Reason and Faith
Last week I highlighted the fact that the Enlightenment essentially created a Worldview without God, elevating reason over faith. The elevation of reason over faith in… Read More »Reason and Faith
Enlightenment
Music: a Theological Orphan
Quentin Faulkner’s analysis of the impact of Romantic aesthetic philosophy on the church and its music is enlightening (pun intended) and helpful: The nineteenth century was… Read More »Music: a Theological Orphan
Why do we think new is better?
New and improved! Fresh! The latest! Exciting! You don’t have to go far in our society today to witness claims of having the newest, latest… Read More »Why do we think new is better?
Twenty-first Century Western Post-Modernism as Missional Worship Context
According to missional authors, the Christendom model significantly affects how the average 21st century American church practices worship. During the Christendom period, the church dominated… Read More »Twenty-first Century Western Post-Modernism as Missional Worship Context
The State of Mission Today
Missional authors argue that the church today has failed to recognize that the Christendom era has ended. It no longer enjoys the level of influence… Read More »The State of Mission Today
The Rise and Fall of Christendom
Understanding this missionary imperative for the church leads missional writers to ask the question, “Is the 21st-century North American church fulfilling its place in the… Read More »The Rise and Fall of Christendom
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling
There is a narrow way of worship that walks between two great gulfs of peril. One one side you have terror, on the other you… Read More »Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling