Lord Dragon Wars Chronicles

Lord of the Rings meets Dragonheart meets Star Wars meets Narnia =

http://www.eragonmovie.com/

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/eragon/

The trilogy begins December 15th

"Felt Needs" Preaching

Al Mohler writes on his blog:

The idea that preaching should be addressed to the self-perceived "needs" of the congregation is now well ingrained in the larger evangelical culture. The argument behind this is almost always missiological -- just preach to the needs people already feel and then you can point them to a deep need and God's provision of the Gospel. There are several basic flaws with this approach.

Continue reading The Problem of Preaching to Felt Needs.

Theology for an Age of Terror

I read this excellent article by Timothy George in Christianity Today last week.

Here's the online version:

Theology for an Age of Terror

QotD

From internetmonk.com » Osteen Redux:

"Conservative evangelicals are strangely silent about Osteen, even though he outdoes liberals, mystics, the emerging church and many outright apostates in his abandonment of the Gospel. One of the reasons I am a post-evangelical is that I see little evidence that evangelicalism has the ability to separate itself from a successful minsiter who threw the Gospel itself away in order to be popular. Osteen is the present and the future of evangelicalism. If this is where we’re going, you can have him, and the whole movement."

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From The Purpose-Driven Dark Side Finally Shows Up At Baptist Press:

"Evangelicalism is full of churches that are going to die in 25 years. The promise of an endless supply of compliant baby boomers looking for “purpose” is simply a fantasy."