Monthly Archives: November 2009

Why Christianity Is Failing in America

November 13th, 2009

Over at First Things, Jared Wilson posts a passionate call by Ray Ortlund Jr. for a recovery of the Gospel in modern America. It’s a needful call I utterly support. Yet despite the clarion nature of Ortlund’s words, a fundamental problem exists that we Christians in America have been entirely unable to overcome. I don’t [...]

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Posted in Boldness • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Community • Counterculture • Discernment • Dying to Self • Faith • Godly Character • Humility • Leadership • Maturity • Obedience • Oddities • Persecution • Perseverance • Relevance • Revival • Simplicity

Tagged American Church, Bravery, Christianity in America, Christianity in Decline, Community, Counterculture, Culture, Faith, Martyr, Martyrdom, Perseverance, Ray Ortlund Jr., Society, Soren Kierkegaard

The Problems with Christian Fiction

November 11th, 2009

I had H1N1 a couple weeks ago, and it seemed to me the best thing to do while hacking up a lung was to read something escapist. You’re less likely to notice the sickness when you’re lost in another world. I’ve been trying to read a wide variety of contemporary novels to see what resonates [...]

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Posted in Christianity in North America • Writing

Tagged Books, Christian Books, Christian Fiction, Christian Novels, Christian Writers, Novel, Novels, Writing

Your Best Dog-Licked-Sores Life Now

November 9th, 2009

“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. [...]

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Posted in Benevolence • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Counterculture • Dying to Self • Faith • Godly Character • Humility • Love • Maturity • Oddities • Simplicity

Tagged Health & Wealth Gospel, Humility, Joel Osten, Ken Copeland, Lazarus, Paula White, Poverty, Prosperity, Prosperity Gospel, Rich Man, Rod Parsley, Suffering