Michael Krahn : The Ascent to Truth

In yesterday’s post I focused on the common practice of second-hand naysaying. I also mentioned something that serves as a the naysayer’s source book: the “anti-book”. This book (an example here) is a scrapbook of sorts that claims to be authoritative on all matters relating to the one(s) who have been issued “nay” status. It [...]

I don’t mind naysaying; in fact, on occasion, I engage in it. There is certainly plenty of it going on and in this series of three posts I want to (1) examine how it works, (2) make some observations about  the “anti-book”, and then (3) offer some principles or rules of engagement for dealing with [...]

Thanks to TSK, the Emerging Church is now dead. TSK says that it was like that when he got there, but the investigation is still underway.
But move on we must, and we now enter the era of reflecting on the good and bad of the movement… like Dan Kimball does here as he reflects on [...]

Is bigger always better?
Two questions:
1. Can you list one biblical and one practical reason why we keep trying to make our current churches larger?
2. How can we communicate the importance of  ”one to one” and “one to few” ministry?
The conference/denomination in which I am a Pastor is having a conversation about who we are and why [...]

This brings a (satirical) tear to my eye. The money quote:
She is survived by her parents, the Seeker Church, and Sojourners; her paternal grandmother, the former Deconstructionism, now Postmodernity; her maternal grandmother, French Nihilism and her paternal great-grandparents, the Social Gospel and Fundamentalism. Her paternal grandfather, the Jesus Movement died months before her birth. Her [...]

Andrew Jones, a long-time leader and historian of the Emerging Church Movement gives it the R.I.P. treatment in his recent post “Emerging Church Movement – (1989-2009)?“:
“2009 marks a turning point for the emerging church. Its difficult to make broad statements about a movement that hit each country at different times, in successive waves, and at [...]

In my experience, having observed, engaged in, and written about it, the following are some important and often misunderstood facts about the movement:
The Emerging Church is not a denomination.
It has no recognized creed or doctrinal statement.
It has no charter or by-laws.
It has no president or board of directors.
“Emerging Church” is a term used to describe [...]

In the early 90’s we had an explosion of what we called “alternative music”. This was music that was either on the fringes of or completely different from the hit music of the time. We would have called this hit music “mainstream music” at the time. “Alternative music” came about and was able to flourish [...]

Reading “A Million Miles…” is like talking to an old friend, one you used to love and spend a lot of time with but for whatever reason haven’t seen for a long time. This friend used to captivate you and you would enjoy being in their presence so much you wondered if you were [...]

Mark Driscoll, the fearless and sometimes controversial founder and Pastor of Mars Hill church in Seattle, writes books the way he preaches: . In fact, his recent books are transcribed from earlier sermon series’. Sure, there’s some editing and polishing, but if you’re familiar with his preaching, the content of his books is no surprise.
In [...]