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Should churches be missional (sending out its members to unbelievers) or attractional (bringing unbelievers in to its members)?
Andreas Köstenberger, prolific author on the apostle John’s writings, makes the following observation about Jesus’ prayer for His disciples (found in John 17:20-26):
Unity (together with love) constitutes an essential prerequisite for evangelism. Outreach to unbelievers is rooted in [...]

Helpful information: How to wreck your church in three weeks.  Looks guaranteed to work.
A church member who is very involved in the Reynoldsburg Emmaus Community recommended this story on spiritual direction.  By and large this seems to be a lost art in the evangelical church.  The pace of our lives and the forms in our [...]

Al Mohler comments on the Kaiser Family Foundation’s study of the online life of kids.  One of our rules:  no media in the bedroom–none, zip, zero, nada.  He continues along this theme with today’s blogpost.
When even the MSM is jumping on the omission of the Fort Hood shooter’s ties to radical Islam, one knows something [...]

The Gospel Coalition on principled self-denial and leadership in the church.  How is it measured?  Taking a quick initial shot…church leaders should be among the most willing to limit the exercise of spiritual liberty for the sake of the weakest sheep in the flock.  I am also discovering many of my personal hobbies and interests [...]

The Gospel Coalition captures the essence of a Christian response to the events in Haiti in this paragraph from their founding documents…
God created both soul and body, and the resurrection of Jesus shows that he is going to redeem both the spiritual and the material. Therefore God is concerned not only for the salvation of [...]

The theological serenity prayer:  “Lord, grant me the serenity to humbly accept the theological inconsistencies that do not make a difference, the courage to graciously challenge the ones that do, and the wisdom and knowledge to know the difference.”  More help for discerning here.  HT: Reclaiming the Mind
Was Howard Carter, the archaeologist that discovered King [...]

After the devastating tsunami of 2004 a number of theologs attempted to explain the catastrophe in light of God’s love and justice. Here is my condensed version from a few sources of the conversation in those days, albeit paraphrased:
Reformed Judaism:  God had nothing to do with this.  There are things beyond [...]

The USS Carl Vinson arrives in Haiti.   Air Force Special Ops are among the first with boots on the ground, along with the Coast Guard just offshore.  The Army is gearing up for a significant effort, while the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit will arrive on board the USS Bataan this weekend.  Bottom line is [...]

Insight to the Haitian people.
Peter Wehner responds with humility and clarity to Pat Robertson’s omniscience.
Robert Spencer on the political correctness lurking behind the Ft. Hood rampage.
The most recent edition of 9Marks eJournal focuses on liberal evangelicalism.  Many of the articles look worthy of a read, but my eye caught a review of the book, Why [...]

Jonah Goldberg writes an interesting piece on Avatar, noting that James Cameron’s adventure is a story in which the good guys end up accepting Jesus Christ as Savior…not.  Of course, that would have made the movie truly counter-cultural, but in reality it is insanely boring and predictable in its derision of Western culture and admiration [...]

This marks a return to blogdom because it is important, not because there is more time in the day.  I was reminded yesterday, in a conversation with a visiting family at church, that almost every new person in the pew has already frequented the church website, and by clicking probably the blog as well.  Therefore, [...]