Fuller assistant professor of clinical psychology Steven Simpson has written an interesting look at the function of dating for Relevant. In a world where the most the church says about dating is to ‘kiss it (quickly on the cheek) goodbye,’ Dr. Simpson gives dating some legitimacy.
Getting close to someone can [...]
more...Sometimes, Monday comes along and The Burner has little motivation to pass along to you, O ye of loyal Burner readership. Rather than make up something inspirational, TB will steal pass along the sermon illustration he heard yesterday.
This week, do this:
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only [...]
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A pastor/church leader should be equal parts theologian, humanitarian, business person, psychologist, and social anthropologist. Therefore, it’s important to understand what is happening in the culture–even if it’s from an article that’s two months old.
Twenty years of Promise Keepers should have warned of Hanna Rosin’s findings in her fascinating Atlantic article from back [...]
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Jeremy Stahl’s piece on Slate.com poses an interesting conundrum for Harlem’s churches and venerated gospel choirs that have become the beneficiares of the New York tourism industry: How do we deal with the hundreds of visitors that just want to experience our worship services? (TB guesses that this is not a problem that [...]
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The Burner graduated from Fuller Seminary last September. Upon TB procuring a new office here at Fuller, it seemed as good a time as any to pull out the diploma and display it because that’s what you do with diplomas. Inside the diploma case that was handed to TB by our president Dr. Mouw [...]
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William P. Campbell, a PC(USA) minister in North Carolina, wrote the newly published Turning Controversy Into Church Ministry: A Christ-Like Response to Homosexuality (Zondervan, 2010). While many published works on both ends of this topic’s spectrum have tended toward extremes, Campbell joins a recent trend (on both ‘sides’) imploring the church to [...]
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