19 Jul 2008 12:28am GMT I found a gem at the Scott Brown Online blog. This is a great contrast between true Christianity and what passes for "Christianity" today. Brown contrasts the original Five Reformational Solas with seven that could pass for today's solas. First I explain what the original solas are. This is from a post I wrote in 2004: The solas were formulated by the leading 16th century Reformers to
Postmodern Philosophy for the Rest of Us--Part 5
17 Jul 2008 11:53pm GMT So, how would your church look like if we change it to meet all age groups' expectations and philosophical outlook/thinking? First, it isn't about the music. I hope you see this now after reading the first four parts of this series (links at the end of this post). Music is one component, but not the only one. I can only offer insights here but do want your feedback too. I want you to
Postmodern Philosophy for the Rest of Us--Part 4
16 Jul 2008 12:13am GMT (Note: If you haven't read the first three parts of this series it will give you the necessary background fro this post. You can find the links here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3) Here are several vignettes to illustrate my point of the 18-35 year olds (Postmoderns) different thinking from thos of us over 40. In my church, in an intergenerational Sunday School class, there was a nice young man whom I
Postmodern Philosophy for the Rest of Us--Part 3
16 Jul 2008 12:08am GMT Before you read this post, you probably need to read parts 1 and 2 of this series to get the background. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 is here. So, now that we understand a little about postmodern philosophy, how does this impact our evangelical churches? In parts 1 and 2 we talked about the following postmodern ideas: 1. binaries-i.e. white/black (the Structuralists like Saussure
Postmodern Philosophy for the Rest of Us--Part 2
12 Jul 2008 11:00pm GMT Before reading this post, you probably should read or review my last post here. Continuing what I started in the last post, today I want to talk about two more postmodern philosophers. In the last post we met the "father " of Deconstructionism, Jacques Derrida. In this post we will meet Michel Foucault and Jean-Francois Lyotard. As children, most of us naturally accepted what our parents,