Theology

Three gospels

Dallas Willard talks about three gospels that are being heard today, and contrasts it with a fourth (reported by David Fitch): Dallas asserted that there are “3 Gospels Heard at the Present” 1.

The Drama of Doctrine

In his excellent book The Drama of Doctrine, Kevin Vanhoozer argues that doctrine serves the church, which he calls "the theater of the gospel," by directing individuals and congregations to participate

What is the gospel?

My latest column at Christian Week: What lies at the heart of the emerging church? According to Scot McKnight, Professor of Religious Studies at North Park University, the emerging movement is not defined

The knowledge of God is practical

People long for preaching that is practical, as they should. Sometimes, though, preachers move away from theocentric preaching in an effort to be practical.A.W. Tozer (quoted in Dallas Willard's

Better and scarier than a program fix

In Static, Ron Martoia pushes us to reconsider words like gospel, repentance, and salvation in light of the biblical data. “We think we know what it means so we apply that assumption to