The Pursuit of Excellence
Introduction “True greatness should never go unrecognized,” or so says Audi’s recent luxury sedan ad campaign. Indeed, the truly great or excellent should never go unrecognized. It should be sought after and recognized for its worth. Yet the question remains, “In our pursuit of excellence, what is truly excellent?” In this essay I will explore the topic of excellence: What do we find concerning excellence in the natural world? And...
Accounting for Accountability
The Baptist church has quite a problem: We are losing churched young adults at an alarming rate to the growing ranks of the un-churched. [In comparison] to older adults, twentysomethings have significantly lower levels of church attendance, time spent alone studying and reading the Bible, volunteering to help churches, donations to churches, Sunday school and small group involvement, and use of Christian media (including television,...
Business for the Common Good (Kenman L. Wong and Scott B. Rae)
Review by Phillip T. Morgan Christians in the Marketplace Modern Christians often struggle with understanding how and why they should integrate their Christian beliefs with the rest of their lives. InterVarsity Press has noted this trend and printed a series of books to address this issue in various fields of study. In Business for the Common Good, they explore how Christian professionals can integrate their faith into the...
Iconoclasm, Yesterday and Today
For centuries the Church has debated the use of icons in worship. Proponents who champion the use of icons believe that they are teaching tools and enhance the act of worship. Opponents make note of the fact that icons are often venerated if not worshipped. Many of the denominations that were born in the Reformation of the sixteenth century opposed the use of icons in worship for these very reasons. Despite their heritage, icons have...
What We Are Missing in Spiritual Maturity
Post-modernity has propagated a plethora of pitfalls for the Christian faith, both on a practical level and in the realm of ideas. Immaturity is an important consequence of this philosophy. While there are biological components to the life stages, more often they are matters of cultural construction. Since culture shapes maturity and post-modern standards are wholly arbitrary, godly maturity increasingly is lost in our culture. This...
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