Beyond Opinion by Ravi Zacharias
Zacharias guides this apologetics compendium in a different direction from other, more cerebrally oriented works. Beyond Opinion approaches the defense of Christianity from a personal angle, saying that our lives, and the witness they present, are the strongest apologetic argument that we can make in favor of the truth of Christianity. In this goal, Zacharias [...]
Psalm 83 – That the Name of Israel Be Remembered No More
May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace. Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord – that you alone are the Most High over all the earth. (Ps 83:17-18) An imprecatory psalm is not a rare find as you pore over the pages of the Psalter. Again and [...]
Predestinarians Make Exceptions
Friends of irony: check out the discussion here as the Predestinarian Tribe talks about choosing a church. Hasn’t God already determined all actions that we will take? Why is the choice of a church somehow outside of this predestined course? Note: notice that all of the requirements have to do with finding a church with [...]
Ted Haggard (mis)Interprets James
After doing immeasurable harm to the brothers and sisters of New Life Church, the members of the National Association of Evangelicals, and to the Church of Jesus Christ at large, Ted Haggard is again placing himself into a leadership position as he plants the new St. James church in Colorado Springs. The new body draws [...]
Theological Craftsmanship
When we last were together, we had worked through the distinction between our embedded and deliberative theological understandings. Though there’s nothing wrong with the embedded theological understandings that we carry around, a problem arises when life crises challenge these beliefs. We have second thoughts and sometimes, doubt about what we know. A new crisis of [...]
The Emergent Church and Their Selective History
Read Anthony Lombardo’s comments on the emergent church.
We’ve Had an Epiphany!
The changing of liturgical colors from White to Green signals a change in the seasons in the Church, just as it will in a few months as the snow melts and spring makes its first appearance. Epiphany is a season of new hope and new growth enabled only by the light emanating from [...]
Vision Casting in Hindsight
The end of one year and the initial days of a new one often find churchgoers hearing a new vision for the church over the coming year. Some pastors will place the imprimatur of God on their statements, saying “God has directed us in this direction” while others will be less humble in their choice [...]
Get Committed
Bishop Thomas Tobin on Sunday said he made the request because of the Democratic lawmaker’s support for abortion rights. The news prompted debate among Catholics around the country and within the bishop’s flock in the nation’s most Catholic state about whether it was right for Tobin to publicly shame Kennedy for breaking with the church [...]
