“Think Christianly” – A Review

Zondervan sent me a free copy of Jonathan Morrow’s Think Christianly for review.  The book can be purchased here.  Any parenthetical page numbers refer to this book unless otherwise noted. _______________________________________ For my first term paper in seminary, I wrote a strategy paper for planting a church in Stockholm, Sweden.  I hand-picked this city because it [...]

Critiquing Rob Bell’s Analogy of the Trampoline Spring

As I have made very clear many times, I am not supportive of the Emergent Church in regards to their attempts at remaking Christian doctrine.  Even so, I try very hard to read books by the leaders of the movement so I can fully understand it.  Rob Bell isn’t truly Emergent, but he is incredibly [...]

Book Review of the Week: Why Revival Tarries

It would be possible for me to list several books that have dramatically shaped me, especially as it relates to my spiritual development and growth. Some people say, “Well we only need the Bible, why read anything else?” To that I would reply the Bible tells us God has given teachers to the Church so [...]

Velvet Elvis: A Review

Imagine if upon completion of the Mona Lisa everyone just decided art was finished. Imagine if we said “this is the best painting ever, so we’re just going to stop here”. Obviously that would be absurd. In the world of art we have to keep creating, keep stroking, keep mixing colors. So, says Rob Bell, [...]

Engaging the Emergent Church Part 2

Before I deal with the content of the next chapter of  Stories of Emergence, I want to voice a complaint I have with the emergent church as a whole.  I’m sure we’ve all heard exaggerated stories about spiritual happenings in the mainline Evangelical church… to borrow from Steve Furtick those stories that are like “I [...]

Engaging the Emergent Church Part 1

As the Facebook fast goes on, I find myself less motivated to write.  It’s easier to write on Facebook when I know I can garner a specific audience.  With this, however, I’m throwing my thoughts out there not knowing if anybody at all will read. At any rate, today I began reading Stories of Emergence, [...]

A New Reformation

A review of Matthew Fox’s “A New Reformation” in which I critically analyze his major propositions.

Reflecting On A Man of God: Leonard Ravenhill

Throughout Church history, and certainly in the time of the Apostles, there was an urgency to fulfill the Great Commission because they were eagerly anticipating the return of the Lord and judgment.  Today, we totally neglect judgment. We ignore the possibility that Jesus could come back at any given moment.  Leonard Ravenhill once said that [...]