He asks some serious questions: Today every evangelical church stands at the crossroads on the question of priorities. Will we surrender to the spirit of the age, or will we join the company of the committed? Will we make a deliberate decision to accept sacrifice and suffering for the sake of Christ, or will we…
A few words for my Greek students this morning. I realize that your study of Greek is hard work — exceedingly hard for some of you. I know that many of you struggle with interruptions on every hand. Others of you are procrastinators. Some perhaps wish you were studying another language! You may be tempted…
He does a thorough job of it as well. His review gives you a good synopsis of what’s in the book. He concludes: If you’re seeking a short yet insightful read on what it means to be a Jesus-follower, a radical disciple, one who longs for the simple Christianity of the early church before Constantine…
There’s a discussion on the BaptistBoard about the use of “brothers” vs “brothers and sisters” to translate Greek adelphoi. In it, reference is made to Dr. Black’s use of “brothers and sisters” in the translations he made for The Jesus Paradigm, but note the use of “brothers” in the ISV. So far, there’s only a…
… provides a quote of the day at New Leaven.
Shane Raynor has written a post on the Wesley Report comparing the situation in the United Methodist Church with the problems NBC has had changing programming. He concludes: In the world of TV, people don’t care as much about NBC as much as they care about good content. And in the world of faith, substance…
Kevin at Shooting the Breeze has an interesting post as he returns from a four day cruise. He cites two things that the church could learn from the cruise line industry. Check it out and join the discussion. A commenter included the following video, which I’m embedding here as well. Do you think the church…
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Matt interviews DavidAlan Black on a range of topics. It’s well worth reading. Dave Black is author of Energion titles The Jesus Paradigm and Christian Archy and many other books.
With a score of 108 out of 150, Lionel Woods.
