What Has Happened to Evangelicalism in America?

John H. Armstrong January 5th, 2010

The famous historian of theology, H. Richard Niebuhr, once called theological liberalism a religion devoted to "a God without wrath [who] brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross" [The Kingdom of God in America, (The Wesleyan University Press, orig. 1937; 1988), p. 193].

I can’t think of a statement that better sums up much of the problem inside the church in our time. Where once liberal theology ravaged the older c … (Read More)

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You can't teach a frog to fly!

Steve Brown September 3rd, 2009

I've had a lousy job for most of my life!

As you know, I'm a preacher/pastor and my job description is to keep people from doing what they obviously want to do. I've often felt like an overwhelmed police officer at a rock concert charged with keeping the concert goers from using drugs.

With a job description like mine, you hardly ever get invited to parties, people are not very honest, and sometimes you feel like a wet shaggy dog shaking himself at a wedding. I tell them that I� … (Read More)

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3 Free Sins, Guilt & Temptation - Larry Dixon on SBE

Erik Guzman July 31st, 2009

If you're pure and holy like Steve Brown, you probably don't need to listen to this show. But if you struggle with guilt and temptation like me, and you’re going through free sins like a bag of chips, join Steve and Dr. Larry Dixon on this week's Steve Brown Etc.

(If you're on the front page of the site, click "Read More" to see player options.)

Larry Dixon is a theology professor at Columbia International University Seminary and School of Missions, and the autho … (Read More)

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Grace is As Dangerous As Ever: A Meditation on John 8

Michael Spencer May 12th, 2009

This meditation on John 8 was posted at Internet Monk.com in May of 2007. In these days when Christians are rethinking the "Culture War," it's especially relevant for us to consider how Jesus interacted with the "culture warriors" of his time.

The last few weeks of my men’s morning Bible study has been about “Texts That Will Get You In Trouble,” and we spent two sessions on John 8, and Jesus’ words to the woman caught in adultery: “Neither do I condemn you. Go … (Read More)

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What do you think about my proposal?

Steve Brown October 7th, 2008

As some of you know, I preach/teach fairly often at Perimeter Church in Atlanta. I love the people there and their pastor, Randy Pope, is one of my heroes.

It's as close as I'm ever going to get to being a pastor of a mega-church.

I've always asked God to make me the pastor of a mega-church and told him, if he really loved me, he would. Or, at any rate, that was my prayer until I started visiting Perimeter.

They have more staff people than I ever had as church members where I serv … (Read More)

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Etcetera - 06.11.08 - Fluxed Up

Erik Guzman June 12th, 2008

Everything seems to be in a state of flux…our country, the global economy, the church, our personal lives. All the change and uncertainty is enough to drive a person to drink (or trust in a loving God who's in control of this mess). I guess it depends on the person.

Use one of the options below to listen to this edition of Etcetera as we spend some time talking about being jacked up in a jacked up world.

Here are some links that came up in this show…

- The Etcetera Facebook … (Read More)

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