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Evangelicalism
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The Church, Evangelicalism
Touchstone on Evangelicalism Today
03.14.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsVery interesting symposium over at Touchstone on the subject of Evangelicalism. The most stunning quote to me is this one:
Sociologist Christian Smith has recently described American spirituality as “moralistic, therapeutic deism,” and he says that this fits those raised in Evangelical churches as well as any others. If Fundamentalism reduced sin to sins (or at […] -
The Church, Evangelicalism
The Haggard Effect
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When I read about Ted Haggard’s resignation from the presidency of NAE, I immediately thought of his sermon, “How Much Is Your Sin Going to Cost Me?” which I heard a few years ago. It was an incredible sermon detailing the extended cost of our sins, not only on those nearest to us, but on […] -
Theology, Evangelicalism, Culture 3
Christians and Culture, Continued
Round 3 (you can read my first two posts on Christ and culture here and here). As part of their fiftieth anniversary, Christianity Today takes a look at “What’s Next” for evangelicalism. Today’s installment is Culture. If you don’t usually read CT, check it out. You can find links to the previous ‘glimpses’ (theology […]
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The Church, Evangelicalism, Culture 3
Christ and Culture
10.05.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsH. Richard Niebuhr wrote Christ and Culture in 1951. Fifty-five years later, we are still wrestling with its ideas. (FYI: I don’t agree with Niebuhr; his ‘argument’ is a little too Christless for my taste.) Niebuhr identified five ways for Christ (or his followers) to interact with culture.
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Faith, The Church, Evangelicalism, Culture 3
QuickPost (TM)
Great three-(two-)parter from Fred Clark at Slacktivist.
Really starts here (though it’s headed Part II), and continues with Part III, which is a withering commentary on the state of art in contemporary evangelicalism. He’s a hardliner, for sure, and wouldn’t fit in the room with the evangelical gatekeepers these days, but man. It’s good in the […]
