For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear, some new thing (Acts 17:21) . . . they soon forgot . . . (Psalm 106:13) Richard Weaver said in Ideas Have Consequences: “It has been well said that the chief trouble with [...]
Month: March 2012
After God’s Silence — What?
by Oswald Chambers "Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When He had heard therefore that he was sick, He abode two days still in the same place where He was." John 11:5-6.Jesus stayed two days where He was without sending a word. We are apt to say—'I know why God has not answered [...]
Two Gospel Heresies
Salvation by works is heresy. Salvation without works is heresy. Both are damnable. In the history of the Church the battle for the gospel has often centered on two extremes that eviscerate it. They are equally damning. Moralism First, there is the heresy of moralism. This is the horridly humanistic idea that man can somehow [...]
Theologies to be Skeptical About
Christian systematic theologies abound today, and the themes around which one may orient any theology are legion: Protestant, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal, feminist, dispensationalist, Afro-American, liberation, liturgical, evangelical, Marxist, Asian, Indian, and on and on. On the basis of Biblical revelation, I thought it might be useful to list 10 traits of theology that should [...]
Prophetic Preaching or Expository Preaching?
Over the past thirty years or so, there has been a big emphasis on “expository” or “expositional” preaching. This is the practice of preaching straight through the Bible (or a portion of it) sequentially, exegeting a particular portion and expounding it. This surely is an acceptable way to preach, and it has a long history. [...]
Toward a Catholic Calvinism
I put myself on guard whenever I observe speakers and writers neatly classifying individuals into distinct, mutually exclusive, and seemingly airtight categories. One factor that makes individuals what they are is their own distinctiveness, a fact that renders most attempts at classification somewhat arbitrary. Nonetheless, the Bible itself classifies individuals again and again (saved and [...]
Christianity as Empire
And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. Daniel 2:44 If evangelical Christians are to have an [...]
