What does For The City promise? Darrin Patrick and Matt Carter have planted churches in the heart of two US cities. In 180 pages they seek to ‘shed light on what a healthy church looks like, [and] share from our experiences as church planters how to pursue the goal of healthy, God-honoring churches in cities …

Continue reading

The Dictionary of Christian Spirituality (Gen. Ed., Glen G. Scorgie, Zondervan, 2011) What does it promise? Thirty-four ‘integrated perspective’ essays (contained in the first quarter of the book’s 850 pages) and then nearly seven hundred alphabetically arranged entries on subjects and persons that pertain to Christian spiritual formation, contributed by over 200 writers from a …

Continue reading

For those of you who don’t mind a bit of theological interaction, the Engaging Church blog has helpfully summarised a recent online theological interaction: Reformed theologian Michael Horton recently posted an in depth review of Scot McKnight’s The King Jesus Gospel. Though he leveled a number of criticisms, his review was thoughtful and gracious, and …

Continue reading

Scot McKnight’s The King Jesus Gospel is the subject of a blog tour conducted by publisher Zondervan’s Koinonia blog. Advance copies of the book are supplied to bloggers who register, and we have to provide a review on our blogs and post them at some online booksellers. I posted my review here yesterday. As McKnight …

Continue reading