It seems that denominationalism has had its day. A 2009 Barna survey found that denominational commitments have gone squishy in mainline Protestant churches, and Evangelicals don’t fare much better than the rest. After a similar survey, Ron Sellers of what was then Ellison Research said that Protestants are as “loyal to their denominations as they are to their toothpaste … Continue Reading »
The art of the church is theology for the masses. That’s what Professor Todd Johnson told his students this week at Fuller Theological Seminary’s New York City Immersion class. Johnson has been teaching for eight years at the Brehm Center at Fuller Theological Seminary, which “empowers and equips a new generation of artists and church leaders… Continue Reading »
Now I find I am in that generation, according to someone from his generation, still using Facebook. Doesn’t everyone use Facebook? No, turns out, his generation doesn’t. Facebook was okay “for its time” but he and his crowd are turning to Twitter… . Continue Reading »
It is no vice that we can hold things to be true that, nonetheless, we are unable to visualize. Mathematicians do it every day when they work with imaginary numbers (which, contrary to their name, cannot be imagined). Particle physicists likewise write equations that express the truth about matter, a truth that is deeply paradoxical and thus unimaginable. And theologians, such as yours truly, speak of God as creating us while realizing that there can be no picture of creation … Continue Reading »
Criticism comes with the territory when one writes books, and the best any author can hope for is intelligent criticism that engages one’s argument and leads to new insight all around… . Continue Reading »
In recent weeks, Brazil has been convulsed with protests. How are Christians responding? Two different believers in Brazil take two different attitudes. Guilherme de Carvalho is a staff worker at L’Abri, a Christian study center, in Belo Horizonte, a city in the more developed southeast of Brazil. He is also the pastor of a local Evangelical congregation… . Continue Reading »
Much of the pro-life community is excited over the passage last week of a bill in the Texas House of Representatives restricting abortions after twenty weeks. On the surface, this sounds like a bill that everyone who is pro-life should support. After all, the legislation is based on findings that unborn babies experience pain beginning at the twentieth week of development… Continue Reading »
Scene: A florist’s shop somewhere in America, 2013 The Gentleman walks into shop and greets the owner familiarly. The Florist returns the greetings as she steps behind the counter… . Continue Reading »
My wife says I don’t do leisure well. I’m not a good companion for languid hours on the beach reading diversionary mystery novels while sipping gin and tonics. On second thought, that’s not entirely true: gin I do quite well. But otherwise she’s right. I treat time off as an opportunity to draw up for myself what amounts to course syllabi… .Continue Reading »
The year 2014 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the first publication of the ongoing project Evangelicals and Catholics Together. From the beginning, ECT was more than an alliance of convenience. It was a theological movement grounded in the Holy Scriptures and the deepest impulses of the historic Christian faith.… Continue Reading »
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