Lately I’ve been doing some thinking about what is sometimes called Gospel-Driven Sanctification (or some similar terminology.*) This has come after reading the recent back and forth on the Gospel Coalition site between Tullian Tchividjian and Kevin DeYoung (among other posts) on the subject of effort in the Christian life. This issue was also alluded to [...]
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What Should We Think About “Gospel-Driven” Sanctification?
Posted in confessionalism, evangelicalism, Gospel, Gospel Centered, justification, Movements, Sanctification, soteriology, Union With Christ, tagged Horatius Bonar, J.C. Ryle, Jay E. Adams, Kevin DeYoung, Reformation 21, Sonship, Tullian Tchividjian, William B. Evans, Young, Young Restless and Reformed on August 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The similarities among the defenders of Mark Driscoll and Ergun Caner
Posted in blogging, Movements, SBC on May 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
As regular readers of this blog will remember, early last year I made several posts in the midst of the controversy over Mark Driscoll that had ensued after Baptist Press published an article that was critical of certain aspects of Driscoll’s ministry. With the exception of some admittedly overheated and perhaps hasty blog comments that [...]
Liberty University Investigates Ergun Caner’s Background Claims
Posted in evangelicalism, Movements, SBC, tagged Ergun Caner, Liberty University on May 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been tied up with other issues offline (or IRL it used to be termed) and haven’t been able to blog much lately, although I do have several posts that I’m working on that I hope to publish soon. Many who read this post may be aware that there has been a controversy brewing for [...]
Acts 29 Network Pastor: “Uncool People Need Church Too”
Posted in blogging, Church planting, ecclesiology, evangelicalism, Movements, tagged Acts 29 on March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just over a year ago, I noted the parallels between the current contextual/missional/hipster/urban church planting movement inspired by Mark Driscoll and others and the Bill Hybels/Rick Warren inspired church growth movement of 10-20 years ago. (Note that I did not say there was a 1:1 correspondence between the two, but simply noted a similar mentality [...]
