Scot McKnight delivered an interesting lecture on the gospel at an InterVarsity gathering. McKnight’s lecture is available as an mp3 download. I just finished listening on the audio recording. Some of the highlights follow.
According to a recent Barna survey, there are as many as 20 million American Christians who simply do not see involvement with […]
I have referenced the American philosopher Thoreau several times recently as a springboard to begin a spiritual discussion. This is the final quote in that series.
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries […]
I have made several posts recently that referenced Thoreau’s writings. I have no evidence that Thoreau was a Christian though he did have some concept of God. Some of his material is fairly secular and hardly consistent with discipleship. Nonetheless, Thoreau has some interesting ideas that make for interesting conversation. Thoreau offered this reflection on […]
We are witnessing the end of an era in American Christianity. Dr. D. James Kennedy died yesterday, September 5. Dr. Kennedy apparently suffered from complications of a cardiac event he experienced last Christmas. Dr. Jerry Falwell died just several months ago. These men, along with several others, served as public icons of conservative, American Christianity.
Dr. […]
I started a new poll today on the Christian community’s use of Internet technology for ministry. The poll is in the left sidebar on the site. You may vote only once per poll, but you can check back as often as you wish to see how the results are coming. This poll will run until […]
Fellowship Of The Martyrs offers an interesting little video titled “10 Great Ways To Be Sure You Will Die Spiritually.” The entire video runs about 10 minutes.
My favorite quote from the video?
“There is no rich, fat, lazy, comfy, American acceptable walk in the Bible.” Amen.
My favorite points? (For those of you on dial-up who can’t […]
There is an interesting video on YouTube about “weighing in” after our lives are over. The video compares people’s thoughts and attitudes about justification and salvation. This video is well worth watching.
You can watch the video on YouTube here.
Thanks to Rick Ianniello for the tip.
Emerging Grace offers a post titled “A More Generous View.” Grace offers 20 posters that well represent the heart of the emerging movement as I know it. The posters were created as a positive response to some over-the-top posters another site put out criticizing the emerging church movement.
Grace offers this introduction to the posters:
“I didn’t […]
Do you ever feel like you are just going through the motions? Do you ever look around you and wonder what keeps people going? Most people I know operate out of “resignation.”
They don’t like their jobs or their work
They don’t like much of their lifestyle
They generally feel as though they are missing something
They can’t wait […]
We tend to have a real preoccupation with our appearance. Some recent studies report that American’s spend around $1,000 per person on clothing each year. That number does not include all the other categories of personal care that consume our money. Now, I am not arguing that we do not need clothing; however, you don’t […]
