Evan Lenow’s Letter to President Obama

My friend Evan Lenow teaches ethics and directs the conference center at Southwestern Seminary. On his blog, Evan has published an open letter to President Obama titled “To Mr. Obama, From a Conscientious Objector.” I haven’t been actively blogging or tweeting about the current controversy concerning the president’s healthcare policies...

Scot McKnight Elaborates on the King Jesus Gospel

Scot McKnight’s The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited (Zondervan, 2011) has generated lots of discussion among evangelicals. Simply put, McKnight pushes back on some of the common ways that evangelicals, especially Reformed and gospel-centered types, articulate the good news. The King Jesus Gospel has caused consternation among many...

Favorite Evangelism Books

If you’re interested, I’ve begun an open discussion at Between the Times about favorite evangelism books. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Is the Cooperative Program Worthy of Sacrifice?

Yesterday, I mentioned that my friend Micah Fries has written a couple of very helpful articles about the Cooperative Program (CP). Today, Micah and I have published a co-authored article at Between the Times titled “Is the Cooperative Program Worthy of Sacrifice?” We’ve been planning this article since last September, and now seemed like the...

Wise Words on the Cooperative Program

The Cooperative Program is the primary funding mechanism for almost all the good work that Southern Baptists do together. Unfortunately, the CP has been trending downward for many years and for a variety of reasons. In the past few weeks, my good friend Micah Fries has written two very helpful articles about the Cooperative Program. The first, cleverly titled...