If you've been in (or are currently in) an average American evangelical Christian church, no doubt you know what a cheesy Christian song is all about. From "Shine Jesus Shine" to "I Can Only Imagine," solid theology is out and emotions and contemporary are "in." I like what Stephen Nichols has to say about this. …
Religion As A Cloak For Sin
This sober warning by Thomas Watson should set us on the path of life-long repentance. It is found in The Beatitudes by Thomas Watson, page 57. "Those who make religion a cloak for their sin shall have a hotter place in hell." - shane lems
The Limits of Science (Newbigin)
Science delivers "an ever growing abundance of things to have and to do, beyond all the dreams of earlier ages. It offers no guidance, however, on the questions of worth: What things are worth doing? What things are worth having? Perhaps the most poignant example of this tragic situation is the way in which the …
Idols of Religion
Update: In recent weeks (Nov-Dec 2011) Mark Driscoll has gone on record with some explicit claims of continuing revelation. We appreciate Driscoll's ability to formulate and teach a few aspects of Reformed theology quite well, but we do not in any way agree with the notion that God continues to reveal himself to us …
The Jesus of America’s Founding Fathers
I cannot recommend this book enough: Stephen Nichols, Jesus: Made in America (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2008). Seriously, I couldn't set this thing down. In it, Nichols simply discusses how American evangelicals (broadly speaking) have viewed Jesus. He starts in the Puritan era, walks through the frontier, Victorian New England, the social gospel, music, Hollywood, business and ends with the …
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