Transforming the consumer church
I’ve been blogging through the first couple of chapters of Paul Metzger’s book Consuming Jesus. So far, Metzger has been raising some familiar concerns. The evangelical church isn’t what it
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Blind to sinister forces
Not every book on the consumerism and the church includes a chapter on fallen powers. But Paul Metzger’s book Consuming Jesus devotes a healthy section to this topic. Metzger writes, “Sinister forces
What is lost when pastors deliver shortcuts
This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”
David Hansen's book The Art of Pastoring has a chapter on temptations, based on the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness. There&
Time to rethink building programs
This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”
This is striking, not because of what it says, but because it was written in 1947 by Carl Henry in his book The Uneasy
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