A Response to Pastor Kevin Hobi
The two great calamities feared by every author are being ignored and being misrepresented. Of these two, most see the first as the greater calamity.… Read More »A Response to Pastor Kevin Hobi
fundamentalism
Intensely audience-conscious and market-driven
Many conservative evangelical and even fundamentalist churches today have transformed the Christian faith into a kind of pop-culture version of The Way. This change began… Read More »Intensely audience-conscious and market-driven
More thoughts the use of movie clips in services (and the RPW)
A few days ago, Pastor Aaron Menikoff had a piece posted from the most recent 9Marks eJournal on the 9Marks blog.1 In this piece, entitled… Read More »More thoughts the use of movie clips in services (and the RPW)
Fundamentalism Classical and Cultural: Part One: The Theater
It has become common in some circles to contrast “classical” fundamentalism with “cultural” fundamentalism. The idea seems to be that fundamentalists of the distant past… Read More »Fundamentalism Classical and Cultural: Part One: The Theater
An Open Letter to Les Ollila
Dear Les, Somewhere C. S. Lewis notes that friends are people who look at the same things. I first noticed what you were looking at… Read More »An Open Letter to Les Ollila
On Fundamentalism Past: A Progress Report
In one of his books, Jack Hyles identified three varieties of fundamentalism. One was interdenominational fundamentalism, represented in his day by such institutions as the… Read More »On Fundamentalism Past: A Progress Report
Should differences over music philosophy hinder cooperation between Christians?
Recent kerfuffle over a Christian university changing its philosophy and practice of music has led to much discussion over whether disagreements over music and worship philosophy… Read More »Should differences over music philosophy hinder cooperation between Christians?
Wrested . . . from churchly control
Nathan Hatch, in his Democratization of American Christianity, writes concerning the changes in American religion due to the implicit notion of the “Sovereign Audience”: Popular… Read More »Wrested . . . from churchly control
Misdiagnosis
There has been a lot of talk in recent years on the internet and at conferences about why young people are rejecting fundamentalism and/or a… Read More »Misdiagnosis
Is Music a Separation Issue?
Music philosophy is not a separation issue of the same kind of level as heterodoxy or flagrant, known sin. Probably one of the most common… Read More »Is Music a Separation Issue?
What is influencing fundamentalist worship today?
As I consider the landscape of fundamentalism today,1 some characteristics of its worship encourage me, while others concern me. The primary influences on modern fundamentalist… Read More »What is influencing fundamentalist worship today?
A Well-Known Calvinist Repudiates the Charismaticism and Worldly Worship of "New Calvinism."
“The new Calvinists constantly extol the Puritans, but they do not want to worship or live as they did. One of the vaunted new conferences… Read More »A Well-Known Calvinist Repudiates the Charismaticism and Worldly Worship of "New Calvinism."
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