Consider these converging lines of evidence:
1. The starting pitchers of tomorrow night’s Game 1 of the World Series are the last recipients of the American League Cy Young Award, an award they won while pitching for the Cleveland Indians—the team which apparently did not inform their brand-new manager of those trades, for he said yesterday [...]
Archive for October, 2009
why I believe in God
Posted in miscellaneous on October 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
this conversation is over
Posted in Emergent Church on October 26, 2009 | 48 Comments »
Over the weekend I skimmed an advance copy of an important book by a leading Emergent which is not yet released, so I’m not free to comment in depth or even state the author or title. But something the author said made it clear to me that any chance of fruitful dialogue is now lost.
The [...]
a secular age
Posted in Christian Worldview on October 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday I started Charles Taylor’s massive book, A Secular Age (874 p.) which won the Templeton Prize in 2007. Taylor’s story of how western society became secular is the sort of history I like—he paints with broad interpretive strokes which, while leaving plenty of room for quibbling over this detail or that, also enables us [...]
degree of difficulty
Posted in Theology on October 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Here is my latest entry for Our Daily Journey, the really cool and longer version of Our Daily Bread for twenty and thirtysomethings. I tried to build a devotional around a few thoughts from Karl Barth, just to see if it could be done. Let me know (gently) what you think.
keeping up appearances
read > Philippians [...]
uh-oh, they’re on to us
Posted in Christian Worldview on October 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Interesting article in USA Today that is also a current blog topic at the New York Times. Of course, the madness began the night that Tim Tebow passed over and ran through his fellow Christian Jim Tressel’s Ohio State defense. I knew nothing good could come of that.
party like it’s 700 B.C.
Posted in Christian Worldview on October 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The big economic news last night and this morning was that numerous Wall Street executives of bailed out firms were going to pay large bonuses this year. They justified this expense by saying that they have to compete with other firms to keep their good talent.
I recognize that the following may be an overgeneralization—which is [...]
loved the book but not what it said
Posted in Emergent Church on October 14, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Today I received the latest copy of JETS, which includes an interesting example of doublespeak. Its book review section contains a “peer review” which the late Stanley Grenz (professor at Carey Theological College in Vancouver) wrote for Jossey-Bass concerning Brian McLaren’s book, The Last Word and the Word After That (see JETS, September 2009, p. [...]
is this funny?
Posted in miscellaneous on October 9, 2009 | 14 Comments »
While I was driving into work just now I heard that Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Do you know what this means? After years of getting it wrong, Jack Van Impe is now only a free space away from winning Antichrist Bingo.
I do wonder how you can win the Nobel Peace Prize on [...]
drunken bluegrass (but I repeat myself)
Posted in miscellaneous on October 8, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Here is irrefutable, un-photo shopped proof that Gary Meadors (far right) has slipped back to step 8 on his long journey toward wellness. If you aren’t familiar with AA, that is the step where Gary tries to make amends. So if you have ever taken Greek from him, you may want to screen your calls [...]
the gospel-driven life
Posted in Theology on October 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I highly recommend Michael Horton’s new book, The Gospel-Driven Life, which is his sequel to last year’s Christless Christianity. That book analyzed the problem with our evangelical churches and this one presents his solution. Horton’s main point in both books is that the gospel is something that God does to and for us rather than [...]
