When a thought captures my attention, I tend to find lots of related ideas throughout the daily activities & thoughts of my life. Here is my latest example. Recently Don Miller posted about relationship rather than right belief/theology being what “it” [Christianity] is all about. My previous post made reference to this post, and I [...]

As you might of gathered if you follow me on twitter, I just began reading Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology. For those not familar with it, it’s one of the essential primers that just about every reform type will suggest as thorough introduction to ‘good theology’. It’s also huge, 1200 pages, covering nearly every possible topic. [...]

Reformergent = Reformed Theology + Emergent PostModern Perspective I don’t know exactly what this might be, but I really want to start working on a theology merging reformed & emergent theologies. There is much strength/vitality/growth on both sides; sadly though they seem to be creating the new liberal/conservative social/evangelical divide for the next generation. The [...]

I recently read Phyllis Tickle’s newest book The Great Emergence. It is a short quick read, really only evaluating a single premise, but the subject is very enlightening, even in its simplicity. The basic thesis is that that every five hundred years there is some sort re-formation within the church, a giant rummage sale as [...]

Violence Leadership Wild at Heart BraveHearts Men These words have been traveling around at high velocity in the cerebral cortex for the past few weeks. Our men’s Bible study just finished a study through the book Wild at Heart by John Eldridge. If you have spent any time at all in any church in the [...]