Advent Conspiracy
My latest column at Christian Week:
Ask the average Canadian what they need for Christmas, and the answer for most has to be “nothing.” You’d never know it, though, if you visited
Faith
Two new resources
Bruxy Cavey is releasing a new expanded version of his book The End of Religion (see my review of the first edition here). He’s hosting a book release party tonight at Tyndale
Keller on what you most need in a leader
Most churches make the mistake of selecting as leaders the confident, the competent, and the successful. But what you most need in a leader is someone who has been broken by the knowledge
Jonathan Edwards on our duty to the poor
From a sermon on Deuteronomy 15:
It is the duty of the visible people of God to give for the supply of the needy, freely, and without grudging…
This is a duty to
Rescuing souls vs. loving neighbors
I’m still finding that social justice sometimes takes a backseat to evangelism in some circles. In others, it’s just the opposite. In his book Compassion, Justice, and the Christian Life, Robert