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Why Mike Wittmer Thinks You Should Be a Worldly Saint
Yesterday, we looked at the why the answer to the question “Does Christianity affirm or deny the world?” must be “yes!” Today, I want to follow up on the paradox of world-affirming and world-denying...
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Reawakening Wonder at the King of Glory
Russ Ramsey, a pastor in Nashville, is a friend and fellow-writer. His newest book, Behold the King of Glory, features forty chapters that walk through the gospel story and culminate with the death and...
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Helping Believers Be “Firmly Planted”
Last year, I moderated a panel discussion on groups ministry in the local church. We talked with pastors and leaders who are passionate about discipleship: Daniel Montgomery, Eric Geiger, and Robby...
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Can Your Congregation Answer the Questions of a Post-Christian Society?
Ever since I was a teenager, I have benefited from the work of thinkers like Chuck Colson and Nancy Pearcey. Their book How Now Shall We Live? forced me to examine assumptions and answer the question...
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Apologetics, Cultural Liturgies, and Our Postmodern Age
Yesterday, I began a conversation with Nancy Pearcey about her new book, Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes. Today, we continue this discussion and...
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Paul’s Letter to the Romans Set to Music
Allow me the privilege of introducing you to Cody Curtis, a composer and the Worship Arts Director at Union University. A few weeks ago, he sent me an advance copy of a 23-track album based on Paul’s...
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Christians Redirecting Cultural Realities Toward Christ
Yesterday, I wrote a brief review of Bruce Ashford’s new book, Every Square Inch: An Introduction to Cultural Engagement for Christians. Today, I’ve invited Bruce to the blog to answer a few questions...
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The Blind Spots That Hinder Our Christian Witness
Categories are a gift to thinkers. Writers who frame groups and perspectives by giving us categories help us form a mental framework to assess strengths and weaknesses of various positions. Collin...
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“Outsider Status Coded Into Your Spiritual DNA”— A Conversation with Thomas...
Yesterday, I posted a review of Baptists in America: A History, recently published by Oxford University Press. Today, the authors — Thomas Kidd and Barry Hankins — join me for a discussion about their...
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The Bible Doesn’t All Sound The Same, So Why Do Your Sermons?
It’s possible to be tied to the biblical text in your preaching and yet miss the voice and tone of the text, the specific shape of the genre God employed to get His message across. If you’re like me,...
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Is The Era of Mass Evangelism Over? Why We Shouldn’t Rule Out Another Billy...
Evangelistic rallies are behind us. The future is local, personal witness. So goes the common wisdom in many evangelical circles. Greg Laurie and Luis Palau are exceptions to the rule, but...
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Mission in a Secular Age: A Conversation with James K. A. Smith
A book sure to make my list of “favorite reads” this year is Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age - a work of philosophy and history that opens a window on the meaning of secularity and its significance for...
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Overcoming Evangelistic Paralysis with an Unbelievably Good Gospel
Earlier this year, I read Jonathan Dodson’s book, The Unbelievable Gospel: Say Something Worth Believing (Zondervan), and found it to be a solid resource that gives careful attention to the message we...
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Back to Broadus: Why Pastors Still Consult This Preaching Classic
Pick up a book on expository preaching, and you’re likely to see multiple references to John A. Broadus. The book he wrote on preaching had its origin over 150 years ago, and since 1870, it has stayed...
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Time to Move Beyond “Defending” Marriage to “Rebuilding” Marriage
There is an ever-deepening divergence between the church’s understanding of marriage and the culture’s understanding. With the rise of no-fault divorce, common cohabitation, and same-sex marriage, many...
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This Guy Preached the World’s Longest Sermon: The Whole Bible in 53 Hours
Picture from Silas Barr Photography A few weeks ago, I ran across this snippet in World magazine: After more than two days in the pulpit, Pastor Zach Zehnder of a Mount Dora, Fla., church has set a...
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Randy Alcorn on Calvinists, Arminians, and Everything In Between
Over the holidays, I read Randy Alcorn’s newest book, hand in Hand: The Beauty of God’s Sovereignty and Meaningful Human Choice. Randy is a writer with a unique ability to delve into some of the most...
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Embracing the Holy Tension Between God’s Sovereignty and Human Choice
Yesterday, I posted the first part of a conversation with Randy Alcorn about the ongoing discussions of Calvinism and Arminianism in the church. In his book, hand in Hand, Randy provides a concise and...
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Why You Should Trust Jesus’ Unbreakable and Infallible Bible
I love reading Andrew Wilson. He’s a winsome, articulate apologist for Christianity whose book, If God, Then What? presents Christian truth in memorable and disarming ways. His newest book tackles the...
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A Better Way to Make Disciples Among the Nations
Global religious diversity is one of the central facts—and challenges—confronting evangelical missions today. In A Trinitarian Theology of Religions: An Evangelical Proposal, Gerald McDermott and...
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