Saving Evangelicalism

Is the power-seeking now prominent in evangelical circles a fever or a fatal disease? Is the evangelical movement unsinkable, or is it like the Titanic in 1912 after a collision with an iceberg breached five of the ship’s supposedly watertight compartments? Land of My Sojourn: The Landscape of a Faith Lost and Found, a memoir by Mike Cosper published today by Intervarsity Press, offers a personal look at what happens when an ocean liner seems likely to break in two. ...Cosper describes the excitement when the church named Sojourn became a rapidly growing hit among “a gang of punk rock ragamuffins who’d felt out of place at most of the churches we’d attended. We’d found a home.” Cosper couches that tale within a narrative of the trip to Israel he took in 2016 once his joyful time in local church ministry was done. When Cosper visited the site near Nazareth where the transfigured Jesus spoke with Moses and Elijah, he understood why Peter wanted to build three shelters there: he hoped the good times would continue to roll. Cosper’s good times came to a halt in 2015 and 2016 for many reasons. One was pressure to support Donald Trump. Read Full Article »