Experience, Journey, Doubt, Traveler, Introspection, Mystery. These are some of the key words of the Emergent movement. The authors of Why We’re Not Emergent rightly begin their book with the first chapter focusing on what emergent’s hold to be of great importance to their entire doctrinal system (though they would say they have NO doctrine…), [...]
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The Emergent Journey: Are the Pilgrims Still Making Progress? Part 1
Posted in Bible, Books, Cross, Culture, Gospel, Sin, Theology, tagged emergent, emergent church, journey, mclaren, mystery on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Are YOU an Emergent Christian???
Posted in Bible, Books, Culture, Gospel, Theology, tagged A New Kind of Christian, bell, Bible, Blue Like Jazz, christian, doctrine, emergent, emergent church, gagging of God, inspired, journey, kluck, mclaren, paggitt, reformed, scripure, Tomlinson, Velvet Elvis, Vintage Jesus, why we're not emergent by two guys who should be on June 18, 2008 | 9 Comments »
“You might be an emergent Christian if: you listen to U2, Moby, and Johnny Cash’s Hurt (sometimes in church)… and always use a Mac; if your reading list consists primarily of Stanley Hauerwas, Henri Nouwen, N.T. Wright, Stan Grenz, Dallas Willard, Brennan Manning, Jim Wallis, Frederick Buechner, David Bosch, John Howard Yoder, Wendell Berry, Nancy [...]
Different by design
Posted in Books, Culture, Sermon, Theology on September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, Brent Detwiler preached at our church on the subject of biblical manhood and womanhood (listen to the sermon). Here are some resources for digging deeper into this topic:
In 2004, Wayne Grudem spoke on “Men & Women: Similarities and Differences” at the New Attitude conference. The MP3 of this message is available for [...]
“I have a dream” – Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Speech
Posted in Culture on August 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve never heard this, then you must. It would be wonderful to think that King’s desires expressed here have been fulfilled and the need no longer exists to revisit this era of America’s history. Yet, that would not be true. The seeds of racism are too entrenched in the human heart to disappear with [...]
A Clash of Worldviews: An Interview with Nathan Sasser
Posted in Bible, Christ is Lord, Culture, Theology on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ricky Alcantar interviewed Nathan Sasser for the New Attitude Blog. Below is the interview in its entirety. Why post it here? Because you get a history of theology, philosophy, and religion over the last several hundred years; key perspectives on evangelizing in a post-modern, post-Christian age; and an entertaining interview all in a few minutes. [...]
The Gaius Project – Art for the Glory of God
Posted in Art, Culture on June 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I heard about this just a moment ago, but it is exciting. Jason Harms has started a ministry called The Gaius Project out of John Piper’s church. The ministry is devoted to pursuing excellence in art all for the glory of God. Some of you are artists by profession, others as hobbyists, but either way, [...]
Lust Part 10: Conclusion–Fighting fire with…promises
Posted in Bible, Culture, Heart Change, Idols of the heart, Lust, Sanctification, Sin on February 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As we conclude this series on battling lust, we must look at a topic that has proven invaluable to me and to others in this area. It might strike us as somewhat counter-intuitive. One powerful expression of it comes from John Piper’s book Future Grace:
“We must fight fire with fire. The fire of lust’s pleasures must [...]
Lust Part 9: Media and the Internet
Posted in Bible, Christ is Lord, Culture, Heart Change, Idols of the heart, Lust, Sanctification, Sin, Theology on February 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Susannah Wesley told her son in a letter:
“Take this rule: whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that thing is sin to you, however innocent [...]
Lust Part 7: Temptation is in the details
Posted in Bible, Books, Culture, Heart Change, Idols of the heart, Lust, Sanctification, Sin, Theology on February 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In college as a music major (classical guitar), I had numerous recitals and concerts for which to prepare. Picking out the music for these was always fun, scanning the repertoire of significant works within my ability, listening to recordings, etc. That was followed by the early days of practice, getting acclimated to a piece, comfortable [...]
Lust Part 6: Real power for real change
Posted in Bible, Christ is Lord, Culture, Heart Change, Idols of the heart, Love, Lust, Sanctification, Sin, Theology on February 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Lust is a sin. Sinners love sin. I am a sinner. Hmm. I have a problem.
This captures the dilemma in which we find ourselves. Lust is a sin problem, which is the most serious kind of problem. That’s the bad news. The good news is the gospel, that blessed word which means literally, “good news.” [...]
