Posted in Christianity and Culture, tagged John McCain, Politics on 3 April, 2008 | No Comments »
Jonathan Martin at the Politico has an interesting piece today on John McCain’s reticence to talk about his faith and how that might play out in a political context where Democrats are becoming more vocal about God and religious conservatives expect to hear references to faith from their conservative candidate.
Posted in Christianity and Culture, The Gospel, tagged Apologetics, Christianity, Evangelism on 6 February, 2008 | No Comments »
Perhaps you’ll remember the story. In August of 2006, Martucci Angiano, the owner of Bodega Chocolates in Fountain Valley, CA, discovered a two-inch-tall clump of chocolate underneath one of her factory’s vats. What’s so special about that? This was no ordinary clump of chocolate. This small collection of drippings had somehow come together to [...]
Posted in Christianity and Culture, The Gospel, Theology, tagged Apologetics, Christianity, Cults, Missions on 26 January, 2008 | No Comments »
In case you missed it (I did-I was out of town the last few days with no internet!), John Divito of ACFAR used his “Ask Anything Wednesday” post to answer my question about cultural barriers to the gospel both here and abroad. You can see what he said here.
If you haven’t taken the time to [...]
Posted in Christianity and Culture, Pastoral Ministry, The Gospel, Theology, tagged Baptism, Christianity, Ethics on 20 December, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Dr. Russell Moore of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary posts his final exam question for his Introduction to Christian Ethics class. Read it and see what you think.
Posted in Christianity and Culture, Church, The Gospel, tagged Apologetics, Cults, Evangelism, Missions on 5 December, 2007 | No Comments »
In today’s post I want to turn your attention to a very important ministry that is aimed at equipping the church in Africa to stand against the growing influence of cults and other aberrant teachings. The Africa Center for Apologetics and Research is seeking to provide African Christians with the evangelistic and apologetic resources and [...]
Posted in Christianity and Culture, tagged Al Mohler, Bob Jones III, Mitt Romney, Mormonism, Politics, The Gospel on 18 October, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Bob Jones III has endorsed Mitt Romney, and Dr. Al Mohler went on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show yesterday to talk about it. Is this merely an isolated incident or an indicator of the direction conservative Christians are willing to go now that an influential leader has made the first step?
Here’s Dr Mohler’s take:
I think what’s [...]
Posted in Christianity and Culture, tagged Christianity, Contextualization, Emerging Church, Missional, The Gospel on 8 October, 2007 | No Comments »
Turns out the church isn’t the only place where people are discussing how closely Christianity and culture can walk together. Now the New York Times has taken up the issue. Columnist Matt Richtel wrote a piece released yesterday that examines the validity of using the popular video game, Halo 3, to reach the youth culture [...]
Posted in Christianity and Culture, Theology on 19 September, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Sometimes I miss the city. I miss the convenience anyway. The quick trip to Starbucks, a fast in and out at Walmart when you need something–that just doesn’t happen here. I live an hour from a Walmart, and almost two from a mall. We mail order our coffee.
Sometimes I’m guilty of saying, “There’s nothing here.” But that [...]
Posted in Christianity and Culture on 7 September, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Romney’s religious beliefs may be hurting him, Giuliani’s stance on abortion is not costing him votes, and while Americans still want a candidate who is somewhat religious, it may not be as important as it once was. These are some of the findings of a poll released today by the Pew Research Center for the [...]
Posted in Christianity and Culture, Pastoral Ministry, The Gospel on 31 August, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Just how much contextualization is needed to communicate a message that, by it’s very nature, is universally relevant to all people? John Piper says not as much as we might think. In his own words, he says that the gospel is “relevant for every human being on the planet, no exceptions, with barely [...]
