Church

Pray for Toronto

Something is happening in Toronto. It really is. Here’s some of what I see happening right now: * two new church plants in the core of the city * a new, younger generation of

Carson on social justice and the gospel

D.A. Carson spoke last week on some trends within the church, including this one (via): Don said that the Gospel plus caring for the poor was an inseparable couplet. He cautioned that

Stetzer and Sweet on the emerging church

Ed Stetzer has written a good piece on the emerging church from a missiological perspective. I appreciate Ed’s approach. It’s well researched. Ed is honest, but he doesn’t appear to

Who is my neighbour?

An article I wrote for Faith Today is now online: Churches often want to understand their communities better but don’t know where to begin. A new resource exists for exactly this reason:

The Cross: Can We Have More?

The latest issue of Christianity Today has an article by Scot McKnight called “McLaren Emerging”. The whole article is worth reading, including this comment by McKnight on the cross as the unmasking of