Theology The Forgotten Essentials of Doing Theology 29 Nov 201230 Nov 2012 We are all theologians, the question we must ask of ourselves is are we good ones. How we do theology is an extremely important matter. I have often reflected on…
Books… The Overlooked Principles: A Review of “A Little Book for New Theologians” by Kelly Kapic 26 Nov 201227 Nov 2012 The fact that "theology" gets such a bad wrap within the church may be owing more to the theologian than the subject itself. You see doing theology well depends on being…
Theology I Grow Weary of “Enlightened” Postmoderns 17 Oct 201218 Oct 2012 Arrogance is particularly unattractive when it is accompanied by hypocrisy. There's much about postmodernism that is worth commending. It's chastening of the arrogance of modernism, for starters. But many of…
Books… Reflections on Systematics 24 Sep 201225 Sep 2012 Active reading is a necessity in theological reflection. In order to make sure that we are being faithful to the Scriptures we must make sure that we are not allowing…
Culture… A Theology for Hipsters: A Theology of Culture (Part 4) 9 Aug 201210 Aug 2012 Christ and Culture Questions about how Christians should relate to the culture around them have been around as long as the church has, so this is not arbitrary issue. It…
Sex… A Theology of Sex: Lust and Modesty 1 Aug 20122 Aug 2012 Responsibility isn't popular, blame-shifting is. In our therapeutic culture nothing is ever an issue of personal responsibility, we are always the victims. In the area of lust this is evidently…
Culture… A Theology for Hipsters: A Theology of Culture (Part 3) 26 Jul 201227 Jul 2012 The Bible repeatedly corrects Christian behavior by contrasting the life of the Christian with the world, and by giving direct commands to abstain from the world, to not love the…
Marriage… A Theology of Sex: Masturbation and Sin 12 Jul 201213 Jul 2012 It feels awkward to write about this subject in a public forum. One might call that evidence of a prudish background, and maybe that's true. But average Christians, and our…
Theology The Charge of Bibliolatry 5 Jul 20126 Jul 2012 Is it true that Evangelicals tend to worship the Bible more than Jesus? This is a common accusation. It is usually leveled by those who have a very low view…
Theology How Can the Bible Be “Living and Active”? 27 Jun 201228 Jun 2012 Sometimes Christians say weird things. We have a slew of sayings that the average unchurched person would think just weird, if not down right creepy. Words like: born-again, washed in…
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