Hirsch on Kimball on Missional
In Search of Faith
“Faith has a public relations problem.” With that sentence, J.P. Moreland and Klaus Issler launch In Search of a Confident Faith. The authors are professors of philosophy and Christian education, respectively, at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California, and evangelical Christians. Their book is not an apologetic for the Christian faith directed at unbelievers. Rather, it is an exercise in spiritual formation for believers, aimed at “overcoming barriers to trusting in God,” as the subtitle puts it.
Read the rest of the helpful review of this intriguing and timely book. Read chapter one online.
I am Second?
I am still trying to figure these guys out. Intriguingly, this isn’t a silly evangelical ploy to evacuate souls from the world of evil but a stream of story-telling that seeks to narrate the renewal of souls who have discovered how to live out their creative purpose in this wonderful world. It seems that purpose is consistently connected to God, but not in some narrow, culture-hating sense.
So, Jason Castro isn’t second because he thinks evangelism is first. He hasn’t thrown out the guitar and thrown in his soul for revival tours. Being second doesn’t mean spiritual first, culture second. Rather, being second sees the creation and culture Maker as first, making second place a win. L.A. Times picks up Castro’s story here. The I Am Second group has started a blog to faciliate deeper conversation about what it means to be second.