Summer 2014: Other Significant Articles
Fred Sanders, “John Wesley on Experiencing the Trinity” Seedbed (February 10, 2014).
J. Lee Grady, “Don’t Let Super-Spiritual People Hurt Your Church” CharismaNews (July 24, 2014).
Kenneth J. Archer says, “I think this is fairly accurate and worth reading.”
Matthew Schmitz, “How I Evolved on Gay Marriage: On Life’s Tightly Woven Meanings” First Things (August 2014).
William De Arteaga writes: “I commend this article as a very thought provoking Christian piece.”
Carl Westerlund, “‘The Perfect’ Argument for Continuationism” Calvary Chapel Church Planting Network (July 7, 2014).
Tony Richie, “Pentecostalism’s Wesleyan Roots & Fruit” Seedbed Blog (March 14, 2014).
John King, “Success” Personal Thoughts: A Weekly Introspection (April 11, 2014).
John Lathrop says, “Read an article by my friend John King (he wrote one of the reviews of Authentic Fire), I think it is quite good.”
“7 Warnings for Church Leaders on Social Media” ChurchInfluence.com (August 11, 2014).
A brief, practical article on social media etiquette.
Calvin L. Smith, “Christians and Modern Israel: Theologically complicated? Maybe. Ethically? Not so much” (August 14, 2014).
Calvin Smith writes that this a piece he’s written that takes a slightly different slant regarding how Christians should perceive Israel, from a theological to a more basic ethical argument. At a time when narrative rather than theology seems to take precedence in some Christian circles, this may help some look at the issue in a different way.
“Ten Books on Racial Reconciliation and the Church”, compiled by Christianity Today’s Amy Julia Becker (August 14, 2014).
Julie Anderson, “Death, the great equaliser: Christianity on the Middle Nile” The British Museum (August 8, 2014).
Scott McKnight tweeted: “Good story about ancient Christian kingdoms – no longer kingdoms, no longer even Christian.”
J. Lee Grady, “6 Weakest Excuses Christians Use to End Their Marriages” Fire in My Bones (August 6, 2014).
Doug Beacham tweeted: “Lee Grady’s recent column on marriage is an important word for all of us.”
David Lindell, “Stop Being a Mouthpiece for Satan” (August 15, 2014).
Darrin J. Rodgers says: “David Lindell, my friend and pastor of James River Church’s West Campus, authored this excellent guest post on Ed Stetzer’s blog. In a culture beset by shrill voices, this is a timely exhortation to speak words of life into people’s lives.”
Zoe Li, “The future of Christianity in China: Sino-theology and the Pope” CNN (August 15, 2014).
Doug Lucas writes: “What will China Do with the Rise of Religion? Have you ever wondered how much it annoys Communist leaders when Christianity grows right under their noses, despite their best efforts to control it? I have. CNN’s piece on the rise of religion in China was both stimulating and encouraging. And join me in prayer that God’s kingdom can double in growth rate in China.” Brigada Today (August 17, 2014)
Eddie Hyatt, “Life Changing Truths You Should Know About the Resurrection” CharismaOnline (April 16, 2014).
Dr. Hyatt wrote: “Bill O’Reilly of Fox News recently said that his book, Killing Jesus, does not contain the word Christ. He said it is because his book ‘is based on history, not faith.’ O’Reilly, by that statement, revealed that he has been influenced by a certain school of liberal theology that has divorced the Christ of faith from the Jesus of history. I addressed this in an article on my blog, which was then picked up and published by an online publication, Charisma.”
Fred Sanders, “The Strange Legacy of Theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg: He vehemently defended the Resurrection but denied the Virgin Birth. He was hugely influential but leaves few disciples. What you need to know about the German giant who died this month” ChristianityTodayOnline (September 18, 2014).
Marc Turnage, “The Pharisees and the New Testament” Enrichment (Fall 2014).
Jayson Bradley, “Is Christian Community a Fairy Tale?” OurCOG (Sept 9, 2014).
