The Burr in the Burbs

Is Christianity a Western religion? Would you say that the Christian Church is waning? Watch this short video of Dr. Douglas Rutt from Concordia Theological Seminary as he addresses these questions. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Shifting Center of World Christianity”, url: “http://www.burrintheburgh.com/2009/06/17/shifting-center-of-world-christianity/” });

In certain circles (namely, the circles in which I circulate) the theological discipline of apologetics often gets a bad rap. Some belittle the whole apologetic enterprise saying, “you can’t argue someone into faith.” Thus many confessional Lutherans ignore apologetics and the field is over-run by modern Evangelicals (Josh McDowell, Lee Strobel, etc.) [...]