Month: October 2010
People of the Great Commission
Steve Wilkens and Don Thorsen, Everything You Know about Evangelicals Is Wrong (Well, Almost Everything): An Insider’s Look at Myths and Realities (Grand Rapids, MI: BakerBooks, 2010). $16.99, 224 pages. What is evangelical Christianity? In Everything You Know about Evangelicals Is Wrong, Steve Wilkens and Don Thorsen set out to discover “an adequate and accurate definition” by identifying and critiquing several caricatures of the movement on the basis of “the empirical realities of evangelicalism’s history, its present composition, and its trajectories toward the future.” The chapter titles identify the caricatures. Readers learn that “Evangelicals Are Not All…” Mean, Stupid, and … Continue reading People of the Great Commission
“Doing What’s Obvious” by Dr. Jim Bradford
Part 2 of a 7-week series on how God’s Spirit guides us. “Doing What’s Obvious” by Dr. Jim Bradford, posted with vodpod Continue reading “Doing What’s Obvious” by Dr. Jim Bradford
13 Bad Things (Mark 7:20-23)
13 Bad Things (Mark 7:20-23), posted with vodpod Continue reading 13 Bad Things (Mark 7:20-23)
The Home and the Lesson (Mark 7:17-19)
Dr. George O. Wood: “What are our homes for? They are designed by the Lord to be places of healing, refuge, evangelism, and training. That’s how Jesus used the home.” The Home and the Lesson, posted with vodpod Continue reading The Home and the Lesson (Mark 7:17-19)
“The Importance of the Holy Spirit” by Doug Clay
“The Importance of the Holy Spirit” by Doug Clay, posted with vodpod Continue reading “The Importance of the Holy Spirit” by Doug Clay
“Handling Criticism” with George O. Wood and Jim Bradford
Here’s last Thursday’s “Ask the Superintendent” event with Dr. George O. Wood and Dr. Jim Bradford. The topic was “handling criticism,” with questions taken from the viewing audience. “Handling Criticism” with George O. Wood and Ji…, posted with vodpod Continue reading “Handling Criticism” with George O. Wood and Jim Bradford
“Visions and Voices” by Dr. Jim Bradford
In this video, Dr. Jim Bradford begins a seven-week series on how the Holy Spirit guides us. “Visions and Voices” by Dr. Jim Bradford, posted with vodpod Continue reading “Visions and Voices” by Dr. Jim Bradford
How to Plant a Church…Not
Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God
John Piper, Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010). $19.99, 224 pages. What is the relationship between logic and love? For some, there is no relation. “Love Is a Fallacy” by Max Shulman tells the story of a smart college freshman who pines for Polly Espy, the girlfriend of his big-man-on-campus roommate, Petey Bellows. Petey, however, pines for a raccoon coat, which is all the rage among BMOCs. In exchange for a chance to date Polly, the freshman gives Petey his father’s raccoon coat. Unfortunately, Polly’s intelligence does not match … Continue reading Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God
