- Op-ed piece by the Internet Monk that started it all: The Coming Collapse of Evangelicalism
- Christianity Today response by Senior Editor at CT, Mark Galli: On the Lasting Evangelical Survival
- R. Scott Clark’s response to the CT article: The Survival of Evangelicalism
- TeamPyro response by Phil Johnson: Evangelicalism Down the Drain?
- Reformation21 response by Sean Lucas: Coming Evangelical Collapse
- Aomin.org response by James White: The Coming Evangelical Collapse
- Internet Monk follow-up: The Coming Evangelical Collapse: A Statistical Review by Michael Bell
- Reformation21 response by Rick Phillips: Evangelical Collapse Revealed by Studies of Parenting
Month: March 2009
While there is a plethora of bad news that continues coming out concerning the economy, and the fog of economic uncertainty (and in some cases dire certainty) continues to creep in amongst communities all over the country, something we believers need to make sure we’re doing is responding to these trials in a way that glorifies God. And using this as an opportunity to share the Gospel to those who don’t know Him.
Though things may certainly not get as bad as many of the top economists and investment advisers in the country are saying it will get, certainly people are already being impacted by job losses, monetary loss, all kinds of loss. Yet, it is in these very times that God’s power shines its brightest in our lives. The Gospel works great power in weakness. “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)
Why has the economy collapsed? The real, fundamental issue? “When you really get down to it, it’s the lack of ethics, the lack of morality that’s seeped into our society in the last decade that has largely brought us to this point.” – Eric Hovde.
Just like James White in his analysis, I find it ironic they have Hitchens on for his commentary on this issue. Oddly enough, I agree with Hitchens’ analysis, one of the few things I agree with him on. I just have to wonder what else he would say, as a sort of qualification to this.