According to the AP: DENVER (AP) – The Associated Press has learned that James Dobson has resigned as chairman of the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family. Jim Daly, president and chief executive officer of the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based…
The Blazing Center Giving Away Unpacking Forgiveness
If you go to the Blazing Center (click here) you can enter a contest to win a free copy of my book.
Kierkegaard Explains Part of the Reason I am Preaching on the Wholesale Destruction of Jericho
“Only the possibility of offense (the antidote to the apologists’ sleeping potion) is able to waken those who have fallen asleep, is able to break the spell so that Christianity is itself again.” Soren Kierkegaard Along with that, it’s in…
Who I Had Over For Coffee This Week
It isn’t that a bunch of intellects actually show up for coffee. I listen to them speak off the printed page. Books are stacked all around me at church and home and I turn from one to the other as…
Pornography and the Disintegration of America
Al Mohler has written a post that documents the alarming spread of pornography. The scourge of pornography is now so pervasive that it begins to define the culture at large. America is fast transforming itself from a society that allows…
A New Review of Unpacking Forgiveness
Christina Langella (a “Brooklyn Blogger”) recently posted a review of Unpacking Forgiveness. It has been encouraging to read several positive reviews in recent days. I found this review especially so. I can tell Christina read closely and put a lot…
Interview with a Christian On the Plane that Went Down in NYC
How would you pray if you were on a plane that you knew was going down? You will want to listen to the interview of a young man, Andrew Jamison, who was on the airplane that lost its engines and…
Philip Melanchthon’s Birthday was February 16
If you don’t know who Melanchthon was (a good friend of Luther for one), read this on post on The Scriptorium. By the way, this blog gets my vote for the coolest looking blog. Quoting Melanchthon: Rightly oriented teachers are…
Mike Wittmer’s Emergent Oscars
Mike Wittmer is anticipating the Oscars by quoting Meryl Streep and Will Smith. It is scary to consider how much Hollywood shapes the thinking of the world. Wittmer quotes Will Smith: I love the nature of humanity’s search for meaning.…
Pastoral Ministry, Death by Paper Cuts, and Chocolate Covered “Somethings”
Rob Bell* offers vivid, if not earthy, imagery of what pastors often experience. Bell recounted the story of a letter he received from a supporter. The note, in which the writer recounted how he defended Bell when another person accused…