THE CAPRANICA

REVEAL is not revealing a new approach to ministry - or is it?  Hybels responds to recent reports.

Willow Creek Association - News

Fascinating to watch the potential changes at Willow Creek.  I simply wonder how significant the movement is.

Between Two Worlds: Willow Creek: “We’ve Really Upset the Christ-Centered People”

I learned some great theology today.  God get’s pleasure when I’m a doofus.  I am regularly a doofus and find myself mourning over my doofus-hood often.  I find no real lasting pleasure when I do doofus things.  I hate my doofus activities.  But, God’s enjoys it.

Watch the video at the end of Denny Burk’s good [...]

Notable comments from Rick Warren on his belief in biblical inerrancy, especially as it relates to the book of Genesis.  Can you discern his position.

Denny Burk » Rick Warren on Inerrancy

Want to see some of the upcoming changes at Saddleback Church?  Read the highlights from a recent Vision Night as Rick Warren casts a new vision.  It is “40 Days with a vengeance” and some interesting verses to support it all.

Saddleback Church - Vision Night Highlights

On the revamping of the church by men such as George Barna
“The expectations of the postwar baby boomers have been shaped by such a therapeutic bounty and surfeit of on-demand entertainment that small, struggling, one-dimensional churches may well appear unattractive and uninviting however real and faithful their worship and service may be. In order [...]

In my quiet time, I begin by reading from a book that will stimulate my mind and heart about sanctification or practical life in the church. Recently I have begun reading God in the Wasteland by David F. Wells. I want to share a few excerpts from his book that I noted during [...]

Painful Decline | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction
Like fads before it (i.e., Promise Keepers), could we be seeing the end of the Purpose Driven Church fad? According to the linked article, the Purpose Driven ministry is no longer its own entity, but is now overseen by the staff at Saddleback Church. [...]

Great comments quoted by Ligon Duncan.

Together for the Gospel

Axis Denied - Christianity Today Magazine
The Generation X church, at Willow Creek is officially dead. Is anyone surprised by this? The “Axis” service at Willow Creek was originally designed for 20-somethings to have a church within a church. Before receiving the executive axe, Axis grew to around 2000 in attendance just [...]

Dr. Russell Moore, Dean of Theology from Southern Seminary, writes a funny piece noting that the TNIV has become the official version for Relevant Magazine. You need a good laugh!
The Henry Institute: Commentary

Michael Spencer on Joel Osteen - good critique.

internetmonk.com » Blog Archive » Osteen Redux

Dan Southerland, “the leading expert on implementing the Purpose Driven paradigm in existing churches”, writes a recent article published on the popular “pastors.com” website, entitled, “Seeker semantics.” According to Pastor Southerland, there is a chief difference between “Seeker Driven” churches and “Seeker Sensitive” services.
“Seeker Driven” are those weekend church services that make “winning the [...]

Our local Inland Empire newspaper (The Press Enterprise), published the referenced report yesterday about a local congregation that will do anything to “reach” people, including giving away a new $25,000 Harley-Davidson Road King.
The 6500 member Crossroads Church in Corona gave away the motorcycle in the name of the gospel. “I guess they feel the bike [...]

Do we need another reformation within Christianity? Rick Warren says we do. However this time, the new reformation needs to be one not based on belief, but on behavior.
In a recent gathering of over 12,000 people in Dallas, Warren spoke about how the Reformation of the sixteenth century divided the church, but how a new [...]

What will the results of Rick Warren’s blockbuster book The Purpose Driven Life (PDL, over 20 million copies sold) look like? George Barna has conducted a recent review of what “Purpose Driven” currently looks like in America.
From the article:
More than four out of every ten adults – 44% – said their top priority in life [...]

What is it that current contemporary-driven churches lack in their approach to worship? Let me allow a friend of mine who is currently converting to Catholicism give her evaluation after attending both a Baptist contemporary service and her new-found Catholic service. Her blog reveals her opinion of the differences: Dual Church Going.
While I have a [...]