Resident Aliens
Just finished reading Resident Aliens for the first time after Jordon mentioned it a couple of months back. What really bugs me is that Hauerwas and Willimon wrote this back in 1989 and
The heart of theocentric preaching
I've been thinking over the past couple of days about the question of what is at the heart of a theocentric approach to life and ministry. I think it's
Confessions of a Reformission Rev.
Mark Driscoll is a pastor who finds himself at the center of controversy in Christian and non-Christian circles. His most recent book Confessions is “the story of the birth and growth of
The problem with preaching to felt needs
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
Monday and the pastor’s blue screen of death
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,