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One of the things I appreciate about John Piper is his willingness to be strongly counter-cultural in response to God. If you have 2 minutes, read his challenging statement about how followers of Christ might want to think about our pending economic stimulus payments from the government.(You might also want to watch the video short …
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A recent group of evangelical scholars and pastors has pulled together a new definition of what it means to be an evangelical, both in terms of belief and practice. You can read the statement here. There is a study guide available for it as well that aims at taking those who already consider themselves evangelicals …
Came across this interesting article about Charles Darwin's loss of faith through Relevant Magazine.The gist of it is that Darwin's loss of faith had little to do with the incompatibility of evolution and Christianity, but was related to the death of his daughter, Annie. Read this excerpt:Several of his children either died or has chronic …
Alan Hirsch, who I was able to spend time around at Exponential 08, was recently interviewed by Christianity Today. You can read the article online here.This ties in with the ongoing discussion of small group ministry, discipleship, and more. Key questions that I have are:how can a church birthed from an attractional model move toward …
A friend of mine, Brian Hofmeister, is writing on his blog about discipleship in the church today. Brian is a small groups pastor in Albany, NY, and was at the Exponential 08 conference that I attended last week.Read his comments here.
Matthew Erickson 