Dan Phillips

“We are seldom given any data that would help us weigh polls. For all we know, if someone told the BBC pollster he was a Christian (“describe themselves as Christian”), he was simply taken at his word.

Barna’s Mythical Creature: The Church-Rejecting Jesus-Lover

Pyromaniacs: In my previous post I broached the question of church size and trajectory. Fond as I am not of verbosity, let’s cut straight to what I hope are useful guidelines, questions, and answers.

The Pastoral “Call,” and how there isn’t one

Phillips’ Axioms

In the earlier post, MacDonald acknowledged his own inconsistency: he knew he should not have “used strong language” to scold others for being harsh in their criticism of the Elephant Room strategy. But in yesterday’s post and video, MacDonald casts off restraint and reverts to angry-sounding rhetoric.Despite their starkly contrasting styles, both statements have one thing in common: MacDonald wishes those with concerns about what he is doing would just shut up.