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21 June 2007 ~ 0 Comments

The Complete Gospel, Abridged

Here, Scot McKnight describes some positive and negative aspects of the “Romans Road” method of presenting the gospel, including this sage comment: First, it is only one “language game” for the gospel. The Romans Road is not “the” gospel but “a way” of expressing the gospel. It tells the truth about the gospel, but not [...]

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13 April 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Sure we pray, but…

Twice this week I’ve run across articles in secular magazines that use “praying in church” as shorthand for “you know, that church stuff.” Here’s one, from a New Yorker article about commuting: The source of the unhappiness is not so much the commute itself as what it deprives you of. When you are commuting by [...]

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04 April 2007 ~ 0 Comments

The The and the Dangers of Generalizations

In this post, Scot McKnight publishes a letter from a pastor struggling with some Christian leaders’ reactions to the “emerging church,” and an extremely lively conversation has ensued. I am not going to comment on the post itself, but many of the comments talk about “the” emerging church or “the” evangelical church. This is a [...]

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