Holiness Reeducation

Scot McKnight’s next project on the nature of the gospel is about to launch. Here is the promo video. The video is well done and through provoking without being intentionally antagonistic like the Love Wins promos. I would love to hear your thoughts.

In Christian Smith’s new book The Bible Made Impossible we encounter an in depth look at Evangelicalism’s foundational beliefs about the Bible and their implications. This is a challenging and important book for all of us who teach scripture, debate theology, and defend the authority of scripture to read and discuss. Last week I began [...]

I am looking for book suggestions for this fall. I am currently working on The Bible Made Impossible by Christian Smith, A Public Faith by Miroslav Volf and The Next Christians by Gabe Lyons. I am looking for books that have escaped my attention over the last couple of years and suggestions for some classics [...]

Is there an inherent impossibility to what we as evangelicals believe about scripture? Do we gloss over mutually exclusive ideas about the authority of scripture to maintain a air of unity around God’s word? Those are some of the really difficult questions I have already encountered in the new book The Bible Made Impossible by [...]

It is hard to believe that August is already upon us. With the flipping of the calendar to August the outlook changes significantly. By the end of the month all the summer vacations will be complete, the kids will be back in school, and football will be upon us. So today’s ramblings are dedicated to [...]

Last night the wife and I escaped with our friends Gretchen and I escaped with our friends Jeff and Ingrid to go see Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows Part 2. I was thoroughly satisfied with the final installment of the film series. In all there really hasn’t been a dud among any of them. It [...]

I have been exploring some new music this summer and trying to find new bands to love. I want to share some of my suggestions and get some recommendations. Here are the albums/artists that have been in heaviest rotation for me this summer. Bon Iver – new album entitled Bon Iver This is a nice [...]

This summer at DCC we are going to the cinema. At least we are searching for movies that preach. This week I am preaching through the movie True Grit. I am using the remake from last year, not the John Wayne original. Have any of you seen this film? What were the most preachable/teachable moments [...]

The Theology of the Slip and Slide Sometimes in life a small investment pays off big dividends. Yesterday was such a day as a $7 investment in a new slip and slide resulted in three hours of entertainment for our kids and our neighbors kids on a rarely seen beautiful day here in Indiana It [...]

Is a poor theology of salvation working against our mission in the evangelical church? For the past several weeks we have been discussing David Fitch’s new book The End of Evangelicalism? You can see the earlier parts of this conversation here and here.  Today we continue by examining the “Decision for Christ”, how our theology [...]