In yet another video clip related to Piper/Warren, I expand a bit on what I meant by a “prophetic willingness” on the part of pastors to address the sins of the age. On an unrelated note, many thanks to David R. in Japan. And on a third unrelated note, we all need to stop slandering …
A Needed Discussion
I have been having a web/audio sort of discussion about Christ and culture with Nelson Kloosterman, Bill Dennison, and Darryl Hart here. Some podcasts are already up. I just taped my last contribution, and new posts (from the different contributors) should go up once a week for the next month.
As In, Calm Down Everybody
I am not entirely certain, but it appears that Rick Warren tweeted about the first video clip that CanonWIRED put up about the Piper/Warren thing. Here is a second clip to add to the discussion. It is an attempt to be a calming voice in a debate where the voices tend to rise sharply — …
The Prodigal Returns to a Ruin
In chapter 7, Peter describes his rediscovery of faith. But when he comes back to the Anglican church of his youth, he discovers the place greatly altered, and not for the better, because churchmen whose backbone had been carved out of a banana had been listening to the outside critics — critics who had shared …
Denomination Blues
Denomination Blues – Jenny Gedddes Band | Bucers in Moscow, Idaho from Daniel Foucachon on Vimeo. The sound is just a tad muddy, so here are the lyrics . . . Denomination Blues Now let me tell you people it’s a natural fact No man reads the Bible alike and that’s all, I tell you …
Today Show Appearance
Here is the clip from the Today Show this morning. Nate talks about cupboards with some kids.
So Read and Read Some More
Over at CanonWIRED, Nate and I have a conversation about the task of writing. In the near future, we may have another conversation about the mechanics of writing. Here it is.
Spending Moral Capital Can Result in Spent Moral Capital
The next chapter of Peter’s book is chilling. He describes the last days of the Soviet Union and the years he lived there, along with his experiences as a journalist in Mogadishu. The take away point from this chapter is found here, and it is a point that the church in the West — evangelicals …
Down on the Banks of the Ohio
The last few days Nancy and I have been speaking at the 2010 Midwest Homeschooling Convention in Cincinnati. The event is simply gargantuan (upwards of four thousand families), and vendor booths stretching over the horizon. Our many thanks to the organizers for inviting us; we had a grand time. I had a good conversation here …
Rick Warren as Curve Ball
In the minds of some, I was the bad boy at the Desiring God conference last year, and here I am asked about how John Piper decided to fill that slot this year. I thoroughly enjoyed Mitch Stokes biography of Isaac Newton in Thomas Nelson’s Christian Encounters series. An excerpt from that book is up …