December 2009
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The Gospel Old & New →
This is a brilliant article by Kevin DeYoung looking at what is becoming an increasingly popular way to talk about the Gospel. It is in response to a recent interview with Shane Claiborne in Esquire.
DeYoung observes that there is a pattern:
It usually starts with an apology.
Then there is an appeal to God as love.
Thirdly there is an invitation to join God on His mission in the world.
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WatchIn this clip, Mark Driscoll asks RC Sproul what the greatest upcoming theological battle will be. Sproul’s answer is worth watching.
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“‘Who crowns you with mercy and loving-kindness’. You had perhaps...”
– Augustine, his commentary on Psalm 103(:6).
(posted by NB via New Advent)
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“It’s a message that a God without wrath brought man without sin into a...”
– Reinhold Niebuhr in describing the liberalism of the 1930’s (and today).
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Alienation to Adoption (part 2)
This is the second post in a series on reconciliation. In the first post we looked at the Biblical basis of reconciliation and in this post we’ll look at some common misunderstandings of it.
How can reconciliation be misunderstood?
The religious person, like the proud Pharisee in Luke 18, underestimates his sin. He does not consider how Paul describes us as dead, alienated, enemies or...
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Alienation to Adoption (part 1)
The Biblical concept of reconciliation is a word we might skip by or a concept we’ll give lip service to, but do we really understand it?
Paul talks about reconciliation in 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Ephesians 2:11-18, Colossians 1:15-23, and Romans 5:6-11. To better understand the Biblical concept we can learn a lot by simply looking at the language and words Paul uses.
How does he describe us...