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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: Christianity, emerging church, Theology

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

Christian Radio

Last Updated March 22, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

I still feel like I’m trying to catch up from when I was out of the office for three days being sick.  Craziness.  The blogging has suffered notably. Anyways, I heard something along these lines on the radio on the way to work yesterday morning, “Your body is simply a vehicle for transporting your soul.” […]

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

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 […]

Filed Under: Christianity, emerging church, Theology

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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People are more Important than Blogging

Last Updated September 29, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

I started this blog with the hope of becoming disciplined by publishing an “in-depth” post every Friday, mainly for my own edification.  I find writing to sharpen my mind and thinking.  Well, I’m no Tim Challies.  I’m only two weeks into this and I’m not ready to make my second Friday post because it isn’t finished.  But, I […]

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Books Read in 2006

Last Updated September 21, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

This post is mostly for my own personal record-keeping. As I read books and put them in my sidebar, I will also copy/paste that information here. Then I can look back on my year and see what all I’ve read and maybe offer some insights into the top books of the year. Or something neato […]

Filed Under: Books, Theology

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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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