Gene Robinon was consecrated as a Bisop by the Episcopal church in 2003. His recent admission into an alcohol rehab clinic brings up many questions: 1. Does this hurt the gay cause? Are they embarrassed, or since they embrace our weaknesses to the point of...
The emergence of hip-hop within the Church caused the Christian Science Monitor do examine the trend in the article, ‘Shake it out for Jesus’: Churches co-opt hip-hop. Having my own experience with hip-hop and churches opposed to it, I thought I would share some of...
Our church has been wrestling with issues of late both on the Charismatic and Reformed ends of the theological spectrum. So I was especially intrigued by this post by Adrian Warnock entitled "What is a Reformed Charismatic?" Although I haven’t had the opportunity to follow...
Mark D. Roberts concludes a series on Politics and the Church today by examining whether pastors should speak about politics from the pulpit and whether should even be allowed to endorse specific candidates. The entire series is worth reading as Mark has been wrestling with...
Everyone knows Fred Phelps and how idiotic he is, but one of the possibly surprising idiotic things about Phelps is his Biblical ignorance.
With the conclusion of Justice Sunday II (I echo Jim’s opinion at Stone’s Cry Out), I thought now might be a good time to discuss the American evangelical church’s seeming obessions with politics and condemnation of wordly activities. Is that the best way of doing...
My favorite show on TV of late has been PBS’ Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. This week, they had an excellent first of a two part series on The Emergent Church. Not only does their page have the transcript and the video of the show, it...
I am according to Tim Challies (whom I greatly respect as a Christian blogger) from Challies.com. In this post, which draws heavily from an article by Jim Elliff, Challies takes Southern Baptist to task for having inflated church membership roles without having inflated church attendance....
