Posted in Christian Humanism on May 9th, 2006 28 Comments »
Turning point.
Here’s what I recall. I was a relatively new Christian, already getting my feet wet sharing my faith, leading Bible studies and so forth. I was in that phase of nearly insatiable curiosity about the Bible. In my church, that meant total dependence on what you might learn from your pastor and any books […]
Posted in Weekend File on May 6th, 2006 1 Comment »
I haven’t done a weekend file in months. Seems like a good time.
Mark DeVine is a professor at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. His blog impresses me, his book looks great, and his post on the emerging church good guys in the SBC is a home run. Let’s hear more from the professor. He seems to […]
Posted in Theologia on May 4th, 2006 7 Comments »
David Wayne has an excellent post at Jollyblogger on the foolishness of what he calls a “purely” incarnational ministry, by which he means a focus on the earthly ministry of Jesus that omits the present reign of Jesus as Lord of the universe and Lord of the church. Mostly because I really don’t like the […]
Posted in Recommendations and Reviews on May 4th, 2006 2 Comments »
It’s interesting to watch American Christians scramble for cover from the Da Vinci Code phenomenon. It’s not like these questions don’t have answers. Lots of good writers are cranking out books with the answers to Dan Brown’s Weekly World News version of Jesus.
No, the problem isn’t the answers. The problem is the questions; in fact, […]
Posted in Theologia on May 2nd, 2006 25 Comments »
Readers interested in an objective view of the life of A.W. Pink should read Iain Murray’s Biography of Pink, which has the virtue of being complimentary of Pink the theologian and teacher, and honestly critical of Pink’s eventual inability to be part of a church fellowship.
