I don’t know what’s in your garage, but from time to time mine has become pretty cluttered and stuff has to be pitched. What we keep and what we pitch says something about us. People have theological garages too, in which they . . . Continue reading →
Martin has re-posted extracts from Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ 1966 address which marked a turning point in British evangelicalism and which is worth considering again. Update 19 October, 2009: David posts some helpful comments on the Doctor’s ecclesiology.
It had a precedent that goes back to 1970. Many American evangelicals were caught by surprise by J I Packer’s involvement with and defense of Evangelicals and Catholics Together. The first ECT was vague, misleading, and even gobsmacking. The second was, for . . . Continue reading →
In a post dated 2009 the Barna Group notes two trends. First, they note the growing acceptance of female ministers in (mostly) mainline (read liberal) denominations, e.g. the PCUSA, the ECUSA, UMC, UCC, etc. The number of female ministers has grown “substantially” . . . Continue reading →
Two of my favorite entities, the White Horse Inn and Carl Trueman in one interview.
Martin Downes, editor of Risking the Truth, sits for an interview with Christ the Center.
At the new WHI site. (HT: Cal.vini.st)
Apparently a bizarre and unforeseen tornado struck Minneapolis recently. According to this post by John Piper, it hit an ELCA (mainline) Lutheran Church just as they were about to consider ecclesiastical policy regarding homosexuality. John offers a somewhat restrained interpretation of providence, . . . Continue reading →
This has been out for a while in the UK, but there’s an American version now published by T & T Clark (New York). This is a valuable work. It’s available from the Bookstore at WSC now. It’s a little expensive but . . . Continue reading →
Because the Gospel Coalition isn’t a church.
Risking the Truth: Interviews on Handling Error in the Church. Available directly from CFP here and of course at Amazon.co.uk. The US release date is July 13th. From Martin’s site:
An unsigned editorial posted on Tuesday (12 May 2009) on the Christianity Today website analyzes the new ARIS (American Religious Identification Survey). The news isn’t new. The mainline is shrinking and, according to the CT editorial, “evangelicals” (whoever they are and whatever . . . Continue reading →
Justin has the interview.
From the 1959 volume ed. Carl F. H. Henry, Revelation and the Bible: Contemporary Evangelical Thought. The contrast with some contemporary evangelical thought (c. 2005–09) is striking (HT: Justin Taylor).
From the CFP website: A collection of interviews on handling truth and error in the church. Contributors reflect on this issue in relation to the minister’s own life, pulpit ministry, local church leadership, seminary training, denominations, the impact of the academy, Evangelicalism, . . . Continue reading →
Martin Downes has a book coming out and Sinclair Ferguson has written the foreword, which is online now.
From Kevin’s new book.
Is online but you have to sign up to see the whole thing.
Mark Galli at CT has responded to Michael Spencer’s posts on the coming collapse of “evangelicalism.” There are two very interesting things about this response.
One writer thinks so.