Theology

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 Gospel Coalition

The Gospel Coalition site is now live with plenty of media and great resources.

How to Emerge Without Being Emerging

My latest column at Christian Week: Whenever someone tells me that the emerging church is a fad, I say that I hope so. As much as I appreciate some qualities of the emerging

Cotton Candy Preaching

At Preaching Today, Haddon Robinson describes the type of sermons we hear when our preaching is light on doctrine: They end up being nothing more than moralisms: We should, we must, we ought.

What is repentance? Part Four

C.S. Lewis on repentance: What was the sort of “hole” man had got himself into? He had tried to set up on his own, to behave as if he belonged to himself.