“The Decline and Renewal of the American Church: Part 2 – The Decline of Evangelicalism” by Tim Keller, Life in the Gospel, Winter 2022. by Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here.) In this second of Keller’s four essays on the decline of church life in America, and his musings on its renewal, the founding…
“The Decline and Renewal of the American Church: Part 1 – The Decline of the Mainline” by Tim Keller, Life in the Gospel, Fall 2021. (PDF version available here.) This first of four articles by Keller is to be followed by, “The Decline of Faith”, “The Path to Renewal”, and “The Power for Renewal”, concluding…
(PDF version available here) The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW), in cahoots with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), has released “The Nashville Statement”, the latest big antigay manifesto. The Southern Baptists published their first antigay declaration, along with their protest against Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson’s proclamation…
“Keller, Moore, De Young on How to Speak to Our Culture About Sex”, Ryan Troglin, ed., The Gospel Coalition, August 23, 2016. by Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here.) In 1954, C. S. Lewis was asked about homosexuality. He recalled 1918, when he was an atheist and his closest friend, a devout Christian, confided…
“Sex Without Bodies” by Andy Crouch, Christianity Today, July/August 2013 “Christianity and Homosexuality” by Tim Keller, Redeemer Report, October 2013 By Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here) The executive editor at CT thinks: “There is really only one conviction that can hold [the LGBT] coalition of disparate human experiences together [and it’s] the irrelevance…
“Old Testament Law and the Charge of Inconsistency” by Tim Keller. Redeemer Report, June 2012. (PDF version available here) When we’re said to “pick and choose” Bible verses, it can be frustrating. Keller says: “I vainly hope that one day someone will access their common sense (or at least talk to an informed theological advisor)…