Monthly Archives: January 2009

my unanswered question

Posted on January 30, 2009 by

Yesterday I had the privilege of being a respondent on the “Exploring the Emerging Church” panel at Calvin’s Symposium on Worship.  The presenters were three emergent leaders:  Jason Clark, a Vineyard pastor in England; Peter Rollins, the leader of an … Continue reading →

Posted in Emergent Church | 26 Comments

what’s wrong with this picture?

Posted on January 29, 2009 by

My five year old daughter loves taking pictures, so this Christmas we bought her a Playskool child’s camera so she could take as many pictures as she wants.  When we downloaded her pictures on to my computer, I noticed that … Continue reading →

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now it’s official: everyone is on youtube

Posted on January 28, 2009 by

Andy Rogers from Zondervan just emailed me this link of his interview with me about contemporary theology.  It’s posted today on Zondervan’s koinonia website, but what caught me eye is that it’s also on youtube.  I know this isn’t a … Continue reading →

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work of art

Posted on January 28, 2009 by

This is another RBC devotional I wrote for this month (next month Our Daily Journey goes live).  I may have tried to fit too much theology into it.  Let me know if you think it is too dense.   read … Continue reading →

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the best book on forgiveness

Posted on January 27, 2009 by

I want to let you know about Unpacking Forgiveness (Crossway), a new book that I like so much I am using it in my soteriology class. The author, Chris Brauns, was two years ahead of me when we were students … Continue reading →

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the vital spot

Posted on January 24, 2009 by

A self-described emergent Christian wrote a guest editorial in today’s Grand Rapids Press about me and a certain retired pastor.  I won’t respond to it because a) I said I wouldn’t; b) there is nothing to comment on, as there … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Worldview, Emergent Church, Theology | 24 Comments

what’s so great about being a pastor?

Posted on January 23, 2009 by

Today is my 42nd birthday, which means I am two years past the date when I said I would re-evaluate whether to remain a professor or look to shepherd a church. I always planned on being a pastor, ever since … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, miscellaneous | 30 Comments

questions about the new perspective

Posted on January 20, 2009 by

Trevin Wax posted his recent interview with N.T. Wright on the topic of Wright’s much anticipated response to John Piper which will be published next month in the U.K. and this summer by IVP in the states. While I enjoy Wright’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Theology | 27 Comments

how once upon a time America decreased its abortion rate

Posted on January 19, 2009 by

Marvin Olasky shares some key findings from his book, Abortion Rites: A Social History of Abortion in America (Crossway) in the current issue of World magazine.  You may read his provocative article here:  http://www.worldmag.com/printer.cfm?id=14857. Olasky’s surprising discovery is that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Politics | 11 Comments

Calvin’s other names

Posted on January 17, 2009 by

In honor of the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth, I will periodically test your knowledge of the great, and mostly accurate, Reformer. Today’s question:  like many other Reformers, Calvin sometimes used an alias to avoid detection.  Which two did … Continue reading →

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