Category: Practical Theology
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Lit! A Theology of Books and Reading
Tony Reinke, Lit: A Christian Guide to Reading Books. Wheaton: Crossway, September 2011. 208 pp. Paperback, $15.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Crossway for the review copy! Tony Reinke, formerly a journalist, but now a theological researcher, writer, and blogger, has written a book that I feel like I should have written. You see, I’ve spent…
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A Triperspectival Mission of the Church
[This post is part of the Perspectives on Triperspectivalism series] Over the past several days, several prominent reviewers have turned their eyes to Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert’s What is the Mission of the Church? Ed Stetzer offers a round up some of the criticisms before giving his own take on the book (to which DeYoung and Gilbert…
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Disciple: Getting Your Identity From Jesus
Bill Clem, Disciple: Getting Your Identity From Jesus. Wheaton: Crossway, September, 2011. 240 pp. Paperback, $15.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Crossway for the review copy! As a great tandem book to Community, Re:Lit also recently published Disciple: Getting Your Identity from Jesus. In this book, Mars Hill Pastor Bill Clem introduces readers to some of the basic truths…
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The Gospel or The Coalition?
Over at The Pyromaniacs blog, Phil Johnson raises an interesting concern about the whole Elephant Room controversy. In his conclusion, speaking of a video James MacDonald released, he says: But in the above video, he repeatedly insists (in rather dogmatic terms and with an emphatic tone) that all ER participants are indeed his “brothers.” That,…
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Jesus + Nothing = Everything
An alternate title for this book could have been “Gospel Mathematics” but then I bet few people would have wanted to read it (I probably would have still anyway). The premise is fairly simple: Jesus… plus nothing… equals everything. Tchividjian explains: It’s a statement that’s set up as an equation, of course, but what this…
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Halloween Reading
The best word to describe how I feel about Halloween is “ambivalent.” I wasn’t allowed to trick or treat when I was little (and neither was Ali) and now as an adult, I find that I just don’t care about Halloween. But, being that today is Halloween, and many other people, Christians and otherwise celebrate…
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How The Trinity Changes Everything
If you remember from the discussion about The Elephant Room, I mentioned a series on the Trinity just might be in order. I offered a short Trinitarian reading list, and then we somewhat moved on to other things (i.e. a different series and book reviews). As a way of continuing the emphasis from yesterday, I…
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Think Theologically
Depending on how long you’ve been reading here, you may have noticed a) I changed the name on the blog and/or b) this was the original name from back in the Spring, and we’re merely returning to it. I thought I’d take a moment and explain, and to give you a rundown on what I’m…
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Community: Taking Your Small Group Off Life Support
In one of the latest releases by Re:Lit, the publishing ministry of The Resurgence, Pastor Brad House offers advice for “taking your small group off life support.” Personally, I have been heavily influenced by the ideas coming out of Mars Hill on small group development and keeping your “air war” (weekly sermon series) in sync…
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The Homosexuality Debate, God’s Sovereignty, and Gospel Polemics
Kevin DeYoung wrote a short article on how to articulate the Christian worldview in 4 easy steps. Obviously, there is much more to say, but this is great summary. He also has post listing some “isms” that infect us today. Doug Wilson offers some thoughts on cardinal sexuality. I’ll let you read, but just a…