I’m interviewing David Kinnaman regarding You Lost Me on Thursday, November 3, at 2:00 p.m. on MinistryDirect.com/live. If you would like to ask David questions, email them to [email protected], tweet them using #MinistryDirect, or enter them in the Facebook messaging tool on the live page. (You must be logged into Facebook to use the messaging tool.) You can read my review of You Lost Me here. Continue reading You Lost Me
MINISTRYDIRECT.COM/LIVE: This afternoon at 2:00 p.m. (CST), I’m interviewing Kerry Clarensau, author of Love Revealed and director of Assemblies of God’s Women’s Ministries, on MinistryDirect.com/live. If you’d like to ask Clarensau questions about her book, women’s ministries, or women in ministry, email them to [email protected], tweet them using #MinistryDirect, or use the Facebook messaging on the live page. (You must be logged into to Facebook to use the messaging tool.) _____ DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY “IRRATIONAL”: “Are Evangelicals or University Professors More Irrational?” This Jew will take the evangelicals’ values and the evangelicals’ America over those of left-wing … Continue reading The World Wide (Religious) Web for Tuesday, October 25, 2011
David Kinnaman with Aly Hawkins, You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church…And Rethinking Faith (Grand Rapids, MI: BakerBooks, 2011). $17.99, 256 pages. “The ages eighteen to twenty-nine are the black hole of church attendance,” writes David Kinnaman. Most church leaders and Christian parents know this. And most believe that the “next generation” will return to church once they’ve married and had kids. There’s some truth to this belief. Church involvement among Boomers and Busters followed predictable patterns, with participation in childhood and adulthood sandwiching non-participation in young adulthood. And yet, this generation—referred to as Mosaics—may very well be … Continue reading “You Lost Me” by David Kinnaman with Aly Hawkins
In this video, Doug Clay talks about “positive praying” based on Philippians 4:9-11. Clay is general treasurer of the Assemblies of God. @DougClay on “Positive Praying”, posted with vodpod Continue reading @DougClay on “Positive Praying”
ANOTHER REASON TO IGNORE IT: “Vatican’s economic statement will be way to the left of Wall Street financiers.” On Monday, the Vatican will release a document on the reform of the international financial system which will be to the left of every politician in the United States. It will be closer to views of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement than anyone in the U.S. Congress. It will call for the redistribution of wealth and the regulation of the world economy by international agencies. Not only will it be to the left of Barack Obama, it will be to the left … Continue reading The World Wide (Religious) Web for Monday, October 24, 2011
THE TULIP DEBATE: In the video below, I interview Roger Olson regarding his new book, Against Calvinism. I wrote a dual review of For Calvinism and Against Calvinism here. I also reviewed Against Calvinism here. _____ HE BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH: “John Stott: Four Ways Christians Can Influence the World.” Do you want to see your national life made more pleasing to God? Do you have a vision of a new godliness, a new justice, a new freedom, a new righteousness, a new compassion? Do you wish to repent of sub-Christian pessimism? Will you reaffirm your confidence in the power … Continue reading The World Wide (Religious) Web for Friday, October 21, 2011
Here’s the video of my interview with Roger Olson, professor of theology at Truett Theological Seminary and author of “Against Calvinism” (Zondervan). Here are the questions I asked as well as the minute marks at which Olson answered them. 1:05 Are you against everything Calvinism stands for, or only particular things? 2:40 What is the historical background to TULIP, “the five points of Calvinism,” or what Calvinists refer to as “the doctrines of grace”? 5:02 What is the unified testimony of the ante-Nicene church regarding these issues? Why don’t Calvinists take this testimony into account? 8:32 Can you demonstrate that … Continue reading Interview with Roger Olson, Author of “Against Calvinism” (Zondervan)
Description: Mark Entzminger guides answers questions about the importance of planting seeds of compassion in the hearts of children. Special guests David Boyd and Jay Risner share valuable insights that will help children’s workers and parents help their kids see the needs around them and find ways to respond. Planting Seeds of Compassion in Kids, posted with vodpod Continue reading Planting Seeds of Compassion in Kids
Michael Horton, For Calvinism (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011). $16.99, 208 pages. Roger Olson, Against Calvinism (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011). $16.99, 208 pages. In 2009, just in time for the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth, Time magazine declared “the New Calvinism” as one of “10 Ideas Changing the World Right now.” Christianity Today scooped Time on this story with a 2006 article by Collin Hansen entitled, “Young, Restless, Reformed,” which Hansen later turned into a book (and Time referred to). The rise in popularity of this centuries-old theological system with young people seems surprising at first, but given … Continue reading For Calvinism…and Against It
TRUTH AND BEAUTY: “St. John’s Bible Features Hand-Drawn Images, Calligraphy; Apostles Edition To Be Gifted To The Morgan Library And Museum.” _____ UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: “The Death of Christianity in the Middle East.” Peter Leithart posted on the phenomenon of de-Christianization in the Middle East, citing insights from a number of observers. What is interesting is that US involvement has accelerated the problem… Emphasis added. _____ RELATED: “Foreign Policy and the First Freedom.” The liberal critics of George W. Bush were right about one thing: The President did help usher in a theocracy. The reason the progressives didn’t seem to notice—or … Continue reading The World Wide (Religious) Web for Thursday, October 20, 2011
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