Category Archives: Brian McLaren

‘A New Kind of Christianity’ by Brian McLaren

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Earl Barnett

A New Kind of Christianity is nothing like I expected it to be. I assumed that I was picking up another defense of the Emergent Church tradition. What I picked up, instead, was the first truly Emergent volume of systematic theology. I know… I was confused too. Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Justice Project

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Earl Barnett

I highly recommend The Justice Project to anyone concerned with faith’s intersection with the public sphere. With that said, I do not think that any review I can write will do this book justice (pun intended). Nevertheless, I will try to encapsulate this excellent book and my thoughts on it Continue reading →

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Who Wants to Go to Envision ’08?

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Earl Barnett

Envision 2008 Princeton, New Jersey June 8-10th According to the website: http://ev08.org/ Envision ‘08 is about the power of the gospel to transform the public square. It’s about Jesus and justice, evangelical history and heritage, and practiced theology. It’s about … Continue reading →

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Thomas Beatie, Carrying His Wife’s Baby?

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Earl Barnett

Read the article here. I’m not going to comment on this aside from stating that, as much as the Church may want to condemn same sex relationships, they’re not going away and burying our head in the sand (read: hatred … Continue reading →

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Harry Emerson Fosdick’s ‘Shall the Fundamentalists Win?’

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Earl Barnett

From his sermon, ‘Shall the Fundamentalists Win?‘: “If a man is a genuine liberal, his primary protest is not against holding [conservative] opinions, although he may well protest against their being considered the fundamentals of Christianity. This is a free … Continue reading →

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