As a seminary professor and a former colleague and neighbor of the author of The Shack, James De Young has a unique perspective on the mega-best-selling work of fiction that has captured the hearts of many wounded Christians and skeptics and become… via How \’The Shack\’ seduced evangelicals.
Category Archives: For Pastors
Why I Am in Favor of the GCRTFR – from a former missionary
Most of the good folks who read this blog (primarily insomniacs I suppose) have no idea what the GCRTFR is. The Great Commission Resurgence Task Force Report is the product of…you guessed it, the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. The GCRTF was commissioned a year ago and they have been meeting as representatives from Southern Read more …
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The Permanence of Marriage
I want to recommend the following sermon to you. It was preached by Dr. Paige Patterson in chapel at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. As Dr. Patterson explains in his sermon and as I explain when I preach on the same subject, the target for the sermon is not those who have already divorced. No, ALL Read more …
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IMB Bailout in June!
At the May meeting of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (IMB), the trustees reluctantly put a temporary freeze on appointing new missionaries (stories here and here). This decision was in response to the fact that our Southern Baptist missions giving is not keeping pace with the number of believers God is Read more …
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Excellent Reads…
I received “Turning the Ship: Exploring the Age-Integrated Church” yesterday and read it in a few hours. Dustin Guidry, pastor of Ridgewood Church (a Southern Baptist church in Port Arthur, Texas) tells the story of God sending their church back to the Scripture. It is a thrilling tale of what God is beginning to do Read more …
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