Fallen, but created
Richard J. Mouw, president of Fuller, highlights two ways of seeing the world:
The late Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder once captured the impulse quite nicely when, in the course of one of
Faith
The strategic importance of Toronto?
Tim Keller has written convincingly about the importance of urban ministry:
More Christians should live long-term in cities. Historians point out that by A.D. 300, the urban populations of the Roman Empire
Losing the gospel
Michael Spencer writes about a familiar scene:
I just spent ten minutes reading something I’ve read/heard hundreds of times before: an established, traditional church, experiencing some signs of aging, goes through
The Drew Marshall “We’ll pay you to go to church” experiment
I’m finding this fascinating. Canadian Christian radio host Drew Marshall has hired two non-Christians to visit five churches and report on their experiences.
I really didn’t like the idea at first.
Cargo Cult Christianity
According to an article in Word from Jerusalem (pages 9-12 of the May/June 2007 issue – PDF), today’s church has a lot in common with superstitious Pacific islanders:
At the height of