Mark Driscoll continues his Doctrine series with a post on the dangers of prosperity theology. Hint: Driscoll calls it idolatry, which is perfectly accurate.
Kevin DeYoung calls us to beware being a generation of bandwagon jumpers when it comes to doctrinal fads and teachers. DeYoung warns that we should not embrace or reject a doctrine, speaker, book, etc. simply because others have accepted it or rejected it.
I’ve added the blog “Practical Shepherding” to my Google Reader and RSS feeds. This looks like it could offer some very wise, practical advice for pastors who know things they should do, but have no idea how to do them. How should I dress for this event? How long should I say in the hospital room for this visit? Questions like these and I’m sure many others will be addressed there.
Jonathan Parnell of DG offers a fascinating, brief thought that shows the irony between 450 bleeding prophets of Baal on one mountain, begging their god to reveal himself, and the true God of the universe hanging, bloody, on a cross, revealing himself to a people who do not care.
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