Given that some people stay up at night wondering about how the intricacies of the Two Kingdoms approach to culture play out I thought I’d point to an article that will help you rest peacefully. And for everyone else who couldn’t give a hoot (or have no idea what Two Kingdoms theology is), just forget I ever wrote this post.
Tim Keller has written a very balanced (and on this issue I think ‘balanced’ is good) article on the current tension in the reformed and evangelical world regarding the mission of the church and the relationship of Christ to culture. Obviously the issues and ‘camps’ being discussed are far more complex and need much further reflection but this article gives a good bird’s eye view of the tension and suggests something of a way forward.
The morning plenaries centered around the theme of ‘truth’ which was the designated congress theme for the day. Ajith Fernando got us going with an exposition of Ephesians 1. Fernando called us back to credible evangelism that displays both a powerful testimony through lives lived and through the unashamed verbal proclamation of the gospel. As [...]
Lausanne III has officially kicked off. We sang, we danced (well some of us did), we heard Doug Birdsall’s inspiring vision for this congress and the ongoing Lausanne movement. In many ways it was a humbling experience to sit amongst so many (over 5000 in all) people from so many different countries (more than 190) [...]
In just over four days time the most significant evangelical congress to ever take place on South African shores will kick into action. Over 5000 participants, volunteers and staff from all over the world will converge on the Cape Town International Convention Center to participate in hearing and adding their many voices to some of [...]
The good people at Redeemer City to City were kind enough to send me a sneak peak into Tim Keller’s forthcoming (November 2010) book, Generous Justice. If you’re familiar with Keller’s preaching and teaching ministry you’ll be well aware of how central the idea of ‘doing justice’ is to much of Redeemer’s philosophy of ministry. [...]
I stumbled upon Sivin Kit’s blog post, ‘An Affirmation on Christian Witness‘ which deals with the Malaysian Christian Federation’s affirming of what is really just honest evangelism – evangelism with integrity. Perhaps there are no places more in need of honest evangelism than our highly suspicious urban centers. Besides the simple fact that a carrot [...]
On Friday Robin and I head off to Johannesburg and Durban for two weeks. The first purpose of our trip is to get a bit of rest time in. Church planting is busy work and its been full steam ahead since the beginning of the year. The second purpose is to continue raising the profile [...]
How do you bless your city on a personal level. Many might have read Tim Keller’s advance paper for Cape Town 2010 and been really convicted by the approach to urban ministry he sets out, but you’re left wondering how you live consistently with those principles on an individual level. Here are some thoughts, and [...]
Here’s a list of reasons why I could never walk away from the Christian faith: 1. I find the historical person of Jesus too compelling. Even with the most skeptical and literary critical reading of the gospels the man that comes forth from those accounts (let me stress again: even when torn apart by literary [...]
I drove through Ravensmead on the way to work a few mornings ago. It’s not my usual route but I had an early morning airport run and so the chance to drive through parts of the city that I normally don’t. You often hear people talk about places where there’s a church on every corner. [...]
The really great people at Redeemer City to City have just launched their new website which gives interested people a comprehensive view of what City to City does around the world. There are loads of great resources from Tim Keller, City to City staff members and other church planters. The site also has great videos [...]
Just a quick shout-out for my friend and colleague Lenny Long (follow him on twitter) who is taking a small bunch of people off and planting The Vine Church in the Burgundy Estate area of Cape Town. They have two main informal gatherings at the moment on Sunday morning 10am and then on Wednesday evenings [...]
On Friday Robin and I head off to Johannesburg and Durban for two weeks. The first purpose of our trip is to get a bit of rest time in. Church planting is busy work and its been full steam ahead since the beginning of the year. The second purpose is to continue raising the profile [...]
Here’s something you probably didn’t know: According to the Global World Cities Ranking, Cape Town is the 16th (level with 5 other cities) most prominent city in the world where English is the Lingua Franca (English is not necessarily the most widely spoken language in each of these cases but it is the language on which each [...]
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