Russ Moore tells us what the church can learn from Sesame Street.

Contextualization itself is not enough. Some of the most self-consciously contextualized churches are faddish and hyper-consumerist. They’re more like the mass-marketed latter years of Sesame Street, and less like the early, innovative, culture-shaping times. And we’ve got all the “Tickle Me Elmo” kinds of Christian ministries we can stand.

Sesame Street was effective because the program didn’t just contexutalize to the present; it contextualized to the future.

Ed Stetzer is someone you should follow Twitter (if you participate in that sort of thing. Here’s why I tweet.). Ed has compiled a list of his top tweets.

Early reviews of Douglas Campbell’s massive book, The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul. I look forward to reading this book early next year. From what I hear, I suspect that Campbell’s work will be a mix of sheer brilliance and sheer make-believe.

Kevin DeYoung: Prayerlessness is unbelief.