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Category Archives: The Church
The Modesty Debates: Combating Unilateralism and Myths of Strength
In a recent post I made a number of comments on the subject of modesty and modesty culture. I noted the lure of black-and-white ways of tackling such complex issues. Within this post I wish to highlight some of the … Continue reading
Questioning the Questioners
I have just had a piece published over on Threads, a follow-up to yesterday’s post about millennials and the Church. Within it I call the popular emphasis upon questioning among millennials into question: Our questions reveal the terms within which … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Ethics, Guest Post, Society, The Blogosphere, The Church, Theological, Theology
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Talking About My Generation: Millennials and the Church
A few days ago, a Rachel Held Evans piece entitled ‘Why Millennials Are Leaving the Church’ was published on the CNN Belief Blog. Weighing in at little under 750 words, it nonetheless packs a considerable punch and has been linked … Continue reading
Please, Everybody, Let’s Not Dance Now
A few days ago, this video of a flash mob wedding dance went ‘viral’. The wedding dance video is already an established genre for the Youtube generation, most famously represented by the ‘JK Wedding Entrance Dance’: this is just the … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, In the News, On the web, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Church, Theological, Video
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Christian Children’s Clubs and the Abuse of Trust
This recent article in The Atlantic raises some very challenging issues for any Christians involved in children’s work. It highlights the way in which many Christian children’s clubs and organizations consistently rely upon false representations, both to parents and children. … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, On the web, The Church
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What is Evangelicalism? – Part 4
Read the other parts of ‘What Is Evangelicalism?’ Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 This post concludes my series on the definition of evangelicalism. Evaluating Hart’s Thesis I find Hart’s iconoclastic thesis broadly persuasive. However, I want to challenge it … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Culture, The Church, Theological
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What is Evangelicalism? – Part 3
Read the other parts of ‘What Is Evangelicalism?’ Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 In my previous post, I suggested that evangelicalism is a particular form of Protestantism marked by the marginalization of the institutional church. Within this and the post … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Culture, The Church, Theological
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What is Evangelicalism? – Part 2
Read the other parts of ‘What Is Evangelicalism?’ Part 1, Part 3, Part 4 This is the much delayed continuation of my posts on the definition of evangelicalism. In my previous post, I discussed the definitions of evangelical/evangelicalism provided by … Continue reading
Posted in The Church, Theological
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What is Evangelicalism? – Part 1
Read the other parts of ‘What Is Evangelicalism?’ Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 I hope to begin posting reviews of recent reading within the next week. I have already finished several books that I plan to review and will … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Politics, The Church, Theological
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Information Addiction and the Church
Having commented on this post on the subject of ‘infobesity’ earlier, I thought that I would post my comments here. The following post contains my original comment, followed by some further thoughts on the matter. Infobesity or a Changing Relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Society, The Blogosphere, The Church
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