Key Emergent Articles Posted

by | Mar 31, 2006 | Uncategorized

Denny Burk: McLaren and Driscoll’s Articles Online I’ll be reading these soon. I’m grateful they put them online. BTW, is that REALLY Denny Burk flying high with a skateboard? Can a New Testament professor be a skater and a...

Mathematical Piety

by | Mar 31, 2006 | Uncategorized

Mark Dever has a great article here about the foundation and fuel of the constant numbers mantra that often plagues especially, but not merely, my own denomination. It is a good exhortation reminding us to maintain a genuine Christcenteredness in every detail of...

The Conclusion of a Pentecostal Emphasis

by | Mar 30, 2006 | Uncategorized

A Wind that Swirls Everywhere – Christianity Today Magazine Pentecostal theologian Amos Yong says we should surely be engaging with other religions so that we can discern what the Holy Spirit is doing in each and learn from them – perhaps even integrate. “Christians should be open to learning from and being enriched by the Spirit’s work in world religions. Dialogue must take place alongside evangelism, he argues, so that all the religionsincluding Christianitycan learn from each other what the Spirit is doing.” Evangelism is redefined: “Dialogue and proclamation are not mutually exclusive but intrinsically connected,” he writes. “A pneumatological approach to the non-Christian faiths “¦ opens up the Christian to whatever is true, good, beautiful, and holy in the other traditions, even while nurturing an environment in which the non-Christian can come to appreciate the same in Christian faith. What else is this besides grassroots ‘evangelism’?” Pluralism lurks beneath the shaddow of his Bibleless Christianity: In his theology, the world religions are instruments of God, play a role in God’s providence, and have much to contribute to Christianity. “[C]hristians should be open to learning from other religious traditions because of the unfinished character of Christian identity,” he writes. “While we are being formed into the eschatological image of Jesus, we continue to look through the glass dimly. If others have something to say about God, should we not at least listen both sympathetically and critically?” Bibleless, you say? – Yep: He is determined simply to follow the Spirit wherever the Spirit leads and let the theological chips fall where they may. And one place where Yong sees the...

Good Interview with a Very Good Preacher

by | Mar 29, 2006 | Uncategorized

Expository Thoughts: Interview with Jerry Wragg Jerry Wrag was the Senior Associate Pastor of Grace Community Church and personal assistant to John MacArthur when I began seminary. He is a tremendous preacher and a very effective pastor and leader. Beyond that, the dude can sing! I mean SING! As a matter of fact, the first time I saw Jerry Wragg was at my first Shepherds’ Conference in 1991. At that time, they had a baptism service on the opening evening. Just before the service, Jerry sang, “Oh I Want to Know You More.” It has been a favorite of mine ever since. He was also leading music with Carey Hardy in Lance Quinn‘s new Fellowship Group, Grace Life. Part 2 was released on 3/31/06 – more good...