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Entries Tagged ‘Church’

Removal of Frank Viola book reviews and endorsements.

I’ve recently removed a couple of book reviews which I had written on Frank Viola’s book Pagan Christianity?.

 Here are the reasons why.
1) Frank Viola and Barna raise some interesting issues and important questions but ultimately my reviews were not critical enough. My reviews were almost a 100% endorsement with no crtitical analysis. This is my [...]

Puritanism, nonconformity, ‘justification by faith’ and the present day church of Christ

I have experienced an ever deepening and an ever increasing richness in my faith over the last week or so. I have been reading through John MacArthur’s daily bible, Calvin’s Institutes and a book by Martyn Lloyd Jones called From Puritanism to Nonconformity.
 Martyn Lloyd Jones
Martyn Lloyd jones covers the historical background leading up to the events [...]

John Piper on church planting

Church planting is definitely ‘in’. It seems to be the ‘now thing’.  All you need to do is check out the websites of some of the most popular Christian denominations and movements and you will see just how ‘in’ church planting is. The websites of Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill, New Frontiers, Tim Chester’s Crowded House, [...]

Why were not emergent (by two guys who should be) Book Review

Well, I’ve just returned from the Scottish Highlands and for three days I’ve been mobile-less, blog-less but not book-less! My holiday companion was this book by Kevin Deyoung and Ted Kluck Why were not emmergent (by two guys who should be).
Whats it all about?
As you can tell the book is about the emergent church [...]

What if Starbucks marketed like the church?



    "Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind or chariots without steeds. Like branches without sap, we are withered. Like coals without fire, we are useless. As an offering without the sacrificial flame, we are unaccepted."
    C.H. Spurgeon