It’s Monday! Admit it…you really do like Monday, don’t you?!
On the Blog:
Last week, I had two extra posts, one on the newly released Logos 10, and the other on Trevin Wax’s new book The Thrill of Orthodoxy.
Today’s Top Read:
I Don’t Want To Be A Pastor Any More
This is an excellent narrative about the often feeling of burnout that pastors, and others in ministry feel. And, it sets the tone regarding the importance of a plurality of elders within the local church, (even if the church is a small one.)
Embracing Complementarianism
Right now, unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past ten or so years, you know that “gender” is a hot topic throughout the world. That world includes the church, and thus there is, and has been for sometime, disparity between the gender roles within the life of the church, within the life of Christians. Tim Challies’ book review of Embracing Complementarianism gives us a beautiful glimpse into how we can turn Biblical convictions into positive church culture. While I have not read the book (yet), based on Challies’ review of it, I am more apt to give it a go (if the wife will let me get more books…)
Practical Atheism Comes Naturally To Us
“…but it belongs also to these who give not that worship to God that is due to him, who worship many gods, or who worship one God in a false and superstitious manner, when they have not right conceptions of God, nor intend an adoration of him according to the excellency of his nature.“
How Much Speculation Should We Bring Into Sermons?
“And what that means here in the context of this question is that he can’t say he knows what he doesn’t know. It would be a lie, and God won’t honor that. In other words, if he’s not sure what a word or a phrase or a sentence in the sermon text means, he must not say he is sure what it means.“
There is a Crack in Everything (Including Us)
“The first step in becoming like Jesus is acknowledging how unlike Jesus we are.“
Can Evangelicalism Be Defined?
This is a good and interesting read. However it is ultimately summed up in this one statement: “Evangelicalism must be defined theologically, by the evangel.“