The Benedict Option: BOOK REVIEW
….rather than resort to the time-worn proposals of reclaiming America for God through carte blanche political activism or cultish isolationism, Dreher presents a unique approach in his landmark book The Benedict Option. The path forward – in an increasingly hostile society – is backward, a return to the ancient core of Christian community and mission. Dreher invites us into the story of Saint Benedict of Nursia (480-547 AD).
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Invitation to Biblical Preaching: Proclaiming Truth with Clarity and Relevance | BOOK REVIEW
Illustrations of preaching snafus, gaffes, and outright irresponsibility are, unfortunately, replete across the modern Church. Through many examples, Invitation to Biblical Preaching rightly points out the pendulum swing often found in the pulpit: lessons (cloaked as sermons) comprised almost entirely of textual explanation or entertaining talks that amount to collections of stories, alliterations, and poems with no clear rootedness in the text of scripture . . .
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Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World: BOOK REVIEW
Angry, fear-mongering Facebook video-posts go viral. Tweets echo like the “shot heard ‘round the world.” A mob of social media activists cancel a popular celebrity for a string of ill-spoken words. Politicians scream at each other on national television. A pastor’s moral ineptitude laces the news headlines. Christian pundits slam opposing political parties. All the while, we ought to wonder: Is this the way of Christ?
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Afghanistan and Armchair Quarterbacks
Over this past week, hard sayings like these have been tested in my life. Maybe for you, too?
News sources continue to report the unbelievable disaster unfolding in Afghanistan. Parents tossing their crying toddlers over walls and barbed wire so that our troops can rescue them from what appears to be certain death (link). Young men falling from hundreds of feet in the air as they lose their grip on the wing of a C-17 cargo jet. Women being rapidly forced into hiding . . .
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Love and Justice.
I’ve been thinking, waiting, and praying. Mowing the grass, picking up sticks, and starting a small campfire this evening was good for that sort of thing.
Today’s momentous ruling from a Minnesota courtroom is exploding across all news outlets. As most of you heard, Derek Chauvin, former police officer, was found guilty of all three charges in murdering George Floyd. . . .
