Michael Krahn : The Ascent to Truth

I am NOT a Hillsong basher but Ugh, I hate Hillsong videos… and some of their lyrics. I have no idea what they’re trying to market in videos such as the one below. Ok, actually its pretty obvious: the people in the band and all their fans are gorgeous and hip! They spend time in [...]

When it comes to television, I’m a bit of a Luddite – and I like it that way.  We have rabbit ears, that’s it – no cable, no satellite.  There are only two shows we keep current on: 24 and LOST.
The West Wing is a show we’ve been watching recently and we just finished season [...]

These are from the post “Being Pro-Life Christians Under a Pro-Choice President” by John Piper:

Are you willing to explain why a baby’s right not to be killed is less important than a woman’s right not to be pregnant?
Or are you willing to explain why most cities have laws forbidding cruelty to animals, but you oppose [...]

Ok, I’m done now… I told Anne Marie not to let me go out again.
Here’s the academic stack:

…and the other stack. You’ll notice I out the Bell and Pagitt books between some more solid theological works.  I tried to put them closer to MacArthur but there were sparks.

By the way, we’re going Rob Bell’s church [...]

From a two-part interview with Darryl Dash:
How do we change in order to contextualize without changing the gospel?
That is the practical question in ministry. If you under-contextualize your ministry and message, no one’s life will be changed because they’ll be too confused about what you are saying. But if you over-contextualize your ministry and your [...]

Available here.
I am way backed up on writing… I have a lot of hand written notes and some audio from the Why Everything Must Change conference and Desiring God 2008 conference.
It will all make it here eventually, but for now enjoy the DG08 audio and video.
Michael Krahn (michael.krahn@gmail.com) is a husband, father, Pastor, writer, and [...]

Yes, I love Google… and it’s a much cheaper obsession then being an Apple fanboy.  And I love audio, both spoken-word and music.  So this is exciting:
 http://labs.google.com/gaudi
It looks like its not fully functional yet but this is very promising.
(HT: Justin Taylor)
Michael Krahn (michael.krahn@gmail.com) is a husband, father, Pastor, writer, and recording artist who enjoys [...]

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I spent Friday night and all day Saturday in Oakville, Ontario at the “Why Everything Must Change” conference.  I’ll post more audio and observations in the coming days but the following was the immediate hot-spot for me.  I should mention that there were many great things about the conference and I’ll [...]

Tim Challies is finally putting words down on paper. The Oakville, Ontario author is better known as a prolific and widely-read blogger and chronicler of various Christian conferences than a book author. Making a successful transition from blogger to published author is, so far, a rare occurrence but one that seems natural for [...]

I’m not quite sure I like Steve Brown yet, but what a great voice. Here he interviews “post-evangelical” Michael Spencer (The Internet Monk).  I do like Spencer.  He represents my own combination of conservative theology mixed with a appreciation for Thomas Merton and  both a critical and positive view of Emerging Church ideas.
Have a listen.
Michael [...]