Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past couple of months (and after reading this blog, some of you will wish you had), someone has likely told you about the most recent evangelical publishing phenomenon: Heaven Is for Real. Authored by Todd Burpo, a pastor from Nebraska, and professional nonfiction writer Lynn […]
Yes, Heaven is a Real Place, but . . . Read Post »
Renowned throughout the world as an evangelical leader, preacher, and author, John Stott is the founder of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. Fueled by a desire to see God’s people live for God’s glory in God’s world, Stott has endeavored to equip Christians to understand social issues from a biblical vantage point. In the
Friends of the Earth?—John R. W. Stott Read Post »
Louis Menand is a distinguished professor of English, whose book, The Metaphysical Club won him a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. As a seasoned, thoughtful, and increasingly vocal public intellectual, he is worth listening to. In today’s The New Yorker, Louis Menand offers an extended review essay on what amounts to the devolution of liberal arts
The End of Higher Education Read Post »
If you’re a sports fan, did you see the news about former Villanova Wildcats basketball player Will Sheridan coming out of the closet? And the stories about Phoenix Suns President and CEO Rick Welts revealing the same? Whether you like basketball or not, you should care about these stories as a Christian. The way each
The Gay Basketball Star and an Emerging Cultural Narrative Read Post »
We tend to think of other names in the Rob Bell debate, but I don’t think anyone has written as extensively on Love Wins as Mark Galli from Christianity Today. Galli has written a pre-review, a review, and now a post-review. Though not as pointed as others, Galli’s review, “Rob Bell’s A Bridge Too Far,”
A Bridge Too Far, But Not Really That Far Read Post »
The headline in London’s Telegraph declares, “Archbishop backs William and Kate’s decision to live together.” The article goes on to explain that Dr. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, the “second most senior cleric in the Church of England,” takes a casual approach to pre-marital co-habitation, having seen a great deal of it as a “vicar
Poor Archbishop John’s Almanac Read Post »
