“Sometimes following John [Darnielle - lead singer of the Mountain Goats] is like…I mean, we’re in the South…sometimes following John is a little like following Jesus. It’s very difficult, sometimes rewarding, and sometimes you wake up and you go, ‘Why the hell am I at a snake handling church?’”
- stage patter from Perry Wright from [...]

Author: Brian S. Rosner
Publisher: Eerdmans
ISBN: 9780802833747
214 pages, paperback.
Several years ago I lived near a medium-sized city that was scheduled to get a new shopping mall. The area already had two or three of the typical 1980s shoe box malls, but the new one was supposed to be as high above them as they were over [...]

Having a child stray from the faith is one of the most painful experiences any Christian parents can go through. When one of the parents is a high-profile minister, the pain and shame is all the more. Such a leader must constantly struggle with the fear that he or she has lost credibility; if they [...]

…to express the awesome power of the Gospel in a fresh and stunning way?
Maybe so, if this post from Dilbert creator Scott Adams is admitted as evidence.
Scott Adams asks “What’s Missing?” in the Imus debacle.

Faith is one of those words I have struggled with for a long time. As a person of the Reformed persuasion, sola fide is supposed to be the cheer for my team (although I think sometimes semper fi would be better). But what is faith? Reformed theology tells us that you can’t be justified [...]

“I think if you let the match burn right down to your fingertips you get a better flame.” “Maybe your tobacco is too dry. Try adding some beer!” “Have you thought of giving up pipe smoking? Maybe you’d be more successful at something simpler, like nuclear physics.”
Our advice flowed as freely as Yuengling from a [...]

Our dear friend and beloved teacher Mike Kelly, Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, recently gave a chapel talk on Joshua 11:1-9.
Joshua 11:1-9 depicts the final battle of the conquest campaign in the book of Joshua. This chapter presents the alliance of northern kings in familiar terms echoing other biblical narratives, [...]

Tonight while typing a reading digest for a seminary class, I had my iPod shuffling through James Taylor songs. A little while ago “That Lonesome Road” came up and caught my attention as it supplied words for my heart right now.
Walk down that lonesome road all by yourself
Don’t turn your head back over your shoulder
And [...]

Grace is subversive. It undermines the ideals and standards of those of us who can not tolerate weakness in others (or in ourselves). It undermines the pride of those of us who search out every vestige of unbiblical belief and practice. It undermines the presumption of those of us who preach the pure gospel to [...]

I originally published this article on the Conn-versation team blog (connversation.wordpress.com), but I feel so strongly about its subject matter that I wanted to post it here as well.
Author Edward Gilbreath’s article Exit Interviews over at christianitytoday.com dares to ask the questions whites and blacks involved in minstry together are dying (but afraid) to ask [...]