New Evangelicalism and New Calvinism: The Same Disaster, part 5 Matt Recker Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ Part 3 ♦ Part 4 ♦ This is Part 5 ♦ Part 6 ♦ Part 7 I realize that many view any form of criticism of other Christians as unkind and that exposing error is culturally unpopular. I do feel a bit…
Andy Efting “Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.” How many times have I heard this phrase repeated by the pastor as we partake of the first element of communion? Certainly hundreds of time by now. It’s so common and familiar that I barely give…
I’ve been collecting various links for weeks, time to offer up an eclectic sampling of the serious to the not so serious. Topics: Homosexuality Suicide Driscoll Mormons Church Decline Marriage Miscellany Astronomy Coffee
Terry Hagedorn Be ye angry, and sin not. Ephesians 4:26 Anger is a God-given emotion. It is designed to motivate a person to change actions, attitudes, and adverbs (words) toward the irritant: e.g., a negative person, circumstance, or object. God’s anger is always holy. However, anger is manifested by people across a broad spectrum of…
Don Johnson My enjoyment of professional sports goes back a long way – close to fifty years. My American friends might find it amusing that my interest was first piqued by a really forgettable era in my local Canadian Football League team, but I can remember daily scanning our local paper for every bit of…
Matt Recker The Passion Conference was founded by Louie Giglio and Jeff Lewis in 1997 and is known for their annual gatherings of college students and young adults. Since its inception about 48 events in sixteen countries have taken place. The first Passion Conference had about 2000 attendees and the growth has been dramatic as…
Mark Batory When missionaries are mentioned, the image often evoked is that of men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice of family and friends and end up having to endure the toils of a difficult, lonely, deprived life in some remote corner of the world. Regrettably, many of today’s Christians view missionary service…
This edition of The Eclectic Web is a quick collection of links related to breaking news regarding the action of the Acts 29 network expulsion of Mark Driscoll from its membership. While Acts 29 and Driscoll are not connected with us in any way, many who read our material also read and/or are influenced by…
Doug Bachorik Throughout the history of God’s people there have come times when a person, a church, or a group of churches must throw off some practice established by previous generations. Many reasons justify such a step, the primary one being a lack of Scriptural authority for said practice. The church is always bettered—indeed, revived—when…
Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ Part 3 ♦ This is Part 4 ♦ Part 5 ♦ Part 6 ♦ Part 7 Matt Recker World Magazine reported recently that “Seattle’s Mars Hill Church paid a California-based marketing company at least $210,000 in 2011 and 2012 to ensure that Real Marriage, a book written by Mark Driscoll, the church’s founding pastor,…