UPDATE: John H has a helpful Lutheran response. UPDATE II: A Lutheran view of Assurance. UPDATE III: Mark Shea comments on assurance in Calvinism and Catholicism. I think Mark’s experience with Calvinism is not very nuanced, but it’s on target. (Buy the Rosenbladt presentation.) Q. 1. What is your only comfort, in life and inContinue reading “Riffs: 01:01:08: Losing the Treasure of a Christ-Centered Assurance of Salvation”
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Riffs: 12:31:07: Can Evangelicals Change?
I don’t know much about Sydney Anglicans, so I’m not in any position to say anything about the truthfulness of this interesting comment found on the Light of the World, A City on a Hill website. What I will say, however, is that the commenter is a bright fellow saying some very perceptive things aboutContinue reading “Riffs: 12:31:07: Can Evangelicals Change?”
Riffs: 12:20:07: Religion Reporters Do Love Their Christmas Legends
UPDATE: Check out what Williams really said when he used the word “legend.” Talk about a hit piece. Sad. Here’s the Transcript. Check out the deliberate misquoting. UPDATE II: Here’s Williams just a few days ago when asked if he believed in the virgin birth. Yes; I believe that the conception of Jesus was aContinue reading “Riffs: 12:20:07: Religion Reporters Do Love Their Christmas Legends”
Riffs: 11:29:07: Peter Chataway Interviews Phillip Pullman + Donahue warning
Want to know what Phillip Pullman himself has to say about the Golden Compass and his books that inspired the film? Christian film critic and blogger Peter Chataway interviews Phillip Pullman and asks all the questions you’ve been wondering about. No more need to wonder what Pullman had on him mind in the books orContinue reading “Riffs: 11:29:07: Peter Chataway Interviews Phillip Pullman + Donahue warning”
Riffs: 11:21:07: Ben Witherington III asks “Is the Self-Centered God a Narcissist?”
UPDATE VII: Ochuck makes a good contribution to the topic. UPDATE VI: James White on the whole debate. Two things you can be sure of: 1) The longer the discussion goes on, the more likely that Witherington will eventually be called out as an apostate. 2) The longer the discussion goes on, the more itContinue reading “Riffs: 11:21:07: Ben Witherington III asks “Is the Self-Centered God a Narcissist?””
No Riffs: 11:14:07: Piper on Church Planting and Ministry to the Poor
John Piper has enough truth in this sermon to revolutionize evangelicalism—if anyone is really listening. Read it several times. It’s absolutely on target. Memorize those church planting statistics, young preachers/church planters. The connection between church planting, evangelism and ministry to the poor is a balance evangelicals need to embrace in a way that shapes everythingContinue reading “No Riffs: 11:14:07: Piper on Church Planting and Ministry to the Poor”
No Riff Necessary: Amy Welborn Takes A Roman Catholic View of the Evangelical Circus
When someone else looks at what you spend all your time looking at….and they see the same incredible, unthinkable, unexplainable, bizarre, sad, madhouse of a thing…you feel better. Thanks, Amy. I feel better. No….actually….I think I’m feeling worse. THANKS A LOT. The best writer in the reasonable Roman Catholic blogosphere takes a look at theContinue reading “No Riff Necessary: Amy Welborn Takes A Roman Catholic View of the Evangelical Circus”
Witherington on Piper’s Theodicy
Ben Witherington III, professor of New Testament at Asbury Seminary, joins the discussion on John Piper’s I-35 theodicy. Or think for a moment about the Beelzebul controversy in Mark 3. Jesus is accused of being in league with Satan. Now notice how Jesus responds to this charge. He doesn’t say, “I couldn’t do otherwise, becauseContinue reading “Witherington on Piper’s Theodicy”
Riffs: 09:10:07 Adam Omelianchuk on “Why I Am Not A Calvinist.”
Many of you who read Adam Omelianchuk’s “Why I am Not An Open Theist” will want to read his new essay: “Why I Am Not a Calvinist.” Adam is part of the absolutely incredible Rock TV Comedy Group. I appreciate this kind of discussion, because you rarely hear it in the Christian blogosphere. The picturedContinue reading “Riffs: 09:10:07 Adam Omelianchuk on “Why I Am Not A Calvinist.””
A Shocking Agenda for the Church
Jared Wilson’s post on 11 Innovations for Your Church. These shocking ideas (plus a couple I’d like to add) define the revolutionary vision of church I’m advocating. Prepare to be knocked off your feet with the sheer AWESOMENESSNESS of these ideas. 1. Sing hymns. 2. Preach through a book of the Bible. 3. Talk aboutContinue reading “A Shocking Agenda for the Church”
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