Recommended Article – Inerrancy and Evangelicals
Historical survey of inerrancy positions Inerrancy and Evangelicals: The Challenge for a New Generation
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Book Review: The Triumph of Christianity
Stark, Rodney. The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World’s Largest Religion. HarperOne, 2011. Kindle edition. In The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World’s Largest Religion, Rodney Stark seeks to revise various misconceptions about the “Jesus movement” from it’s inception in first century Rome to the current state of Christianity around the world. Writing […]
Read MoreScripture Reflection: Job 28
“But where can wisdom be found, and where is understanding located?…But God understands the way to wisdom, and He knows its location…He said to mankind, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding.”” Job 28:12, 23, 28 It’s not in the ocean. It cannot be bought. Only God knows the path […]
Read MoreHow to Read Anything That talks about What Has Already Happened
I’m reading Rodney Stark’s Triumph of Christianity in which he argues that one of the worst things that happened to Christianity was Constantine’s legacy of a “rich, powerful, and intolerant church” which suppressed religious competition (Stark, 182). It was not until the Reformation came along in the 16th century and “undid much of Constantine’s harm […]
Read Morerecommended Article: A Protestant Apocalypse
Post-Covid apocalypse. What is revealed by the lack of people returning to church is a misunderstanding of the role of community and preaching. A Protestant Apocalypse? / Carl R. Trueman
Read MoreScripture Reflection: Psalm 40:3
“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and they will trust in the Lord.” Psalm 40:3 It wasn’t my mouth that led me to this truth this week. It was my ears. “My chains are gone. I’ve been set free…” I had just […]
Read MoreBook Review: Disappearing Church
Sayers, Mark. Disappearing Church: From Cultural Relevance to Gospel Resilience. Moody Publishers, 2016. In Disappearing Church: From Cultural Relevance to Gospel Resilience, Sayers seeks to show that the “Western church’s favored strategy of cultural relevance” will not hold up in the “Third Culture” of post-Christianity and must be replaced by strategies that promote resilient gospel-centered, orthodox faith (14). In […]
Read MoreBook Review: War and Peace, “Second Epilogue…”
Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace, “Second Epilogue: A General Discussion on the Historian’s Study of Human Life, and on the difficulty of Defining the Forces that Move Nations. The Problem of Free Will and Necessity” (Norton Critical Edition, 1867). In the second epilogue to War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy argues that describing the “life of nations,” otherwise […]
Read MoreScripture Reflection: Psalm 36:5
“Lord, your faithful love reaches to heaven, your faithfulness to the clouds.” Psalm 36:5 As I read this psalm, I’m tempted to imagine myself flying in the clouds like Superman. However, seeing myself in the clouds obscures and dulls the effect of this psalm on my soul. No. I must discipline my imagination and put my feet […]
Read Morerecommended podcast: How to Read the bible
As part of their “How to Read the Bible” series, Tim and Jon, creators of the popular BibleProject videos, explore the nature of “apocalypse” in the Bible highlighting that it is primarily about God revealing, and not about the end of the world. This is a great starting point for anyone reading apocalyptic sections in the Bible such as Daniel or Revelation, […]
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