Cooperative Missions

Dave Black wants us to do church planting cooperatively. We should!

February 15 Christian Carnival Posted

… at Bible Archive.

Pete Enns on the Historical Adam

He continues the discussion with Kevin DeYoung. I’m glad to see this discussion continue.

Of Evangelism, Missions and Other Bad Words

The tragedy of the American church is that we have the greatest resources ever in the history of Christianity and for the most part we’re sitting on them, doing nothing. When we are doing something, most of what we do is for ourselves.

The question, I’m told, is what we should be doing and [...]

February 8, 2012 Christian Carnival Posted

… at Other Food. Thanks to Violet for hosting the carnival!

Why Certain People Tend to Polarize

Scot McKnight asks why Mark Driscoll, John Piper, and Albert Mohler start a firestorm when they say certain things, while others, such as Tim Keller can believe and say those same things, but don’t get the same heated response. There’s an interesting discussion in the comments, which is worth reading.

This whole topic led [...]

Self-Quote of the Day

Is this a new high (or low) in narcissism?

I’m always interested to see what others quote of what I say. I must confess that normally things I write that impress me don’t impress others (at least based on the number of views), while often something I bat off in a couple of minutes [...]

Beware the Cult of the Speaker

Dave Black warns us today against the cult of the speaker. (With permission I’ve extracted the relevant portion as a post at JesusParadigm.com since Dave’s blog doesn’t allow linking to a specific post.)

Considering what we’ve heard recently about megachurches creating satellite campuses that receive the message from the senior pastor on the main [...]

February 1 Christian Carnival Posted

… at All Things New. Thanks to Deb for hosting!

Seventh-Day Adventist vs Methodist on Family Guy

As an ex-SDA who is now Methodist, I just have to share this video:

 

Now my experience amongst Methodists is that most will just shrug their shoulders about worship on Saturday. They get a little more tense about soul sleep.

I have encountered a few Methodists who are like the one in the [...]