1. Critical theology for an age of Global Crisis by Carl Raschke
"....it is clear we have transitioned from an age of promise to an age of crisis. And in an age of crisis theological thinking itself must don its own “prophetic” vestments and become a critical theology.
The notion of a critical theology today is not something totally unprecedented. During the 1920s and 1930s with the memory of the catastrophe of the First World War and the lowering specter of economic depression and fascism focusing everyone’s attention, Karl Barth and Emil Brunner proclaimed the tenets of a movement known as “theology of crisis”, later renamed neo-Orthodoxy.
The theology of crisis challenged with a bold, no-holds-barred , and uncompromising polemic the socially meliorative and culturally accommodative strategies of Protestant liberalism, which had prevailed for many generations. Its message centered for the most part on the futility of incorporating the latest intellectual fashions “into the church” and reminded its readers routinely that Christianity is not the crenellated redoubts of “religion”, but the lonely watchtower of faith, which is the only honest stance we can adopt when we see everywhere the fixed stars of theoretical certainty falling from the sky."
2. Is the Gospel a "how to message" by Jackson Wu
I have recently found Jackson Wu's blog and enjoy it because of his focus on China and gospel/politics. In this post he is basically summarizing the point of Scot Mcknight's book "king Jesus Gospel", good thoughts and good post.
3. A back and forth between Tim Challies and Brian Mclaren.
This is an interesting set of posts. Tim Challies called out Brian Mclaren for being a "false teacher" and did so in a clear and non-hateful way. Mclaren responds graciously and explains his position. I agree and disagree with both of these guys on some things, it is just an interesting back and forth to follow to (1) see how accusation and response can be carried out well by two guys attempting to "speak what they believe to be the truth in love". and (2) it put's Mclaren (who has become very popular in the last 10 years) on the spot for some of the things he has written and done and it forces people to see the lines that are drawn in the conversation between the "neo-reformed" and the "emerging/progressive" (their words).
4. Living through a Revolution by Philip Jenkins
Interesting post by Jenkins about how fast the homosexual "revolution" has occured, and then a final bizarro twist of where he says this will go in the next 10 years (transgender rights). It was insightful for me because I have not seen the full history of this discussion played out, for many in my generation it may seem that "homosexual rights" is just commonplace table talk, but realizing how fast this has come upon us in the last 10 years could be good for some people to see and then step back and assess the sweeping change that is happening so rapidly.
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