A couple of weeks ago I posted a brief reflection on a blog piece written by Tim Keller, lead pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York. Keller characterised various emphases of different churches, and described his (and my) tradition as distinctively having: ‘a ‘prophetic’ emphasis on preaching, teaching, and doctrine. The danger there is …
The phrase ‘Young, Restless, Reformed’ is getting a bit of a workout these days. Calvinism was nominated by TIME magazine as one of ’10 Ideas Changing The World Right Now’ earlier this year, which means that Calvinism is having some impact on US Christianity. (TIME magazine equates the US with the world more often than …
Tim Keller is popular among segments of communities dedicated to reformed theology, presbyterianism, church planting and preaching. He has led the planting of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York. His books include ‘The Prodigal God’ (reviewed here), The Reason For God and The Call Of The Jericho Road. He is also one of the figures …
Maybe you don’t like to call it ‘membership’. Perhaps you’d prefer ‘covenant’ or ‘partnership’ or some other term. I don’t want to get tangled up on that. The issue is: who are we, as Christians, in specific and intentional partnership with on a local basis? Kevin DeYoung writes about ‘Why Membership Matters‘. I thing he …
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