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The Narcissism Epidemic
Even almost sociopathic narcissism feels right at home on My Super Sweet 16. Atlanta teen Allison tells a party planner she wants to block off part of Peachtree Street so there can be a parade for “my grand entrance.” Peachtree is a major thoroughfare, the planner reminds her. She responds, “My sweet 16 is more [...]
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The Next Evangelicalism Conference
Talking about being multi-ethnic is so much more fun than actually being multi-ethnic. I thoroughly enjoyed the conference today on Evangelicalism’s multi-ethnic future. There were some great talks given, and a compelling case was made for a multi-cultural Evangelicalism. From a biblical, sociological, and statistical point of view, the speakers persuasively argued that Evangelicalism must [...]
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The Next Evangelicalism Discussion in the Twin Cities
I plan to attend this event tomorrow. If you’re in the area and have time tomorrow, I think this will be well worth your while. Be the first to like. Like Unlike
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The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity
Soong-Chan Rah argues powerfully that the evangelical church in America is held captive to Western (he means white) culture. He points to the models of ministry held up as ‘successful’ at conferences and in publishers’ catalogs as evidence that American evangelicalism glorifies the white suburban church as the epitome of what church should look like. Throughout [...]
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Emerging Church Offensive?
A smoking hot quote about the Emerging Church from Soong-Chan Rah’s new book, The Next Evangelicalism: I personally find the use of the term “emerging church” to be offensive. I believe that the real emerging church is the church in Africa, Asia and Latin America that continues to grow by leaps and bounds. I believe [...]
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Torture and the Church
A sadly revealing survey has just been released that found evangelical Christians are the most likely group to support torture. White evangelical Protestants were the religious group most likely to say torture is often or sometimes justified — more than six in 10 supported it. People unaffiliated with any religious organization were least likely [...]
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Good News for the Church in America
A new survey is about religion in America is out and here’s the summary from a CNN article: America is a less Christian nation than it was 20 years ago, and Christianity is not losing out to other religions, but primarily to a rejection of religion altogether, a survey published Monday found. there has been [...]
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Monkey and the Fish
This is a book about becoming water. It is a call for churches and ministries to become adaptable, flexible, and fluid with their cultural surroundings. Gibbons points to the increasing globalization occurring as the primary reason driving the need for churches to become this way. Neighborhoods are becoming more diverse, and the amount of cultural information [...]
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Resident Aliens
This book is written to challenge churches to avoid become places filled with nice people, pastors, and purposes. Too often in the American church landscape, the church co-opts the language and issues of the day and then simply rephrases them in Christian speak. They don’t say anything too controversial or counter-cultural. Willimon and Hauerwas challenge [...]
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U2, a model church?
In this cnn article, Denise Quan shares about her experience trying to get her hands on the new U2 album and her subsequent interview with the band. U2′s new album launches tomorrow, and there is a lot of buzz about it already. They are scheduled to play every night this week on Letterman’s show. In the [...]
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