Here’s the opening lines from a new article by Charles Colson: I have been surprised by the number of Christians who have given up on politics this year. “I don’t like either candidate, so I’m staying home,” some say. I get fed up with the vain posturing and empty promises, too. But not voting is … Read more →
After my previous post on Christianity Today’s article God is Not Dead Yet, Nathan Schneider asked me in a comment to have a look at the review he did. I also later saw John Stackhouse respond on his blog, which I thought also warranted comment. First up, I look at Schneider’s fairly lengthy and informed … Read more →
Christianity Today’s most recent issue is obviously meant to serve as a counterpoint to the (in)famous cover of Time Magazine from April 8, 1966. (Read its cover article, Toward a Hidden God.) This allusion to Time’s iconic cover is only skin-deep, however, as CT’s cover story from the July 2008 issue (written by the Don … Read more →
Scot McKnight has written an article for Christianity Today called Five Streams of the Emerging Church. I read a lot about the EC, but I don’t write much because I don’t have much to say (yet). But for anyone who’s heard murmurings about “emerging,” “emergent,” or this Brian McLaren guy, this article is basically a … Read more →