I recently came across a very helpful interview with J. I. Packer about the necessity of preaching on the Trinity called "God's Triple Team." Packer is probably best known as the author of Knowing God, and is also a professor at Regent College in Vancouver, BC. Now, I love Packer's work because he calls us …
Are You a Lonely American?
My friend, Ryan, recently caught my attention with a book entitled The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century. This book was written by two professors of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Jacqueline Olds and Richard S. Schwartz, in an effort to uncover the increasing disconnectedness in American life and its startling effects. It …
Cleanliness Next to Godliness?
When I was very young, so I have been told, I was one of those children who hated having stuff stuck to my hands. I'm sure there's a deeper meaning there (where's Freud when you need him?), but as I passed through adolescence into adulthood, I have become one of those "shower every day" type …
African Christianity and Thomas Oden
Thomas Oden, one of my favorite theologians of the contemporary era, has just recently written a new book entitled How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind.I was thrilled when I encountered this book on the shelves of a local bookstore because it brought together one of my favorite theological authors, Tom Oden, with one of my …
N. T. Wright on Heaven "Nightline"
I was just talking with Kelly briefly last night about heaven, the end of the world, and what comes after last night. Although I'm a pastor, we don't talk about things like this all of the time. Then, lo and behold, I come across this video excerpt of Bishop N. T. Wright discussing heaven, the …
Matthew Erickson 