Should we still be making disciples?I have argued a couple of times recently that Jesus’
post-resurrection instruction to his followers to make disciples of all
nations, which we call the Great Commission, is actually more...
The Rainbow Community and the Emerging ChurchI’ve recently read the thread about sex before marriage and I’m interested in pursuing a slightly different question. The relationship of romantic and sexual relationships to covenant is...
Embracing Christian community as social agencyThere is nothing new about the societal conflict which forms the backdrop for those attempting to be and do church in
the inaugural years of the twenty-first century. What is new is its volume and...
Is that third horizon just a mirage?Mike Morrell has articulated a good question about the thesis of The Coming of the Son of Man and Re: Mission. It comes down to this: Given the...
The particularity of the people of GodMike Morrell prompted me initially to respond to Kevin Beck’s This Book Will Change Your World, and has now posted some thought-provoking comments....
Emmanuel Katongole and A Future for AfricaI have started reading Emmanuel Katongole’s A Future for Africa: Critical Essays in Christian Social Imagination as preparation for the Amahoro...
One of theOne of the more peculiar objections that John Piper raises against Wright’s understanding of Paul’s ‘gospel’ is that the announcement that Jesus is...
Katongole: How postmodernism hurts AfricaIn ‘Postmodern illusions and performances’, the fourth essay in A Future for Africa, Emmanuel Katongole argues that postmodernism is unlikely to...
The limited ambitions of the people of GodWilliam Cheriegate asked me to expand on the following remark in my post on Transmillennialism – not least for the benefit of those who ‘grew up in...
Sweet and Viola: A Jesus ManifestoLeonard Sweet and Frank Viola have recently issued A Magna Carta of Restoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ, a.k.a. A Jesus Manifesto for the 21st...