Phillip Jensen offers a some observations about Samuel Marsden, New South Wales’ second colonial Christian chaplain. To say that Marsden has been a controversial figure in historical evaluation is an understatement. His additional role in the judiciary saw him given the title of the ‘Flogging Parson’. For a time, history recorded something of a disparity …
Tim Keller identifies ‘The Big Issues Facing The Western Church’ at the Redeemer City To City Blog. Here are his five headlines. 1. The opportunity for extensive culture-making in the U.S. [relevant in Australia, as well] 2. The rise of Islam. 3. The new non-western Global Christianity. 4. The growing cultural remoteness of the gospel. …
Clever YouTube seeks to provide a simple explanation of missional church. John Armstrong offers one significant qualification to this definition. The emphasis on outworking should be corporate, not individual.
Ed Stetzer asks what he thinks is a rhetorical question: “I continue to see movements gaining traction among Christians that do not seem to have many converts. In other words, they have recruits to their cause, but few converts to Christ. And I am concerned. I am concerned that in the name of “fixing the …
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