What is lost when pastors deliver shortcuts
David Hansen’s book The Art of Pastoring has a chapter on temptations, based on the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness. There’s some really good stuff in there.
On ambition: “There
Books
The Art of Pastoring: Ministry Without All the Answers
There are some books that deserve to be read many times over. For the past twelve years or so, I’ve had such a book sitting on my shelf. It’s called The
Does the evangelical church need to repent?
Last week I wrote about three trends in evangelicalism from Paul Metzger’s book Consuming Jesus:
* Anti-intellectualism – a fear that “head knowledge” will cancel out “heart knowledge” which has led to an activistic,
Seeing the world as a sinking ship
In Consuming Jesus, Paul Metzger argues that three historical themes converged to make evangelicalism less than it should be:
* Anti-intellectualism
* Antipathy toward social engagement
* A form of premillennial eschatology which promotes a pessimistic
Evangelicals and social action
After a trip to South Africa, megachurch pastor Rick Warren began to re-examine Scripture with new eyes. What he found surprised him. “I found those 2,000 verses on the poor. How did