Kenny Sheppard on David Fitch’s The Great Giveaway

“It’s an ambitious book written to engage the regular church-goer and scholar alike. Yet the book is a somewhat uneven performance. In attempting to walk the tight-rope of reaching a wide audience in what might be called “laymen’s terms” while remaining philosophically robust, Fitch at several points relies on what can only be oversimplifications and [...]

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Larry Norman’s Coffee Shop Evangelism

I added this Christianity Today article to the Larry Norman Metapost I’ve been building since he passed, but I wanted to post it separately here to highlight the quote: “This was the first time I had ever heard what is called “the gospel.” Well, I let Larry know I was Jewish and that Jews don’t [...]

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Update: A David Crowder Challenge

UPDATE: steve knight has now responded kenny sheppard has responded noel heikkinen has as well “1. grab your preferred digital media player. 2. push play in shuffle mode. 3. report … the first 10 tunes that pop up. … 5. cheating is prohibited, as it would be in poor taste. 6. this will decide whether [...]

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Skye – Some Discouraging News

We received some bad news this morning. Our surgeon let us know that the test they did Monday for Skye’s left kidney indicated that its functioning was extremely compromised. Her right kidney is doing 96% of the work. And our doctor recommended no other intervention at this time since the stint that they placed in [...]

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Os Guinness Reviews Frank Schaeffer’s Crazy for God

Os Guinness, who served as best man at Frank Schaeffer’s wedding takes issue with his recent biographical critique of his famous parents: “Francis Schaeffer, in his son’s portrait, lacked intellectual integrity. There was a lie at the very heart of the work of L’Abri, and the thousands of people who over the decades came to [...]

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Discussing Emerging Church Taxonomies

c michael patton has helpfully provided a metapost of blogosphere comment to his recent contribution to discerning the various flavors of emerging. i had also commented, linking to other ec categorizations here.

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skye update

Skye has been doing well and is largely pain-free. She’s been back to school since Tues 19 Feb. Skye is headed to Johns Hopkins this AM for three outpatient procedures: They’re going to take the stint out of Skye’s left kidney. This stint was put in an effort to improve the functioning of that kidney. [...]

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the need for answers

There comes a point when we need to emphasize “the things revealed” (Dt. 29:29b). ht: ed stetzer where you can check out his comments relating this ER clip to his recent research

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A Smart Move from the NFL

“The NFL, which found itself on the receiving end of protests and controversy after it objected to churches showing the Super Bowl on big-screen televisions, has reversed course and will now permit the viewings. In a letter to Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league would not object to “live [...]

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the differing flavors of emerging

Interesting discussion is going on around this Michael Patton chart on the Parchment & Pen site and also on Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed blog. For a great metapost summarizing a number of different ec taxonomies, check out dj chuang’s post from a few weeks ago. I’ve commented on this topic in a couple of places: [...]

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