In Tim Keller’s incisive and illuminating way, he provides an accessible survey of the competing views of justice at work in our society, then critiques each in light of a biblical view of justice. He pays special attention to critical theory in light of its prominence in recent months. Tim Keller – A Biblical Critique […]
Read More“It is not good to eat too much honey or to seek glory after glory.” Proverbs 25:27 We are glory seekers by nature. We delight in our favorite team’s glory. We delight in our children and grandchildren’s glory. We even delight in our city, state, or nation’s glory. Like the sweetness of honey on our […]
Read More“Am I a God who is only near” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “and not a God who is far away? Can a person hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” — the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” — the Lord’s declaration.” Immanence…the Lord is near. Transcendence…the Lord is far […]
Read More“As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not offer a cry or a prayer on their behalf, and do not beg me, for I will not listen to you.” – Jeremiah 7:16 Three times. Three times God tells Jeremiah not to pray for his nation because their rebellion and rejection of God’s rightful rule and their wickedness […]
Read MoreHistorical survey of inerrancy positions Inerrancy and Evangelicals: The Challenge for a New Generation
Read MoreStark, 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 More“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 MoreI’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 MorePost-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 More“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 […]
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