Monthly Archives: October 2007
The Supposed Evangelical Crackup, and New Areas of Focus and Ministry
A recent New York Times article explores the changing public face of the evangelical political and social movement. I don’t agree with all of the article’s points, and I’m not sure evangelicalism is quite as divided and defeated as the … Continue reading
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How Many Services Should a Church Have, Anyway?
This is a controverted question in the current day. Following from yesterday’s discussion, there are a considerable number of churches today that cut out some of the traditional services–Sunday night and Wednesday night–in order to streamline the church and avoid … Continue reading
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Compelling Books: Thom Rainer’s Simple Church
This is not a book review of Rainer’s 2005 text, Simple Church, but more a reflection based on the book. I will give you a quick summation before I leave you with my thoughts. Rainer, a church consultant and strategist … Continue reading
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Compelling Books: Thom Rainer’s Simple Church
This is not a book review of Rainer’s 2005 text, Simple Church, but more a reflection based on the book. I will give you a quick summation before I leave you with my thoughts. Rainer, a church consultant and strategist … Continue reading
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Compelling Books: Thom Rainer’s Simple Church
This is not a book review of Rainer’s 2005 text, Simple Church, but more a reflection based on the book. I will give you a quick summation before I leave you with my thoughts. Rainer, a church consultant and strategist … Continue reading
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The Week-est Link
With that title proudly worked out, I can now give you my weekly link roundup. 1. Provocative article by Thomas Sowell on whether prestigious colleges really deliver the education people think they do. There are of courses necessary nuances to … Continue reading
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When the Bell Fell Silent: The Church, the Parachurch, and Christian Witness to the American University, Pt. 4
Do you have ambition? Do you have energy? Do you have a vision? If you are a young man, I want to ask you those three questions. You should answer them honestly. Don’t misunderstand. I’m not referring in these question … Continue reading
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When the Bell Fell Silent: The Church, the Parachurch, and Christian Witness to the American University, Pt. 3
So here we are. We’ve got an overdeveloped parachurch and an underdeveloped local church in relation to the college campus. Where do we go from here? Well, I’m not the answer-man, but I will take a crack at this. I … Continue reading
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When the Bell Fell Silent: The Church, the Parachurch, and Christian Witness to the American University, Pt. 2
The body of secularist water that washed over the American academy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was no mere wave. It was a tsunami. At one point there were many schools that educated students from a unapologetically Christian perspective; … Continue reading
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When the Bell Fell Silent: The Church, the Parachurch, and Christian Witness to the American University
The twentieth century was hard on evangelicals in many ways, despite our rise to some level of cultural prominence as the century wore on. Ecclesiastically, on matters of the local church, we ran up against some rocks. In short, we … Continue reading
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