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Maybe the ELCA should become Lutheran

Last Updated October 20, 2009 by Matt 8 Comments

I listened to a lecture for class yesterday by Dr. Walter Sundberg that included some great quotes that give a hint of Luther’s ecclesiology. The radicalness of his vision for the church, especially considering the authoritarian hierarchy of the day, is remarkable. Does the ELCA want some suggestions for a way forward, a way of […]

Filed Under: emerging church Tagged With: elca, Luther

Peter Rollins Denies the Resurrection

Last Updated February 2, 2009 by Matt Leave a Comment

In a brief but provocative post, the always paradoxical Peter Rollins confesses that he denies the resurrection of Jesus. I find it helps to read all of his stuff in his Irish accent. It makes everything much more profound and dramatic. So, do you deny the resurrection?

Filed Under: emerging church Tagged With: Peter Rollins, resurrection

On Seminary Education

Last Updated January 14, 2009 by Matt 14 Comments

When I was at Solomon’s Porch on Sunday night, Doug Pagitt said something to the effect that when he was going to seminary he was being trained for an industry that was dying and would likely cease to exist (and that those of us in seminary should think about that). He compared it to being […]

Filed Under: Ecclesiology, emerging church, Seminary

Solomon’s Porch: Your Average, Everyday, Cutting-Edge Church

Last Updated January 12, 2009 by Matt 9 Comments

I’ve been in St. Paul, MN for a little while taking an intensive class for my M.A. degree at Luther Seminary.  Last night a few of us decided to go to Solomon’s Porch for our Sunday church experience. I mean, if you don’t have a home congregation you might as well go somewhere “hip,” right? […]

Filed Under: emerging church, Personal

Brian McLaren has Another Book Out?

Last Updated May 7, 2008 by Matt Leave a Comment

I must have really been living under a rock for the past few months. I didn’t even know he was working on a book, and I read on another blog that he just released another book. The man is a machine. I wonder what controversy he’ll stir up this time.

Filed Under: Books, emerging church

Emerging Church & Academy, Part 2

Last Updated August 21, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

I wrote a post a few days ago saying that the emerging church is the result of the academy being brought into the church. This afternoon I read this quote on the Deep Church website: [T]he emerging church conversation has been invigorated by the energy, life and creativity that has come from some significant advances […]

Filed Under: Ecclesiology, emerging church, Theology

Emerging Church: Bridging the Academy & Church?

Last Updated August 19, 2007 by Matt 3 Comments

This is just a quick observation that I seem to have noticed. It seems to me that popular evangelical leaders read books by people like MacArthur, Warren, Hybels, Swindol, Lucado, and Stanley: practitioners and pastors. However, it seems like emerging church leaders are reading books by Hauerwas, Wright, Brueggemann, Volf, McKnight, Moltmann, Franke, and Grenz: […]

Filed Under: Christianity, Ecclesiology, emerging church, Theology

Emergent Gnosticism?

Last Updated June 3, 2007 by Matt 2 Comments

A common thread in dueling schools of Christian theological (or philosophical) thought is to characterize “them” (whoever “they” may be) as embracing some sort of heretical position. I’ve been reading a few posts recently that try to pigeonhole the emerging church as gnostic. I forget some of the other places I’ve seen this recently, but […]

Filed Under: emerging church, Theology, Christianity

Brian McLaren is a Heretic

Last Updated June 1, 2007 by Matt 19 Comments

This is an experiment in blogging. I get nary a blip of traffic on my blog, which is fine by me. As I outlined in my first post on the blog, this is really an exercise in discipline and an opportunity to keep my writing skills intact. Additionally, it is becoming a place where I […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Christianity, emerging church, Theology

All Books Read in 2007

Last Updated January 11, 2007 by Matt 1 Comment

I started doing this last year, and thought it would be a good idea to continue this year. Maybe this year, I can keep up with the list as I go and not forget books. Anyways, this post is mostly for my own personal record-keeping. As I read books and put them in my sidebar, […]

Filed Under: Ecclesiology, emerging church, Personal, Theology, Youth Ministry, Books, Christianity

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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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