Saudi Arabia’s former Minister of Information, Muhammad Abduh Al-Yamani, gives his perspective on 9/11 (it has been unfairly pinned on “Islam”) and Christianity (its scriptures are corrupt, and Islam calls Christians back to true monotheism).
On Al-Yamani’s former argument, American Christians may need to at least be willing to listen patiently. With his latter arguments Al-Yamani [...]
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Posted in A Common Word, Cross and Crescent, Ethics, Evangelism, Pilgrim Praxis, tagged Christianity, Fitna, Islam, Islamophobia, religion on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
So far my attempt to think through a faith Christian response to Fitna has (1) introduced Geert Wilder’s film, (2) surveyed its political repercussions, and (3) examined how the Christian world is officially responding to Fitna. In the final two parts I will (4) fill out the Protestant picture by exploring the laity’s response and [...]
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Reforming Pastoral Ministry is a collection of essays written by (mostly) Reformed baptist pastors with the goal of encouraging younger pastors toward Scriptural reformation and revival. The book is supposed to be a modern rendition of Richard Baxter’s classic work, The Reformed Pastor. As a third year Presbyterian seminarian looking to enter the pastoral ministry, [...]
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In this second (read 1, 3, and 4) of four Kistemaker lectures, Dr. Miroslav Volf discusses the Yale Center for Faith and Culture’s response to A Common Word, entitled Loving God and Neighbor Together. Here are my notes:
Background on the Yale Response
Dr. Volf sees A Common Word (ACW) as a highly significant interfaith initiative. He [...]
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Here is the first installment (read 2, 3, and 4) of my notes taken during today’s Kistemaker lectures by Dr. Miroslav Volf. This first of four lectures introduces the Islamic open letter entitled, A Common Word (ACW). (My own brief remarks are [in brackets] throughout the following.)
Introductory Remarks
To help locate his own identity within the [...]
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Posted in Ecclesiology, Evangelism, Federal Vision, John, New Perspective on Paul, Pilgrim Praxis, Psalm 145, Sacra Scriptura, Semper Reformanda, tagged doctrine, epistemology, polemics, Reggie Kidd on October 22, 2007 | No Comments »
In the wake of recent Reformed ecclesial disputes one perturbed seminary professor (and ordained PCA minister) tried to take the bite out of the debates by, ironically, giving more than a few bites of his own;1 The heated rhetoric in Dr. Kidd’s Mutual Defenestration Means Self Annihilation is worthy of none other than Luther’s tongue. [...]
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Speaking of why adult men don’t go to church, one pastor makes a poignant observation:
The [mixed martial arts] fights [in Vegas] were sold out and all fifteen thousand seats were filled.
The sport has exploded and is selling out arenas all around the
country. With the UFC also recently buying out the Pride Fighting
Championships league, the sport [...]
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Posted in Alister McGrath, Apologetics, Audio, Evangelism, Philosophy, Pilgrim Praxis, Prolegomena, tagged Christianity, cs lewis, epistemology, lewis, literature, worldview on November 28, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Dr. Alister McGrath, professor of historical theology at Oxford University, has released free audio lectures from Wycliffe Hall’s summer school program. These fascinating lectures begin by briefly defining Christian “apologetics” and then proceed to pithy presentations on using various genres of literature apologetically. With British wit and humor Dr. McGrath explores the question, “In what [...]
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