Prosperity preachers know just what to do with the first part of Psalm 44. They even get it kind of right: God is gracious to us and saves us and allows us to boast in him continually. But the prosperity movement doesn’t have a category for inexplicable divine...
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Dr Mark Ward Jr on Sermon Audio
It took me 35 years and a terminal degree, but a sermon of mine finally made it onto SermonAudio.com. In God's providence, I simply have not had much opportunity to preach to adult Christians (I've preached several hundred evangelistic messages). It was a genuine...
An Admitteldy One-Sided Conversation on Theological Liberalism
A liberal Catholic with a PhD from a liberal Catholic institution saw my article in Answers Magazine critiquing one of the more famous put-downs Richard Dawkins has made of Christians; he liked the article and wanted to dialogue with me. I acquiesced, but soon found...
Ten Years with a Precious, Precious Treasure
An important ten-year anniversary passed without my noticing, and I'd like to make up for my failure to mark it with this little post. Paul McCusker's Focus on the Family Radio Theatre adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia is truly one of the greatest gifts to the...
Review: You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K.A. Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars You are what you love, not what you think, Smith says. What you think is, rather, a fruit of what you love. So far so good. If I may say so, I felt like Smith was...
$9.99 for Three Good Audio Books
Here's a great deal on some good books from Christian Audio (I've read only Spiritual Disciplines, but I have reason to believe the others are also valuable). Also, I like the cover designs of the newer two...
Freedom from Inerrancy?
X, a friend of a friend, wrote an autobiographical tale of his journey from Protestant fundamentalism to the evangelical parachurch and into a (currently) non-inerrantist, post-evangelical view which is indebted to people like Kenton Sparks and Peter Enns. I won't...
Review: Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing
Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing by Andy Crouch My rating: 4 of 5 stars I loved Crouch's two major previous books, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling and Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power. I felt this one was...
Review: Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology
Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology by Andrew David Naselli My rating: 4 of 5 stars Vintage Andy. Straightforward, rigorous, logic not maybe on fire but fueled by it at some deeper level. Exhaustive footnotes. Multiple helpful and clear...
Profoundly Beautiful Article
An absolute must-read article, from the now-dying author of a book I purchased when I'd gotten about a third of the way through.
Mark Ward Sr on Football
I thought my post on football might bring my father, with his careful reasoning, out of the woodwork; he didn't disappoint. I asked his permission to post the email he sent me, and it was granted: I’ve followed your football blog posts and respect your thoughtful...
JA! In Which I Answer the Top Biblioblogger
Doug Wilson wrote a post asking a provocative question about Bible translations. I wrote a post for the Logos Talk Blog answering that question. One of the top bibliobloggers out there just flatly contradicted my answer—the title of his is a (Barth-like) "NEIN!" I...