Category Church Chew

A coffee prostitute

I prostituted myself this morning. I went to a coffee shop besides Dad’s Place. I feel so cheap. I had to go to Little Rock this a.m. to take our Sequoia to the body shop. Its front left fender was…

Noncommunication says a lot

Hmmm. Wade continues to provide behind-the-scenes information relating to heavy-handed leadership in the Southern Baptist Convention this time at my alma mater, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. What do you think about this series of events as described in this post:…

Did you get wet enough?

Wade Burleson has stirred up the waters again in an excellent post seeking to defend a biblical view of baptism from encroachments upon it by leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention. SBC churches need to wake up and reign in…

Finding God at Harvard…

This is nothing new, but it may be new to you. Know what I mean? Stop by and check out the Veritas Forum. Started by a Harvard student a few years ago that was transformed disgust into inspiration. Harvard’s bylaws…

The danger of pragmatism

It was about a completely different subject, but a not-too-distant Phil Johnson quote got me thinking. It’s time for evangelicals to rethink their priorities, reexamine the evil fruits of pragmatic and market-driven “spirituality,” and retool their own movement. Better yet,…

Belonging vs. believing

Over at the thinkerup blog, a quote from Francis Schaeffer was posted that caused provocative ponderings that I’d propose you peruse as well… “The liberal theologians in their stress on community speak and act as though we become Christians when…