We often speak of “my church.” That’s a colloquial way of saying, “the congregation of which I’m a member.” We often act, however, as if the church actually belongs to us. One doubts that many people would be willing to admit that . . . Continue reading →
Christ and Culture
Audio: Hart Being Faithful in a Secular World
At 9Marks
So PBS is Going to Shelve Deepak Chopra, Right?
News earlier this week (HT: John Bales) is that PBS is going to grandfather those stations that have been airing “sectarian” religious programming but they’re not going to allow any new religious programming. I’ve been wondering for sometime why Deepak Chopra is . . . Continue reading →
Is the Evangelical Sub-Culture Dying?
Newsweek’s Lisa Miller thinks so even if she doesn’t put it quite that way. It’s probably a good thing in many respects, especially if it saves us from idolatrous and tacky (e.g. bobblehead) “Jesus junk.”
Audio: How to Be Culturally Relevant
It probably isn’t what you think. Rob Norris has wise words for preachers (and parishioners)
Oh Wow! A Pow-Wow or And Now for Q. 96?
Now that Q. 80 is marginalized in the CRC perhaps question 96 is next? I ask because of this press release just received today (thanks to WSC student Mark Vander Pol) from the CRC. The lead paragraphs say: Planners for the inaugural . . . Continue reading →
Is Dan Brown Selling More Than Mere Entertainment?
Ross Douthat thinks so. (HT: Justin Taylor) UPDATE: Sean Lucas has a helpful post following up on this.
WSC: A Durable Institution Worthy of Support
There are many things competing for our attention, and many seem worthy of support. Meanwhile, times are tough. Various causes come and go. But there are few durable institutions that rightly draw enduring loyalty. Your family is one, your church or local . . . Continue reading →
The End of Christian America
Darryl Hart reacts to Meacham’s op-ed piece.
Hart Reviews Crouch on Culture Making
Here.
Bias in Textbooks?
Interesting video from Fox News.
Why Are You So Anxious?
One of the most valuable resources that I have found in the last 15 years is the Mars Hill Audio Journal (no connection to Mars Hill Church). Hosted by Ken Myers, each volume of the MHAJ is a collection of essays by . . . Continue reading →
A Little More on the Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization
CT has looked into it and Wiley-Blackwell have (in the UK) or has (in the USA) replied. The initial post is here.
The Donatists and Blagojevich
Who says Church History isn’t hip and helpful? Stanley Fish invokes Augustine’s rejection of Donatism in consideration of whether Roland Burris should be seated in the US Senate (HT: Ryan Glomsrud).
Losing Our Religion
The WHI continues their series on Christianity in a Post-Christian Culture. Is there a problem, however, with speaking of a “Christian culture”? When was the culture Christian?
World and Life View: License to Baptize?
James Bond, Agent 007, had a “license to kill.” There are Reformed folk who also seem to have “license” of some sort or other based on what they call “the Christian world and life view” (hereafter, CWLV). This concept is interesting because . . . Continue reading →
Re-Thinking Christ and Culture
There are a couple of recent competitors to Niebuhr’s classic, Christ and Culture. The WHI guys interviewed the Craig Carter, author of a recent book on this topic. It’s stimulating. Carter is right that Constantinianism (ancient and modern) is borne of an . . . Continue reading →
Beyond Niebuhr on Christ and Culture
Here’s a review of H. Richard Niebuhr’s classic, Christ and Culture by WSC student. C&C is disappointing. It’s ham-fisted. It lacks historical nuance and it’s missing a crucial category. It’s been enormously influential among evangelicals and mainliners, however, so it’s important to know . . . Continue reading →
When Middle Class Evangelicals "Engage" the Culture
Carl’s about had enough. Sounds like he might be getting a Clint-Eastwood-esque shotgun any day now. In place of the evangelical appropriation of “transformationalism,” wanna try a really radical approach? How about two-kingdoms? Here’s another. And another. And another.
Five Issues with the Inaugural Invocation
1. That is exists. I realize that it is tradition, but so what? Oddly, many of the same people who inveigh against a “state church” will be thrilled that “one of our guys” gets to pray the invocation. Well, Rick isn’t exactly one . . . Continue reading →