m Reading
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I always loved how the Apostle Paul wrote in Timothy “…when you come bring the books” (2 Timothy 4:13). Yeah! I believe it was John Wesley who said “Either read or get out of the … Continue reading You are what you read…
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What we believe in our head and heart about God greatly defines us and drives our life. And we should realize that everyone else’s concept of God impacts us too. Thoughtful Christian believers understand that … Continue reading We all have some sort of theology we live by
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Using a simple definition of theology as the study of the existence and nature of God, as a believer I tend to see everything through that lens. Within theological systems I see both institutional framework … Continue reading Theology…in the pen and mouth.
Read More David Wells has said, “We have allowed the theology to be drained from the ministry, even as we nevertheless continue to expect it to function in the nurturing of the knowledge of God in the … Continue reading Better to be among the laughed at, than among the shocked
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The art and science of properly interpreting the Bible (hermeneutics) is of absolute and paramount importance, and it is profoundly sad to me that it is not (but should be) part of the training parents … Continue reading What have we been thinking?
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Imagination and creativity must be executed carefully and within bounds. Child of God or not, we must never underestimate the depravity of our sin nature, especially in those two areas. Never are we to do … Continue reading The Boundaries on Imagination and Creativity
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