Monthly Archives: December 2011
Soft vs hard postmodernism
In his book on postconservative theology – Reformed and Always Reforming – Roger Olson makes a valuable distinction between two types of postmodernism. It is a distinction that I came to make in some way in my own mind, but … Continue reading
Filed under theology
The Housing Bubble and Megachurches: It’s Connected!
The housing bubble and megachurches are connected. The housing bubble is one of the social evils of Australian society today. The baby boomers are largely to blame. Not all of them, of course. But as a generation, they have pushed … Continue reading
Filed under church (ecclesiology), church growth, current affairs, justice
Puritan and Pietist contending within evangelicalism
Roger Olson, Reformed and Always Reforming: The Postconservative Approach to Theology. (Baker Academic, 2007) In outlining the difference between conservative and postconservative evangelical theology, Olson makes a fascinating proposal. For him, evangelicalism has always faced the challenge and rewards of … Continue reading
On the Road 51: Exploitation in Bangkok, the story of Rachel and Leah, and Dave Andrews on Fear vs Love
I’ve just released issue 51 of On the Road, the journal of the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand. This one is the Women’s Issue. Inside, you’ll find a personal narrative from Bessie Pereira, one of the first women … Continue reading
Filed under AAANZ, links, male and female
Religion as a life sentence
I could never work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence. I can understand a wrathful God who’d just as soon dangle us all from a hook. And I can understand a … Continue reading
Filed under quotes, theology and literature
