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Discussion of Scot McKnight’s “Kingdom Conspiracy” Part One

Discussion of Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church Part One A few days ago here I invited you to read Kingdom Conspiracy (Brazos Press, 2014) along with me and participate in a discussion of it here. Hopefully you have obtained the book by now and are prepared to [Read More...]

Bill Gaither and Me…

I rarely post pictures here–especially of myself. But this one is a treasure (for me). After preaching my sermon “Certainty Not” in Truett Seminary chapel (Tuesday, September 15, 2015) we, the seminary community, enjoyed a casual lunch together with special guest Bill Gaither. Then he spoke for about thirty minutes. Afterwards, before we dismissed, I [Read More...]

Seminary Chapel Sermon “Certainty Not” (September 15, 2015)

This morning (Tuesday, September 15, 2015) I preached in chapel at Baylor’s Truett Seminary. Bill Gaither was the special guest. I had the wonderful experience of singing a duet with him. It wasn’t planned; it just happened. Here is the sermon I preached:   “Certainty Not” (Truett Seminary Chapel, September 15, 2015) “Trust in the [Read More...]

Would Someone in the American Mass News Media Please Explain the Media’s Idea of “Evangelical?”

I’m a life long card-carrying evangelical Christian. And yet I find it more difficult every year, especially every four years, to call myself “evangelical.” I blogged here recently about the news media labeling advocates of the “prosperity gospel,” the “gospel” of Word-Faith, “name it and claim it,” as “evangelical.” Now I see the news media [Read More...]

A New Book Discussion Series: Scot McKnight’s “Kingdom Conspiracy…”

A New Book Discussion Series: Scot McKnight, Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church In a few days I will begin a series of blog posts about theologian and New Testament scholar Scot McKnight’s very important recently published book Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church (Brazos [Read More...]

Is the “Prosperity Gospel” a Variety of Evangelicalism?

Is the “Prosperity Gospel” a Variety of Evangelicalism? I recently read a news article about “evangelicals” supporting Donald Trump for president of the United States. The focus of the article, its case study, was Florida mega-church pastor and sometime religious television personality Paula White. Her church in suburban Orlando attracts about twenty thousand attenders and [Read More...]

Guest Post about “Fallen Christian Leaders”

What follows here is a guest post written by my colleague Joel Gregory. I do not know to whom he is specifically referring and it doesn’t matter. At least once every year we hear or read about a religious (usually Christian) pastor or leader who experiences moral failure. Joel is one of the best preachers I [Read More...]

Discussion of “Malestrom” by Carolyn Custis James (Summing Up)

Discussion of Malestrom by Carolyn Custis James (Summing Up) Here I will be responding to Chapters 8 and 9 of Malestrom: “The Manhood of Jesus” and “Liberating Men from the Malestrom” respectively. Some of what I say here may be confusing if you are not reading the book and have not read my previous discussions [Read More...]

Some Things I Have Learned from Blogging

Some Things I Have Learned from Blogging I am now approaching, and may even have gone over, one thousand distinct blog posts here. (I do not think I have ever re-posted exactly the same blog post twice.) This blog began before it was “adopted” by Patheos, so I’m not sure exactly how many posts I [Read More...]

Discussion of “Malestrom” by Carolyn Custis James (Part Five)

Discussion of Malestrom by Carolyn Custis James (Part Five) Here I will be responding to Chapters 6 and 7 of Malestrom: “The Marginalized Man” and “Gender Role Reversal” respectively. Some of what I say here may be confusing if you are not reading the book and have not read my previous discussions of the book [Read More...]