Scott McKnight, in his article in Christianity Today, Five Streams of the Emerging Church, examines some of the ideology of the movement. According to Knight, critics analyse, perhaps harshly, the Emerging Church thus: It is said that emerging Christians confess their faith like mainliners—meaning they say things publicly they don’t really believe. They drink like Southern … More Coming Out – an analysis of the Emerging Church

More from the Mail while we’re on the subject of the Bible, this time the encouraging opinion of the British Poet Laureate, who would like to see the Bible read in schools for its great literary and historical content. The Mail reports: Children are being robbed of their heritage because schools are failing to cover … More Poet Laureate pushes for Bible Study in schools

British Libraries have been told to put Bibles on the top shelf to prevent upsetting Muslims. I mean we don’t want to cause offence to anyone do we? The Daily Mail reports: Librarians are being told to move the Bible to the top shelf to avoid giving offence to followers of Islam.  Muslims have complained … More Top Shelf Political Correctness

It’s all quiet down at Senator Grassley’s place, maybe because the election fever in the US has subsided for a couple of years, and he’s back on the road, touring his Iowa constituency. Interestingly there hasn’t been much to report recently about the six ministries Grassley asked to provide details of accounts, including those which … More Senator Grassley a tither

Is this the cue for the Last Post to be played on a morbid trumpet? It seems I’ve outlived my welcome here at Signposts02, according to some commenters on groupsects. Greg the Explorer, who is a sporadic commenter here, made the observation: ‘Isee also that Signposts 2 is not happy with this group of Danny … More Crossroads for FaceLift at Signposts02?

A fascinating documentary on the ABC’s Compass last night showed how enthralled Aussies were when Billy Graham first came here in the late 50’s. Massive crowds gathered during 15 weeks of meetings, which were covered by all media outlets, radio being beamed live to many churches and meeting halls across the country. Thousands gave their … More Billy Graham’s Aussie revival