Shawn Young3 minThe Church As ApologeticTruths Undergirding the Church as Apologetic The two key truths undergirding the book are gospel and community. Gospel is the revealed...
Shawn Young4 minLiturgical Creatures?James K. A. Smith Baker Academic: 2009 According to Smith, we are desiring creatures more than we are thinking animals. What we love...
Shawn Young2 minParish Model and the PCAIn my earlier post “Connoisseurs of Churches” I quoted C. S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters. In the passage I quoted, Screwtape (the mentor...
Shawn Young3 minConnoisseurs of ChurchesTrends that C.S. Lewis discerned about seventy years ago seem to have reached maturity in our day. While he often seems prophetic in that...
Shawn Young2 minIs Corporate Worship Dispensable?In worship God calls his people into his presence so that he can cleanse their hearts, renew their love for him, and refresh their vision...
Shawn Young2 minWhy We Need Christian LiturgyWe believe we can achieve dominance through science and technology. Religion may be helpful for private life, but it cannot deal with the...
Shawn Young2 minBecoming vs. Belonging?As a church we have a growing sense of calling to see God use us to draw people to Himself. We’re earnestly praying and seeking Him in...
Shawn Young1 minWhat Churches Must Learn From Penn StateWhether you like Mohler or not, I think he is spot on when it comes to this blog post about what churches must learn from the Penn State...
Shawn Young1 minThe Future of Megachurches?The Aquila Report recently linked an article by Skye Jethani exploring the future of megachurches. Jethani does not write as an adversary...
Shawn Young1 minCalvin on the Efficacy of the Lord's SupperTo summarize: our souls are fed by the flesh and blood of Christ in the same way that bread and wine keep and sustain physical life….Even...
Shawn Young2 minHow Nice Becomes Insidious Although Creasy Dean is sympathetic to the motivation to be nice, particularly in a pluralistic context, she rightly concludes it is...
Shawn Young2 minThe Problem in Ministering to YouthI’ve only read the first chapter of Almost Christian so far, but oh what a first chapter it is. I have quibbles/questions with a few...
Shawn Young2 minChurch Analogies That Fall ShortDr. VanDrunen identifies a couple of popular analogies used to convey the importance of the church. One analogy is that going to church...
Shawn Young1 minAttitudes Toward Church: Some PitfallsShane Lems has a recent post that I found quite useful in thinking about the church, and I hope you will too. Those of you who know me,...
Shawn Young1 minLeadership as Obligated Reponsibility for Others“Through the instructions he gives to the new minister at Crete, as well as to those Titus will appoint as church leaders, Paul cautions...
Shawn Young1 minThe Politics of Abortion?Dr. Brian Lee has written about the church’s involvement in the political debate concerning abortion (HT: the Heidelblog). I said a...
Shawn Young3 minReformed Worship (Part 4)Hart and Muether point out that there is no contradiction between whether God is pleased by our worship, and how we as worshipers are...
Shawn Young2 minReformed Worship? (Part 3)Good liturgy necessarily arises out of a proper understanding of the church. But what is a good Reformed liturgy? “It is a liturgy that...
Shawn Young1 minThe Big Reformed Tent of the PCAFor those of you who have read Tim Keller’s paper (or if you haven’t read it, you can find it here) presented in his discussion at...
Shawn Young2 minIndividualism Negating the IndividualCarl Trueman's latest essay is over at Reformation21. I was interested in his point particularly as it informs our worship, and closely...