Category: Apologetics and Theology Blog
I recently read a very good book by John N. Oswalt called The Bible Among the Myths. It is common to see claims that the Bible, particularly the Old Testament, is of the same genre as other ancient myths. This seems possible as the Old Testament is filled with supernatural events, fantastic details and various … Read More “The Bible Among the Myths” »
As a former atheist, I have been very interested in the direction that the new atheism has gone. Atheism has become much more evangelistic and, in my opinion, has become a religion. Apparently, some atheists are not happy about the new direction and there is disagreement in the camp. You can read about it in … Read More “A Split in the Atheist Camp” »
I recently listened to an audio course on Apologetics and Outreach by Jerram Barrs of Covenant Theological Seminary. It was quite good and I recommend it for others. Despite the title, it is more about outreach than apologetics. He does not spend much time on the history of apologetics, how to defend the Bible or … Read More “Jerram Barrs on Apologetics and Outreach” »
I was baptized and discipled in a church affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. When I was considering getting credentials with the PAOC, I was surprised that at one time the PAOC actually subscribed to oneness theology. How did all this happen? Early on in the Pentecostal movement some people began to notice that … Read More “The Challenge of Oneness Pentecostalism” »
A few months ago, I read an interesting book called unChristian written by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons. It dealt with the perceptions that people outside the church felt toward the church and Christianity. It was a helpful book that both called for greater understanding of those outside the church and some tough soul-searching within … Read More “nuChristian” »
I must confess that I have not taken a position on the new perspective on Paul. I think that there are some important correctives raised by the new perspective scholars but I am not yet sure about their final conclusions. I have not rejected them, I am simply still on the journey. Here is a … Read More “Wright and Dunn on the New Perspective” »
If you are interested in theological education but life has taken over and you do not have time for traditional classes, you might find Tyndale College and Seminary’s Degree Completion Program interesting. It is a way for you to complete a Bachelor of Religious Education in a modular format. I will be teaching a course … Read More “Degree Completion Program” »
I was recently listening to an audio course on apologetics that made the brief comment that open theism is a modern heresy. What is open theism? Open theism is an attempt to remove Greek philosophical categories from theology and a presentation of God in which the future is indeed influenced by our decisions and actions, … Read More “Is Open Theism a Heresy?” »
Let me put my cards on the table: I believe Jesus to be the Son of God and that his human father was Joseph, the husband of Mary. Why do I believe that Jesus is the Son of God when only Matthew and Luke record the virgin birth and Paul never mentions it? Although the … Read More “Who is the Father of Jesus Christ?” »
I encounter a lot of claims about the relationship between Greco-Roman religion and Christianity. This is a valid question and must be taken seriously. However, all too often people rely upon summary statements by highly biased authors. If one is to truly understand the importance of Greek religion, it is best to go to the … Read More “Sources for the Study of Greek Religion” »
There has been quite a conversation about the virgin birth on my post comparing the virgin birth of Laozi and I thought it was time to take it to a new post. I would like to address some of the major concerns people have. 1) Isaiah uses the word almah which means young woman and … Read More “Why Do I Believe in the Virgin Birth?” »
There is a lot of talk about parallels between the New Testament and Graeco-Roman literature, some even claiming that the New Testament is almost completely dependent on pagan myths. Therefore, it is important for anyone interested on this issue, on either side, to read Hans-Josef Klauck’s The Religious Context of Early Christianity: A Guide to … Read More “Religious Context of Early Christianity” »
One of the resources that I have grown to appreciate is the magazine Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR). Ironically, I first encountered BAR from a person who was very critical of Christianity as I debated on an atheist discussion board (it was Holysmoke on fidonet). While BAR is not a Christian magazine (every issue has at … Read More “Biblical Archaeology Review” »
I recently read a book called the Portable Seminary: A Master’s Level Overview in One Volume. The idea is that it covers all of the topics that could come up in seminary. Of course the title is not quite accurate in that it does not come close to providing a seminary education. Each topic is … Read More “Portable Seminary” »
Samuel Angus’ Mystery Religions is an older but still interesting book on ancient mystery religions. One of the things that I like about this book is that it does not just describe the religions but attempts to give the cultural and religious trends that contributed either to the popularity or decline of a particular religion. … Read More “Mystery Religions” »
It is quite common for people to claim that the story of Jesus is based on the ancient mystery religions such as that devoted to Mithras, Osiris-Isis etc. The best way to respond to such claims is to look at what the mystery religions actually say. The best resource I have found is Walter Burkert’s … Read More “Ancient Mystery Cults” »
I just finished reading a nice short book by G.B. Caird called the Truth of the Gospel. This was Caird’s first book and it is basically a defense of the Christian faith along the same lines as C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity. Considering Truth of the Gospel was written in 1950, it is surprisingly relevant. As … Read More “Truth of the Gospel” »
I just finished reading an excellent book: Dallas Willard’s Knowing Christ Today. Willard is an incredible writer and thinker. He brings philosophy, theology and biblical studies to bear on relevant issues and leaves the reader desiring to learn more. This book was particularly good. The basic idea of the book is that Christianity should be … Read More “Knowing Christ Today” »
A fellow blogger recently posted his reasons for walking away from Christianity. The last I checked, there were almost a thousand responses to his post. He obviously struck a nerve with both believers and unbelievers. You see his post here. I do not presume to tell him or anyone else what to believe. However, I … Read More “Losing His Religion” »
Among Christians, it is common to think of a trilemma in regards to the identity of Jesus. In part inspired by C.S. Lewis, the trilemma suggests that there are three options for the identity of Jesus. Jesus was either liar, lunatic or Lord. In other words, Jesus either deliberately set out to deceive people, He … Read More “Did Jesus Exist?” »
This is the sermon that I preached on Sunday about the existence of God. Please note that this is a sermon and not an academic lecture. But I thought people might find it interesting. If anyone wants it in mp3 format, please contact me. Introduction There has been a major change in the ways that … Read More “Does God Exist?” »
Things have been difficult in our family lately as my mother was just diagnosed with throat cancer and was hospitalized. I found myself unexpectedly away from home with no computer or books. I stopped by one of my favourite book stores and found the one book by Mark Buchanan that I was missing: Things Unseen. … Read More “Things Unseen” »
My New Testament professor at McMaster Divinity College during my M.Div. days and one of my readers for my M.Th. thesis was a scholar named Richard Longenecker. He was a great teacher and I can still remember many of his lectures. I only wish that I had the opportunity to have taken more classes with … Read More “Christology of Early Jewish Christianity” »
As I sit here watching the documentary on Tom Harpur’s Pagan Christ, I find myself reminded of all the problems that I see in the Jesus myth theory. I will share my top ten problems with this theory. This is not a detailed analysis but rather my opportunity to vent on the glaring problems with … Read More “Top Ten Problems With the Jesus Myth Theory” »
A recent comment on this blog asked about the Egyptian Meri as a name for Isis as a connection to Mary the mother of Jesus. If you Google Meri and Mary you will find dozens of web-sites making that connection, seeing this as evidence that Mary the mother of Jesus is based on Meri the … Read More “Meri, Mary and the Mother of the Saviour” »
I recently read a book edited by Hershel Shanks called The Search for Jesus: Modern Scholarship Looks at the Gospels. It contains chapters by Stephen Patterson, Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan. Shanks, in his introduction, calles this a diversified panel (it was originally a public lecture). Well, it is hardly diversified. It represents one … Read More “The Search for Jesus” »
I just finished reading a fantastic book. It was John Ortberg’s Faith and Doubt. Ortberg is not known as an apologetic writer and yet this may be one of the most important apologetic works in recent years. Ortberg does not try to destroy the presence of doubt but demonstrates how normal and sometimes useful it … Read More “Faith and Doubt” »
I recently finished reading The Jesus Mysteries: Was the Original Jesus a Pagan God? by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy. First the good part. The book is interesting and the authors are obviously very passionate about their subject. Also, unlike Tom Harpur’s Pagan Christ, which basically makes the same claims, this book is very well … Read More “Jesus Mysteries” »
There are a number of people who have come to the conclusion that not only did Jesus not exist, the story we do have in the Gospels is based completely on pagan myths. There are a number of god-men that offered as options and one of them is Orpheus. It does not help that there … Read More “Christ as Orpheus” »
Today is Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday. Darwin is of course best known as the pioneer in the development of the theory of evolution. CNN has an interesting article that you can find here. It is perhaps surprising how relatively few people completely agree with evolution despite its almost complete monopoly in the school system. My … Read More “Happy Birthday Charles Darwin” »
There are a lot of areas of apologetics that I am interested in. But even if I was able to demonstrate the logic of intelligent design, biblical reliability, historical Jesus and the truth of the resurrection, when skeptics read stories like that of Ted Haggard, the facts start to lose their power. The story of Ted … Read More “The Apologetic of a Christian Life” »
One of the most common arguments of the Jesus myth hypothesis is that the virgin birth of Jesus in the Gospels is just another version of the many virgin births in other religions. When one looks at these stories, it quickly becomes apparent that there are not as many virgin births as some claim (Horus and … Read More “Laozi, Jesus and the Virgin Birth” »
Atheist groups are attempting to put pressure to stop all references to God in Barack Obama’s inauguration. You can read the story here. As I have said previously, I just do not get this. When I was an atheist, it never bothered me when God was mentioned in public settings. I disagreed with the people … Read More “Atheists Strike Back” »
I have just had a new article published, this time in the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism and you can read it here. This is a surprising article for me in some ways. My first major publishing project was Unmasking the Pagan Christ, where I argued against the Gospels being based on pagan myths. … Read More “Hellenistic Influence and the Resurrection” »
The anger of atheism toward religion, especially Christianity grows as seen in this story from CNN. It is regrettable that Christians would resort to stealing. There are more productive ways of responding. But what I find strange is, as a former atheist I never felt the need to attack other people’s opinions. Nativity scenes did … Read More “Religion of Atheism” »
I have been listening to a podcast by York University professor Philip Harland and have been enjoying it. I disagree with about 25% of what he says but there are enough good insights for it to be worth my while. One of the things that he says, that I hear from many scholars, continues to … Read More “The Late Dating of the Gospels” »
I recently had a comment on this blog that I thought nicely captures a misconception that many people have. Here is the comment: Of the 80 or so gospels extant at the time of Nicea 4 were selected to please Constantine and all the others suppressed. Since the only “evidence” of Jesus life are the … Read More “Constantine and the Gospels” »
One of the things I have heard a number of times is that the idea of Jesus as the Son of God is simply a response to the Roman Emperor Augustus who was known as the son of god. If the Roman saviour could be a son of god then the Christian Saviour was even … Read More “Augustus and Jesus as Sons of God” »
One of the criticisms of the Gospels is that they reflect details of a later period rather than 30-33 AD that they claim to be describing. One of these “errors” in detail is the description of synagogues. Ben Witherington gives a detailed discussion of the presence of synagogues during the time of Jesus that you … Read More “Synagogues and the Accuracy of the New Testament” »
The earliest Hebrew text has just been discovered as you can read about here. The text comes from the time of King David in the tenth century BC. It has not been completely translated but it seems to have the word for ‘king.’ It will be interesting to see what this means for the minimalist … Read More “Early Hebrew Text Found” »
I have been reflecting lately on the prosperity gospel. How should it be looked at? Is it a Christian heresy or just a bad idea? Generally a movement is judged to be a heresy by its Christology. So Jehovah’s Witnesses are unorthodox because they see Jesus as an angel and Mormons are unorthodox because they … Read More “The Health and Wealth Gospel” »
I recently finished reading Timothy Paul Jones’ Misquoting Truth: A Guide to the Fallacies of Bart Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus. Despite the title, it is in fact a response to both Misquoting Jesus and Lost Christianities. I quite enjoyed this book. It is not overly technical and so it is accessible to more than just scholars. … Read More “Misquoting Truth” »
I have just finished reading Bart Ehrman’s Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and Faiths We Never Knew. First of all, it must be said that Ehrman is a talented writer. He is able to take material that is normally of interest only to scholars and package it in away that can reach the interested … Read More “Lost Christianities” »
Having just recently read Bart Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus, I decided to go back and reread Bruce Metzger’s The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration. Bruce Metzger was Ehrman’s teacher and yet Metzger came to much different conclusions. Metzger had a much more positive view on our ability to reconstruct the Greek text. … Read More “The Text of the New Testament” »
I recently read Dick Staub’s The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of Christianity-Lite. This is basically Staub’s response to different parts of the church that either attempt to completely reject culture or who uncritically embrace culture. Because many Christians have rejected culture, the churches influence … Read More “The Culturally Savvy Christian” »
I recently read Bart Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. In some ways, Ehrman should be commended for this book. He took what is to many people the very boring subject of textual crticism and turned it into a New York Times bestseller. That is no easy task! Textual … Read More “Misquoting Jesus” »
There is always a need for instruction in the Bible and theology, whether one is a new believer or a graduate of seminary. One of the best resources that I have found on the Internet is a place called biblicaltraining.org. They have audio courses for Christians at three levels, from new believers to those who … Read More “Biblical Training” »
One of the books that I have recently read is C.H. Dodd’s The Founder of Christianity. Dodd was one of the most important New Testament scholars of a previous generation. This was his last book and it came out in 1970. Despite being an older book, it is still a good read. If you are looking … Read More “The Founder of Christianity” »
From all my lame defeats and oh! much more From all the victories that I seemed to score; From cleverness shot forth on Thy behalf At which, while angels weep, the audience laugh; From all my proofs of Thy divinity, Thou, who wouldst give no sign, deliver me. Thoughts are but coins. Let me not … Read More “The Apologist’s Evening Prayer” »
Sometimes critics like to suggest that the New Testament is late, and that although individual writings may be earlier, the gathering of them as Scripture is a much later development. We are led to believe that there were just a bunch of writings, orthodox, gnostic and other, that were floating around and then Constantine had … Read More “Polycarp and the New Testament” »
One of the earliest examples of Christian apologetic writing is Mathetes’ Epistle to Diognetus. This is an anonymous letter as mathetes is simply Greek for ‘disciple.’ The author calls himself a disciple of the Apostles (ch. 11), and some have thought him to be a disciple of Paul. We do not know when the letter … Read More “Epistle to Diognetus” »
One of the issues that comes up often concerns how literal to read the Bible. Often times our view of interpretation is defined by our attitude toward inspiration. Some liberals take the Bible as just various authors and editors’ personal opinions on God and spirituality and so the Bible need not be taken literally. Some … Read More “Reading the Bible Literally” »
In an issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (a magazine that I really enjoy), there is an article on the Gospel of Judas by Birger A. Pearson. Pearson explains how National Geographic really messed up in their publication of the Gospel of Judas and there are problems in the translation that seriously hinder a proper interpretation. … Read More “Varieties of Christianity?” »
I have been thinking a lot about the role of apologetics. Traditionally aplogetics has been a sub-set of evangelism. It is a set of intellectual arguments that are used as one tool to bring people to faith in Christ. There is truth to this. There is a need to clear away some of the uncertainties … Read More “Apologetics as Worship” »
I finally got around to reading book I have been interested in for some time: The Quest of the Historical Jesus by Albert Schweitzer. Schweitzer (1875-1965) was an incredible individual with doctorates in theology, medicine and music. This is an older book (published in 1906) but it still has a very important role in the … Read More “The Quest of the Historical Jesus” »
The Beliefnet web-site has a very interesting “blogalogue” between Bart Ehrman and N.T. Wright on the issue of suffering. Both are respected biblical scholars but Ehrman is a former evangelical who has left the faith and has become an agnostic while Wright is an evangelical Anglican bishop. Their conversation is quite stimulating. Ehrman makes some … Read More “Bart Ehrman and N.T. Wright on Suffering” »
One of the distinctives of the Jehovah’s Witnesses is their belief that Jesus is not God but is rather the archangel Michael. They derive this from the following passage. “For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the … Read More “Is Jesus the Archangel Michael?” »
The web-site www.bethinking.org has a great lecture by Darrell Bock on the Jesus Seminar. I enjoy Darrell’s work and I read his blog regularly. Dr. Bock teaches New Testament at a conservative seminary (Dallas Theological Seminary), but I found his presentation to be quite balanced. Even though the focus of the lecture is on the Jesus … Read More “Bocking at the Jesus Seminar” »
Groups such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses sometimes point out that the Trinity is never mentioned in the Bible and yet traditional Christianity uses the Trinity as one of its major tests of orthodoxy. Could the Trinity be so important if it is never mentioned in the Bible? Does it even make sense? When you study … Read More “Why the Trinity Makes Sense” »
The following is an excerpt from our book Unmasking the Pagan Christ. In many ways the argument we give in this section should not be necessary as the suggestion of equating the raising of Lazarus and the raising of Osiris is ludicrous. But unfortunately some people, even with Ph.D.’s continue to make such claims. I … Read More “The Raising of El-Asar-us?” »
Did Jesus receive his divinity by a vote at the Council of Nicaea? In part one of this discussion, we looked at Jewish monotheism and saw that there was some flexibility within that monotheism that could conceive of a divine figure beside the Heavenly Father. But just because there was potential within Judaism, does not … Read More “Divinity By Decree: Part Two” »
The subject of holidays with pagan origins came up recently in our discussion on Jehovah’s Witnesses. I mentioned that I consider this a “Samaritan” issue, that is a nonessential. However, I would like to pursue this a bit in that it has value in a lesson on applying biblical principles on a subject not directly mentioned … Read More “The Bible and Pagan Holidays” »
Recently two pleasant ladies came to our door. They were Jehovah’s Witnesses. I immediately I told them I was a pastor so as not to pretend that I was ignorant of the Bible and then to suddenly surprise them. They were still interested in talking to me, although I could tell they did change gears. … Read More “Jehovah’s Witnesses and What the Bible Really Teaches” »
There are many apologetics web-sites on the Internet. Some are better than others. I have seen some of the worst but thankfully there are some good ones as well. A good one that I have come across is www.bethinking.org that is particularly rich in audio files. Check it out, you might find something in your … Read More “Be Thinking” »
I just finished reading What Have They Done With Jesus? Beyond Strange Theories and Bad History – Why We Can Trust the Bible by Ben Witherington III. I like Ben Witherington’s stuff and I read his blog regularly. However, I was disappointed in this book in a way. The disappointment is actually with the title. … Read More “What Have They Done With Jesus?” »
How much of the Gospel accounts about Jesus are historical? What actually happened in Jesus’ life and what was the invention of the Gospel writers? E.P. Sanders says in his book The Historical Figure of Jesus, “The clearest cases of invention are in the birth narratives.” (p. 85) Sanders then goes on to describe a number … Read More “Virgin Birth” »
Dr. John Dickson has an interesting article on the resurrection that you can find here. I like what he says even if it might not be far enough for many Christians. Dickson attempts to find a balance between apologists who attempt to prove every minute detail of the biblical accounts and skeptics that deny pretty … Read More “Resurrection and History” »
When we look for the evidence of the historical Jesus, we must spend time dealing with the first century Jewish historian Josephus. Josephus wrote a number of books including one called the Antiquities of the Jews. This is a history of the Jews from creation to the Jewish War of 70 AD. If Jesus existed, … Read More “Testamonium Flavianum” »
I just finished reading Craig A. Evans’ Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels. This was one of the best books on apologetics that I have ever read. Evans tackles the Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan, Bart Ehrman, Dan Brown, Barbara Thiering, Talpiot Tomb, Tom Harpur and more. You might wonder how any one … Read More “Fabricating Jesus” »
One of my favourite biblical scholars and writers is F.F. Bruce (1910-1990). Bruce’s career was the beginning of a renaissance in evangelical Christian scholarship. Bruce demonstrated that it was possible to be faithful to high levels of scholarship and the truth of the Bible. He inspired countless other evangelicals to continue to bridge this gap. I … Read More “The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?” »
I just finished reading a book called Jesus Now and Then by Richard Burridge and Graham Gould. The book is divided into two section written by each author: one on the New Testament and the other on church history. Both sections of the book focus on what Christians were saying about Jesus, especially in terms … Read More “Jesus Now and Then” »
The idea that Jesus was not a historical figure stubbornly remains in some areas. Is there truly any historical evidence for Jesus? There most definitely is. Some of the best non-biblical evidence comes from the first century Jewish historian, Josephus. Before we look at what Josephus said about Jesus, let us look at what Josephus … Read More “Josephus, John the Baptist and the Historical Jesus” »
My co-author on Unmasking the Pagan Christ, Stan Porter, was recently on the Drew Marshall Show, a Christian radio talk show. Stan co-wrote a book on the Gospel of Judas with the church history professor at McMaster Divinity College, Gord Heath titled The Lost Gospel of Judas: Separating Fact from Fiction. If you are interested … Read More “Gospel of Judas” »
There seems to be no lack of Jesus movies but a new one has come out that should capture some attention. It is called the Messiah and it was made by Iranian filmmaker Nader Talebzadeh. You can get some more information on this film and read an interview with Talebzadeh here. This film attempts to … Read More “The Muslim Jesus” »
One of my interests is the claim that Jesus was not a historical figure but rather just another myth. Despite my interest, I must confess a certain level of frustration. In many ways it is a silly argument. We deal with this in a number of ways in our book, Unmasking the Pagan Christ. However, there … Read More “The Jesus Myth” »
When writers attempt to revise the meaning of Christianity, imposing their own radical views, one of the ancient authors that they are often drawn to is the Alexandrian scholar Origen. Origen lived 185-254 AD, was known for his allegorical interpretations and was considered by some to be a heretic. You can see why he would … Read More “Origen of the Problem” »
It was commented that my use of the category ‘cult’ for Christian Science is not the most helpful for dialogue. I must confess that in the past I have been uncomfortable with that term as well. Therefore, I thought it would be worth looking at the issue of cults. Here are some definitions: 1 a … Read More “What is a Cult?” »
First of all, I want to say that I am not on an anti-Christian Science crusade. People are free to believe whatever they want to believe. But I am enjoying our conversation so I am going to keep going. It is very clear that a central tenet of Christian Science is the illusion of matter. … Read More “Matter Matters” »
My post on Christian Science seemed to gather a lot of interest, so I thought I would dig a little deeper. Since my previous post relied on the writings of an author critical of sectarian groups, in this post I would like to rely on Christian Science texts and the Bible. Their web-site (www.Christianscience.com) has … Read More “Christian Science and Jesus Christ” »
One of the things that I have encountered from time to time is the claim that Jesus received his divinity by vote at the Council of Nicaea (325 AD). For many Christians it seems preposterous that anyone could become a god by a decree. On this, the critics are not completely wrong. In the Roman Empire, … Read More “Divinity By Decree: Part One” »
As previously mentioned, I have been reading Emerging Churches: Creating Community in Postmodern Cultures by Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger. Since some Christians are very concerned about the emerging church, some even considering it a heresy, I thought I would share some of my thoughts on the emerging church. First of all, it is difficult … Read More “Emerging Ideas about the Emerging Church” »
We are very fortunate in our area to have a very high quality Christian radio station called Life 100.3. I enjoy the station but I was shocked this morning. At the end of their news broadcast they always have a good news segment. This morning it was promoting a web-site that testified of people getting … Read More “Christian Science is Not Christian” »
Should people care about defending the truth? Should we not just accept our differences and embrace our diversity? Actually, I am all for respecting differences and embracing diversity, inside and outside the Church. There are many grey areas that we must humbly listen to others with a teachable mind and heart. But there are other areas … Read More “Standing Up for the Truth” »
One of the things that I get frustrated with is the claim that the Apostle Paul never spoke of the historical Jesus. If this is true, it leaves wide open the claim that the early Christians saw Jesus not as a literal person but as a symbol for our own spiritual journey. Now it is … Read More “Paul and the Historical Jesus” »
The claim last year that archaeologists discovered the tomb of Jesus, including His remains, keeps coming back up. Scholars have clearly proven that the Talpiot tomb may have contained a Jesus (one of the most common names at that time), but it certainly was not the Jesus of the New Testament. Ben Witherington has a … Read More “The Tomb of Jesus” »
As part of my studies with the Arrow Leadership Program, I am doing some reading on the emerging church, specifically the book, Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures by Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger. The emerging church is a movement (some would say a conversation) that embraces the postmodern worldview and often … Read More “Apologetics and the Emerging Church” »