Because Hauerwas & Wllimon are so quotable: Apologetics is based on the political assumption that Christians somehow have a stake in transforming our ecclesial claims into intellectual assumptions that will enable us to be faithful to Christ while still participating in the political structures of a world that does not yet know Christ. Transform the … Read more →
H. Richard Neibuhr is (in)famous for his typology of the various ways that the church approaches the culture it is in. They are: Christ against Culture Christ of Culture Christ above Culture Christ and Culture in Paradox Christ Transforming Culture The critiques of Niehbuhr’s typology are legion, and I won’t rehash them here. What I … Read more →
Here’s a great bit from William Willimon, preacher extraordinaire. Read and follow the link at the end for more! Sometimes in leaning over to speak to the modern world, I fear that we may have fallen in! When, in our sermons, we sought to use our sermons to build a bridge from the old world … Read more →