Apprentice 2 Jesus

Theology

  • Jesus in Charge

    I have started into Wright’s book, Simply Jesus. I have grown to really like his writing and am challenged by his thinking. To start off this book, it is about recognizing Jesus is in charge. It was dangerous talk in Jesus’ day. It’s not very welcome in our day, either. “Our culture has become used to thinking of… Read more

  • The Pope, Pentecostals, and the Gospel

    Dale Coulter gives a Pentecostal critique of the Pope’s exhortation, “The Gospel of Joy.” Again, the huge temptation is to focus on one small section concerning the Pope’s critique of greed in capitalism, but there is so much more in this exhortation. One particular paragraph I am meditating on: The pursuit of an equality of status at… Read more

  • More “harmful” words from the “Marxist” pope

    Pope Francis’s communication, “The Joy of the Gospel,” has been panned by all God-fearing true capitalists. (And we should all be true capitalists, thus making us God fearing.) A few lines out of a 50,000 word document has enraged economic purists all over the Western world. As for the other 49,000 or so words…  we might… Read more

  • The narrowness of my evangelicalism

    The story is from Birmingham Revolution, but it could be my story. It took place in 1968, but for me it could have been 1988. Edward Gilbreath relates the story of Glen Kehrein, who founded Circle Urban Ministries in Chicago. When he was a student at Moody Bible Institute in 1968, a group of students were… Read more

  • The remnant and the reformation

    In Draw the Circle Mark Batterson calls for a reformation. It only takes a few people praying. A remnant that will be faithful can see God move in powerful ways. One area of reformation I believe we desperately need in the evangelical/Pentecostal church is a reformation of worship. That we get away from our “rock star” worship… Read more

  • The Bible and Inerrancy

    Happening now: a panel discussion at the meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society on the differing views of inerrancy. I didn’t get this email until late last night, so you might miss the discussion. FOLLOW HERE. Read more

  • The Triumph of the Church

    42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son… Read more

  • Reformation and Revival

    The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes. Os Guinness Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/o/osguinness531245.html#7y2R0JVaseQx7uLI.99 Read more

  • Happy Reformation Day

      While Wesley is not a “reformer,” he is a descendant of the Reformation, so I love to quote him: Read more

  • “Missional” and Halloween

    It’s probably just the blogs I follow, but I see a lot of postings about Halloween. How to be “missional” on Halloween… all the way to, “You’re not serving God if you even acknowledge Halloween!” How about we think of REFORMATION DAY? And ALL SAINTS DAY? Too Catholic? Too Lutheran? You prefer Halloween? I look forward to… Read more