From Albert Mohler:
The idea that preaching should be addressed to the self-perceived "needs" of the congregation is now well ingrained in the larger evangelical culture. The argument behind this is
Contemporary pastors are expected to have “the entrepreneurial skills of Bill Gates, the counseling skills of Dr. Phil, the organizational abilities of Stephen Covey, the authenticity of Oprah, the compassion of Mother Teresa,
I realize this will seem like old news to many (“Weren’t you done last month?”) but I just completed the final chapter of my thesis, summarizing the feedback from last week’s
This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”
bible.org: What Must Change Now:
We know what the target is not, it is not the conditions and results that we now have.
In The Church in Transition, Tim Conder talks about some of the ways that we devalue Scripture and limit its voice. One of them is what he calls moralism.
Moralism reduces the Bible
