Holiness Reeducation

How can a Slovenian philosopher/cultural theorist who is self described as being part of the radical left help us understand the culture of evangelicalism? That is the question from The End of Evangelicalism? by David Fitch that we are examining today. Last week we began looking at this book with a wonderful analogy by said [...]

Is evangelicalism over? It is changing? Are we discovering a new way of being the church within evangelicalism? David Fitch in his new book The End of Evangelicalism takes an in-depth look at the political theology of evangelicalism, its foundations, its ramifications and alternative practices that might better suit us. For the next couple of [...]

With the Super Bowl just days away it seemed appropriate to delve into the too often visited realm of sports analogies to talk about some important issues for being the church. Even if you aren’t a sports fan, it is worth it, read through the analogy. There are different theories of how to approach a [...]

I came across this 2 minute video on what it means to be a missional church and thought I would share it. Well done and clever, that is all you can ask.  

Many are saying that Europe has spent the past 100 years entering a post-Christian reality. The church in Europe, while still a strong cultural identifier, has lost its spiritual vitality in many places. The great cathedrals that remain of Christianity’s dominance in Europe now are mainly museums rather than houses of worship. The one time [...]

The Hour of Power is running low on juice. News today that the Crystal Cathedral in California, made famous by its super positive pastor Robert Schuller and it s widely broadcast Sunday morning service, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The church has massive debts (over $50 million in debts and assets listed in court papers) [...]

One of my favorite bloggers/writers David Fitch has an interesting post today about the future of the Evangelical church. David writes…. The future of the traditional evangelical church as I see it is: a.) mega churches continuing to grow, consolidating what is left of the Christendom populations, providing a traditional church services to the shrinking [...]

Can we honestly imagine any scenario where Jesus would burn the Koran? Can we honestly imagine any scenario where Jesus would ask his disciples to burn the Koran? I really hesitate to write about the controversy regarding Pastor Terry Jones at the Dove World Outreach Center and his burn a Koran day. I am hesitant [...]

Like a good neighbor State Farm is there. Well whatever just happened to having good neighbors? Yesterday I was driving around running some errands when I saw a local billboard for an insurance agent. The ad said, “Try this good neighbor” and it gave the information for a local State Farm insurance agent. I have [...]

Have you ever come to a place where you look around at the needs of the world and the incredible changes that are going on and you become paralyzed with fear as you realize that you simply have no idea how the church will ever make an impact today? It was a a couple of [...]