Category Archives: Church (Resurging, Emerging, and/or Submerging)
New Calvinism Changing the World?
According to TIME magazine, the New Calvinism is one of the things changing the world (Number 3 of the Top Ten!). (I read about it over at Irish Calvinist.) My favorite quote from the article is Al Mohler’s: “The moment … Continue reading
What the Bible Says about Gay Marriage
As Christians, nothing should dictate our political views more than God’s views. If we discover God thinks differently than we are inclined to do, we need to ask Him to change our hearts and begin to bend towards His ways. … Continue reading
Top 8 Reasons Christians Think They Should Be in Favor of Gay Marriage
I wrote this little post in response to discovering a dear cousin of mine has been encouraging other Christians to vote “no” on Prop 8 here in California. This cousin is a born-again believer, and states that she believes the … Continue reading
Are all sins equal?
Have you, like me, grown up hearing that “all sins are equal” in God’s economy? A few years ago I started wondering if this were true. What does the Bible really say? All of our sins, no matter how trivial, … Continue reading
Total Truth, Worldview Introduction
(To help myself think through Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey, I’ve decided to “blog” my notes while reading. You can find Total Truth available for browsing and searching here, or order yourself a copy here. To follow along with me, … Continue reading
Total Truth, Divided Concept of Truth Introduction
I began reading Total Truth by Nancy Pearcy over a year ago. Full of wonderfully-enlightening earth-shattering truth, the book somehow still ended up on a bookshelf collecting dust. I’ve decided it is time to dive in again. To make sure … Continue reading
Is the Sky falling? Emerging Church in the News
Are you keeping up with the Emerging Church movement? Here a few recent stories to mull over: An Excellent review of Rob Bell’s book entitled Velvet Elvis The A-Team’s Book Review of An Emergent Manifesto of Hope The View from … Continue reading
Emerjeans
This ad absolutely cracked me up. Although there are many things I LIKE about the Emerging Church (in particular their call to re-examine the Modern Church and a call to simplify), the “meet people where they are at” thing … Continue reading
Calvinism by Any Other Name
I have discovered over the past year or two that Calvinists aren’t who I used to think they were. It isn’t that I have recently “become a Calvinist” so much as I have recently realized the word “Calvinism” is much … Continue reading
Seeker Sensitivity v. Hospitality
I recently posted on how I feel God is beginning to cultivate hospitality within me (slowly yet surely). This interesting article from Leadership Journal says that the Church has thrown out hospitality in favor of being seeker-sensitive. The author makes … Continue reading
