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The emergence of the postmodern world has brought much discussion to the evangelical church. Is the current church modern? Should it become postmodern? How can the church reach a changing culture? What should it look like? In answer to these kinds of questions, Webber writes this timely book: Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking […]

It’s been awhile (quite awhile) since I’ve introduced the next book of the week, but I didn’t want to stop this feature, so here we go!
This week’s book is The Kingdom of God by John Bright. It is a well written look at the issues surrounding the kingdom of God in both the Old Testament […]

Below is the result of the work done for one of my seminary classes where we read Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World by Robert Webber. It is both a review and a reflection of this book.
The emergence of the postmodern world has brought much discussion to the evangelical […]

This is a continuation of my first post on this book here.
Peter Rollins has done a fine job of writing this book. The first part of his book neatly builds an argument one chapter on top of another. He does a good job of stating his points and defends against potential attacks to his line […]

Well, I am not sure if you are aware of Peter Rollins or not, but if you are not, my guess is that at some point in the near future you will be. He is the founder of Ikon, an organization in Northern Ireland. His book How (Not) to Speak of God, is fairly controversial. […]

Are you an aspiring writer? Do you like to write, but don’t feel you do that well? Here’s a good book I just finished reading.
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
It’s all about how to write non-fiction works. It’s the classic guide (as the cover tells you) used in universities, written by a Yale professor. It […]

After reading McLaren’s work Generous Orthodoxy (just finished it in the hospital with my new son!), I felt compelled to leave a few thoughts on my blog. Please read these in the spirit in which they were intended, humbly, as one who does not have everything all figured out but is working towards understanding. If […]

If you have done any research on the emerging church movement (ECM) or Emergent Theology (ET) you will find out that there is a lot of discussion happening. D. A. Carson has written a book, Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church: Understanding a Movement and Its Implications, Scot McKnight as written a paper entitled What […]