I'm too sick to post my own thoughts, but...

I've been sick for the past few days, and I am still recovering. I haven't been this sick in the past few months, and I had to miss out on Sunday service yesterday even.

Anyways, while I conserve my energy and focus on resting, here are some articles I read recently that I think were worth sharing.

- So many people mix-up the words, Evangelical and Evangelistic. Read this article by Phillip Jensen and be enlightened. Hint: the point of the article isn't simply to educate you about the two words! (HT: Gordon Cheng)
- Parchment and Pen is one of the most generous and informed Christian blog. And it touched on Joel Osteen the other day. I admit that I still haven't read the book, "Your Best Life Now", but I think I'm pretty close to setting up my mind about this Osteen guy. Read the blog post here.
- Christians must be different in their way of living. May that be also an opening for evangelism.

Evangelical

A few days ago, I ranted about the word, "Evangelical" and how its meaning has deteriorated. When I wrote the piece, I didn't know there came out an article on the same word in this month's issue of the Briefing.

Kel Richards wrote his Word Watch section on "Evangelical":

It seems to me that we can't go on blithely using 'evangelical' in its 16th century sense without being grossly misunderstood. So what do we do? ... do we abandon 'evangelical' and consciously use another label? If so, what? Could we, perhaps, revive 'Protestant' and make it distinctively our own? Over to you: suggestions please.

Any takers?

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