Harry Reeder offers some ‘Thoughts On Liberating The Church From The Babylonian Captivity Of Relevance’ and asks Is it possible that the Church has become another piece of cultural furniture in its pursuit of relevance? It’s one thing to speak to the culture in terms which it understands but it’s an entirely different thing to …
Bad Vestments, subtitled ‘Because Worship is not supposed to be about you.’ Useful because proponents of simple and reverent worship will usually be accused of exaggerating or making stuff up when we illustrate the excesses and diversions which are continuing to gain credence in the church. Someone recently looked at me agog when I told …
Cracking quote courtesy of Martin Downes: A pearl of theological wisdom from Robert Traill (1642-1716): Usually such men that are for middle ways in points of doctrine, have a greater kindness for that extreme they go half-way to, than for that which they go half-way from. A Vindication of the Protestant Doctrine concerning Justification and …
Sandy Grant writes a helpful essay that deals with group emails which make alarming (or sometimes charming) claims of various sorts and request that they be “passed on.” Because I am a pastor and maintain a church email group list with large numbers on it, I receive lots of ‘pass it on’ emails. Dozens and …
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