Getting the Balance Right

It is highly likely that most Evangelical Christians have, at some time or another, heard this famous quote (often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi): Preach the Gospel at all times.  If necessary, use words. The sentiment behind such statements generally goes something like this: the church too often focuses too much on talking at people [...]

Eat Like A Christian!

From To Jerusalem: Truly, my experience serving food has uncovered a side of Christianity that is appalling and disheartening. Nowhere have I seen Christians be more un-Christian than when sitting down to eat. In their attitudes and actions I have seen many, many Christians completely ruin their witness toward servers, waiters, and cooks. And I [...]

What Is the Mission of the Church?

Trevin Wax recently posted an extremely insightful “critique” (softened through the use of questions) of Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert’s new book, What is the Mission of the Church.  I think all of his comments are spot on and are an important counter-balance to a Gospel-only missional mindset. Here are his most compelling questions: 1. [...]

Horton Interviews McKnight About The King Jesus Gospel

The White Horse Inn has posted the audio of a really interesting and helpful interview with Scot McKnight concerning his new book, The King Jesus Gospel.  In the interview, Michael Horton pushes McKnight on a few issues related to McKnight’s definition of “gospel,” but it seems that both men are pretty close in much of [...]

Horton Reviews The King Jesus Gospel by Scot McKnight

Micahel Horton has published a lengthy review of Scot McKnights new book, The King Jesus Gospel.  Although heartily praising the books many strengths, Horton offers an important critique of McKnights tendency to lay modern caricatures of the Gospel at the feet of the Reformers and their theological descendants. Here’s a snippet: From Bavinck to Berkhof, [...]

Francis Schaeffer on Hospitality

In about the first three years of L’Abri all our wedding presents were wiped out. Our sheets were torn. Holes were burned in our rugs. Indeed once a whole curtain almost burned up from somebody smoking in our living room. Blacks came to our table. Orientals came to our table. Everybody came to our table. [...]

No More Bumper Sticker Christianity!

An excellent post from Dr. Timothy Tennent, president of Asbury Theological Seminary: “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.“  It is evangelicals who have cried out the most against the commercialization of Christmas, but then became co-opted by turning the phrase “Jesus is the reason for the season” into one of the most commercialized phrases [...]

Compelling Community

Do you long for more meaningful and transformational relationships with other Christians?  Do you want to see Christ’s words proved true among the lost in your neighborhood: “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35)?  I do. Leslie Newbigan once wrote, I have come [...]