I have said elsewhere that if the emergent church with its emphasis on doubt, questioning everything, and suspicion about and hostility toward certainty would have…
The topics featured in my title have been addressed many times before on this site, but people keep raising questions and objections, so I have…
HarperOne, 2011. You can always tell when someone is losing the plot biblically speaking. Whenever the mainstream media starts lapping up what you have to…
The more nonsense I see emanating from so-called evangelical Christians, the more I despair. On a daily basis we see the faith once delivered by…
I could be wrong, but I have a feeling that if any of the Old Testament prophets – or any of the New Testament disciples…
One frustrating thing – of many – about the emerging church folks is their deliberate use of ambiguous, unclear, and equivocal writing. They seem to…
With a title like this, I have probably attracted about two or three readers. That is because the first term would send many folks racing…
Crossway, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) When is the last time you read a book on church discipline? Worse yet, when is the…
Generally speaking, those with liberal theological views tend to also have liberal political views. Conversely, those with conservative theological views tend to have conservative political…
Chrislam, as the name suggests, is a growing movement wherein some Christians are seeking to find common ground with Muslims. Indeed, it actually seeks to…
Thomas Nelson, 2007. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) That the Bible puts a very high premium on truth is indisputable. But sadly, the church…
In his newest book Christless Christianity, Michael Horton makes this intriguing claim: “Secularism cannot be blamed on the secularists, many of whom were raised in…
Crossway, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Generally speaking the phrase ‘emerging church’ is not usually found in the same sentence containing such words…
Law does not get a very good rap in today’s culture. For law is associated with such things as right and wrong, truth and falsehood…
There are two areas which the believer is constantly encouraged to excel in. These two areas can be developed for the glory of God, or…
One thing a believer quickly discovers when reading or listening to the emerging church leaders is their love of dichotomies, or dualities. They are keenly…
Moody, 2008. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) These two young guys are sceptical about megachurches, how-to-sermons, legalism, the effects of modernity, marketing gimmicks, and…
Windblown Media, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) I have offered my general (and positive) assessments of The Shack in part one of this…
Windblown Media, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) The two mega-themes of this novel are the love of God and human suffering. Those are…