There is a scene in the Brian Henson classic film, Muppet Treasure Island, where Fozzie Bear as Squire Trelawney keeps tossing “The finest brandy laid down but the brothers of Buckfast Abby” out of a window during an argument with Captain Smollett (Kermit) over the presence of alcohol on the ship. eventually a tourist shipContinue reading “A Plea to Knock it off Already”
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Is Mark Driscoll Leading Your Praise Team?*
One of the charges leveled in The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill was that in preaching the now famous/infamous “Who the Hell do You Think You Are!?” sermon out of 2 Peter everything was planned before hand and replicated at each service. A more honest commentator would have readily conceded that this kind ofContinue reading “Is Mark Driscoll Leading Your Praise Team?*”
Lloyd-Jones and Four Chords
Introduction I think, by now, it is pretty apparent that I find modern evangelical worship highly suspect at best. I may be closer to the mark to say I utterly despise it. There are exceptions that sneak into the repertoire of of the four cord playing mono syllabic “worship leader”. But those are usually ofContinue reading “Lloyd-Jones and Four Chords”
The Wolves of Progress
I expect to be challenged by George Yancey’s forthcoming book One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America but perhaps not by the conclusions drawn by the work. Rather I expect my struggle will be over how to respond to the people I know that fall into the camp oppositeContinue reading “The Wolves of Progress”
Southern Reformed Smoker 