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Kevin Bauder, Not Exactly a Doomsday Prophet, On the Coming Dark Age
We have been living in the daylight—that is, in a civilization that has been shaped largely by biblical perspectives and norms. We are about to plunge into the night. We are at the door of a Dark Age.... Christians must not view themselves as Moses, leading a nation...
Michael Horton on Mount Calvary Non-Negotiable No. 7
In many ways, it’s more fun to be part of movements than churches. We can express our own individuality, pick our favorite leaders, and be swept off our feet at conferences. We can be anonymous. Although encouraged by like-minded believers, we are not bound up with...
Review: Canon Revisited: Establishing The Origins And Authority Of The New Testament Books
Canon Revisited: Establishing The Origins And Authority Of The New Testament Books by Michael J. Kruger My rating: 5 of 5 stars For many years I have felt that canon was my Achilles' Heel as a Protestant (wannabe) theologian. I felt the sting of the charge that I am a...
Read moreMost evangelicals today no longer forbid going to the movies, nor do we engage in earnest Francis Schaeffer-style critiques of the films we see—we simply go to the movies and, in the immortal word of Keanu Reeves, say, “Whoa.” We walk out of the movie theater amused, titillated, distracted or thrilled, just like our fellow consumers who do not share our faith. If anything, when I am among evangelical Christians I find that they seem to be more avidly consuming the latest offerings of commercial culture, whether Pirates of the Caribbean or The Simpsons or The Sopranos, than many of my non-Christian neighbors. They are content to be just like their fellow Americans, or perhaps, driven by a lingering sense of shame at their uncool forebears, just slightly more like their fellow Americans than anyone else.
—Andy Crouch, Culture-Making, 89.
Andy Crouch
Most evangelicals today no longer forbid going to the movies, nor do we engage in earnest Francis Schaeffer-style critiques of the films we see—we simply go to the movies and, in the immortal word of Keanu Reeves, say, "Whoa." We walk out of the movie theater amused,...
Review: Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal
Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal by T. David Gordon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Like most of us, T. David Gordon is a professional media ecologist and a former conservative Presbyterian pastor. Okay, perhaps that combination is not so...
Authoritative Application?
My respected friend Joel Arnold probably does need to leave this country, as he currently plans to do. What he says is downright un-American: Believers have not obeyed God's commands until they are willing to make authoritative and spiritually guided application of...
Whose God Is Their Belly
Flavel and Piper on Antinomianism
According to Flavel, antinomians fail to distinguish, as they ought, between vindictive punishment from God, the pure issues and effects of his justice and wrath against the wicked; and his paternal castigations, the pure issues of the care and love of a displeased...
Technology Help for Whetstone Conference Attendees
Minutes ago I finished presenting a brief session at my church's pastor's conference. In that session I focused on two very complicated pieces of Bible software: Logos and BibleWorks. I hit the highlights of their functionality, but I also tried to weave throughout...
BJU Expands Mission Statement
BJU has expanded its mission statement, and Dr. Stephen Jones has recorded a video describing the update. Here's the new mission statement, starting with the old: Within the cultural and academic soil of liberal arts higher education, Bob Jones University exists to...
The SBC on Calvinism and Arminianism
There are some advantages to a church joining a Christian denomination. You're likely to be part of some group or other, and if you make it official (by joining a denomination) you get the benefits of united action, pooled resources, and due process. There are some...