Category: Christian Culture
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Wisdom from Tim Keller on Why Pastors Fall
On the surface, this might seem like a post about Tullian Tchividjian’s recent resignation from his pastorate at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. In reality, it was motivated by a pastor in our network of churches (CrossPointe) that was disqualified from ministry a couple of months ago. He had been the pastoral apprentice at our congregation…
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The Recurrent Theme in TGC’s Advice to Young Pastors
Earlier this year, The Gospel Coalition ran a series with “Advice to Young Pastors.” The answers given by these pastors and leaders is in response to this question: In addition to knowing Scripture and sound doctrine, what should young pastors today be studying? Is your answer any different from what you would’ve recommended 20 years…
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The Winner of The One-Chapter Challenge
Once upon a time, I started reviewing books on this blog. After doing several reviews, I stumbled upon the ability to receive free books in exchange for my thoughts and pursued transactions of this type in earnest. As reviews began piling up, e-mails soon followed containing requests to review books. More often than not, these…
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New Books of Note
Like most people last Monday, I got sunburned near a large body of water. While I was doing that, I read Scot McKnight’s latest book, A Fellowship of Differents. It is essentially a book about the Christian life in community based heavily on the writings of Paul. The six parts of the book trace the Christian life,…
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The Stories We Tell: Chapters 1-2
Earlier this month, Mike Cosper’s book The Stories We Tell: How TV and Movies Long for and Echo the Truth released. You can get to know him a little better and find out what’s on his book shelf here, as well as read an extensive interview on the book here. Over at Christ and Pop Culture, his…
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How to Persuade People Who Don’t Want to Be Persuaded
Every now and then, ideas I have for blog posts indirectly relate to larger online conversations. Even before this week, I was planning on talking about this chapter from Think Like A Freak. Given the discussions I’ve seen on Twitter (as a result of blog posts and movements in evangelicalism), I hope you find this…
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Quiet Mini-Review over at Christ and Pop Culture
Over at Christ and Pop Culture, you can read my latest review. It’s just a brief overview of Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Not mentioned in the review, but worth checking out is the part where she compares and contrasts a Tony Robbins workshop and a…
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Bible, Gender, and Sexuality: Reframing The Church’s Debate on Same Sex Relationships
James V. Brownson, Bible, Gender, and Sexuality: Reframing The Church’s Debate on Same Sex Relationships. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, February, 2013. 312 pp. Paperback, $29.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Eerdmans for the review copy! James Brownson is the James and Jean Cook Professor of New Testament at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan. He is also an ordained minister in the Reformed Church…
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Become A Member at Christ and Pop Culture
A couple of weeks back, I joined Christ and Pop Culture as a staff writer. I’m mainly doing book reviews, but of popular and not necessarily theological works. My first post was on The Power of Habit. Last week, Christ and Pop Culture launched a membership option as a way to show your support. Though…
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Pastoral Reflections on The Historical Adam: Greg Boyd and Phil Ryken
Today we finish up our journey through Four Views on The Historical Adam. Yesterday we looked William Barrick’s young-earth perspective on the historical Adam, and on Tuesday we looked at C. John Collins’ view. For the full table of contents, click here. Rather than closing with additional editorial comments (like Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy did), this…