It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for a new weekly poll!
First, a quick recap of last week’s. We asked what you would do if you felt that your pastor was in serious error over a non-salvation issue. 241 of you weighed in, and here’s what you said:
The vast majority, 66%, said that they would remain [...]

The much-discussed Evangelical Manifesto, “an open declaration of who Evangelicals are and what they stand for,” has been released. Several high-profile evangelicals (perhaps most notably Os Guiness) helped to bring it into being, and it’s already been heavily debated on blogs and in the news.
It’s a blunt and ambitious document; its statements about the relationship [...]

The Thin Edge has a reflection on how much our church services rely on technology:

This past Sunday in Wales, a group of elders gathered at their church building to pray. The ancient stone chapel had been without heating since a group of construction workers shut off the gas supply to the building earlier in the [...]

If the GodMen ministry Chris linked to earlier this week interests you, this related item might as well: Bonnie at Intellectuelle is starting a series of posts addressing the idea of the “feminization” of the church. (Link goes to the introductory post; see part 2 as well, and more as the series continues.)
She’s responding in [...]

The first video is the GodMen promo that the organization puts out. The second is an ABC news Nightline report on the event:

To me, this seems like Promise Keepers with more electric guitars, which—for the most part—will probably be a good thing for a lot of the attendees.
Since I’ve never attended a [...]

Have you been following news about Pope Benedict’s visit to the US? There are a lot of issues he’ll undoubtedly address before the visit concludes, but the one that’s attracting the most attention is the ugly history of sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic church. He’s already made some comments on the issue, although given [...]

Trevin Wax relates some of the thoughts he picked up from Robert Wuthnow’s book After the Baby Boomers about how to reach out to young adults (18 to twenty-somethings).
His main points are in bold and I’ve provided a short summary of each of his summaries, but please read his whole post if you’re [...]

Before you scream blasphemy, please know that I’m only quoting a preacher who was quoting the Bible.
A friend sent me a link to this seemingly real video of a preacher. The title of the blog post I saw it in is called “Bad Hermeneutics.” Uh yeah.
From this OT passage, he somehow squeezes out the [...]

Last week we asked you in our poll whether or not you believed in “black magic.” 219 of you voted in the poll, and many of you participated in a great discussion about the topic. If you’re curious, here’s the poll breakdown:
69%, an overwhelming majority, said that black magic is real and that it’s an [...]

In 2006, Professor Klouda’s contract was not renewed (which is a polite way of firing someone in academia) with the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She was a Hebrew teacher, and the official position for her dismissal was because she’s a woman.
No other official position has been stated to my knowledge. Although [...]