With Richard Foster’s Renovaré Conference, Point Loma Continues On A Downward Slide

With Richard Foster’s Renovaré Conference, Point Loma Continues On A Downward Slide Here we go again.  I love San Diego, and the last time I was there, I visited the campus at Point Loma Nazarene University.  A beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean.  Well designed campus buildings.  Watched a nice soccer game that was going [...]

The Intolerance of The “Tolerant” Emergents, And Their Leaven

Galatians 5:9, “A little leaven leavens the whole lump. You can’t really maintain a good discussion or “conversation” with many emergents, if you are someone who believes in the infallibility and trustworthiness of all of God’s word, and that it is the sole authority for our faith and practice. Emergents reject that belief, and the [...]

Where Are The Battlegrounds?

“O son of man, I HAVE SET THEE A WATCHMAN unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me… IF THOU DOST NOT SPEAK TO WARN THE WICKED from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but HIS BLOOD WILL I REQUIRE [...]

Spiritual Formation: What Does It Really Mean?

All of a sudden, after years of membership in your church, you start hearing “new” words used much more frequently than ever before, such as: Conversation.  Missional.  Incarnational.  Prophetic.  Mystery. Community.  Relational. Authentic. Post-modern. Deconstruct. Narrative.  Story.  Re-imagine.  Tribe.  Contextual.  Mystery. Or phrases such as: “You can’t put God in a box.”  “Don’t throw the [...]