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Albert Mohler is postmodern!

Last Updated November 30, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

I know, I couldn’t believe it either! But he’s definitely treading very closely to postmodern hermeneutics with this post. (For those who don’t know, Dr. Mohler is the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has his own radio show, and chairs or is the president of 847 committees and organizations. He also speaks a million […]

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Finished

Last Updated November 27, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

I finally finished N.T. Wright’s New Testament and the People of God today. I started it about two months ago with the goal of finishing it by the end of the year so that I could ask for the next book in the series for Christmas. Well, the goal has been accomplished, although it feels […]

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Commentary on 1 Peter 4:6

Last Updated November 24, 2006 by Matt 1 Comment

I was listening to an interview with NT Wright, and very briefly he touched on 1 Peter 4:6, which people refer to when they talk about Jesus descending into hell and preaching to the people there.  Essentially, he said he doesn’t have a good exegetical explanation for what that verse means.  Well, if he can’t […]

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I would have to disagree

Last Updated November 20, 2006 by Matt 1 Comment

I was perusing the blogosphere and came across a blog that I know to be very reformed and, in my view, narrow-minded. But often he has some good things to say. Even if he didn’t, I try to read some blogs with a different perspective than I tend to subscribe to, in order to maybe […]

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As long as your heart is right…

Last Updated November 19, 2006 by Matt 4 Comments

There’s this coffee place in town that I’ve been to a few times, and while I’ve been there I’ve gotten this vibe that it is sort of a Christian hangout for whatever reason. I was there last night with Alicia studying and noticed that they have an “open discussion” every Sunday night at 7:00. Well, […]

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Episcopal happenings

Last Updated November 18, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

A decent amount of news seemed to be made by Katharine Jefferts Schori becoming the first woman to be the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. For those familiar with the situation, her theology has been very controversial. That discussion is for another day. What struck me was the date of […]

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I… can’t… talk…

Last Updated November 9, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

So, maybe I need to lay off the books for a little while (yeah, right).  Last night at church, during “Cross-Examination” (a nifty title I came up with for a discussion group where we examine cultural phenomena in light of the gospel), I simply could not talk.  Well, it’s not that I couldn’t talk, but […]

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Scot McKnight at JBU

Last Updated November 8, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

Being a recent graduate (May ’06) of John Brown University, as well as having a brother there who is a freshman, I still keep fairly informed about what happens on campus. One of my habits while a student was to skim over the list of chapel speakers for the upcoming semester as soon as it […]

Filed Under: Personal, Christianity, emerging church

You’ve got to be kidding me…

Last Updated November 6, 2006 by Matt 1 Comment

You can’t make stuff like this up.

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Um…

Last Updated November 6, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

I definitely have a hard time understanding this.  [Note to self: don’t take any exegesis classes at SWBTS]

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Best Youth Ministry Books

These are the books that will completely change the way you think about youth ministry, for the better. Links are to my reviews of each book.

Teen 2.0 by Robert Epstein

A psychologist makes you question every assumption you have about adolescence.

Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry by Andrew Root

Why build relationships? Root’s answer will surprise you.

Best Youth Ministry Books: Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher

Yesterday I finally read Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher, and since I’m one of the latecomers to the conversation I won’t summarize the book too much. Marko has linked to tons of reviews on his blog if you are interested in more in-depth summaries. If you are fairly in-tune with a lot of the […]

Best Youth Ministry Books: Postmodern Youth Ministry

Postmodern Youth Ministry by Tony Jones is the book I would recommend to youth ministers if they could just read one youth ministry book. I first read the book in my Foundations and Practices of Youth Ministry class at John Brown University. After the preface to the book there is a page titled, “The Day […]

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