Linus or Manmas?
"Kenotic Christology,” believes that Christ gave up some aspects, or perhaps all, of his essential deity
Paul does not say that Christ emptied himself of his omnipotence, or of his omniscience, or even of his deity…the emptying of Christ includes the fact that he did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped…Christ’s voluntary self-emptying was by addition, not by subtraction. He emptied himself, not by subtracting his deity (which... Continue Reading
The Day I Fired the Boss (Why I Removed Bruce Springsteen from My iPod)
The mental picture of Springsteen’s moral apartheid is too much to take, and now his music just makes me sad
So why have I decided to remove Bruce Springsteen from my play list? I can’t get his recent words out of my mind, spoken at the height of the nation’s political season: “… I’m concerned about women’s rights. I don’t have to tell you the dangers to Roe v. Wade under our opponent’s policies.” ... Continue Reading
The Dividends of $elf-Control
As Christmas approaches, Americans are once again spending a lot of money; here are some thoughts on the importance of self-control in our lives
When parents are directly involved in teaching teens about wise financial decisions, teens are less likely to make mistakes. It is imperative that parents model and communicate financial wisdom to their teens…. Recent research at Grove City College “provides evidence of yet another critical component” of financial maturity necessary to supplement the sound knowledge conveyed... Continue Reading
How Did This Happen? The Family Crisis as a Theological Crisis
The family is the most basic unit of society, and if it is not honored and protected, a society cannot long survive.
But, long before the society at large will care about our perspective on the family crisis, the church must humbly and faithfully show the world what God intended from the beginning, for his glory and for our good.
A Holy Disturbance
"We must be surprised, ambushed, and carried off by God if we are to be kept from idols." --R. Williams
Deep down I want to be a stand-alone store that is never threatened by extinction – It must be part of living in rebellion of my unfinished nature. Even deeper, it is a refusal to acknowledge and let go of my idols. But in this resolve, subtly and unwittingly I become incrementally distanced from Jesus, and my fresh faith is transformed into spiritual inertia.
Not so fast …
COE Bishop N. T. Wright - opposed to 'keeping up with the times'; yet advocates women bishops for Biblical reasons
He refers to Prince Caspian, in Voyage of the Dawn Treader, for a perfect put-down to arguments for progress and development: “I have seen them both, in an egg. We call it ‘going bad’ in Narnia.”
Waiting in the Ordinary
While our vocations my seem ordinary, God’s work in them is most certainly not.
While we wait, God has put most of us in the ordinary. When I think of the many vocations I have as a wife, a mother, daughter, sister, friend, citizen, church member, Bible study teacher, and writer, my neighborhood looks pretty big, actually. My ordinary can be quite overwhelming. But as I work in my vocations, I am also reminded by the advent season that more than anything I am a receiver
Lotteries are Bad for the Poor; Please Don’t Celebrate or Participate
There is not really a verse that says, "Thou shalt not gamble," but……
"One of the concerns that I have, obviously, is that a disproportionate number of people who consistently buy lottery tickets tend to be lower-income and working-class people who can least afford it," he said. "Even if they're not compulsive gamblers, they are probably spending money that they don't necessarily have." ~ B. Obama
What’s Driving Evangelical Enthusiasm?
Data shows growing Catholic-evangelical "intensity gap"—but it doesn't indicate exactly why.
…the surge in evangelical devotion to their faith began in the early 1990s and coincided with their growing presence in the public square. Other experts have noted that political battles can rally the faithful of a particular religious community, and even political losses can unite them in a shared sense of exile
Emerging Muddled Christianity
Francis Schaeffer’s warning of the coming muddle in Evangelical thinking and practice
The significance of the Reformation is completely devalued and subordinated to humanism. The Reformation and the Reformers’ view of sola scriptura — the Bible as the sole basis for Christian truth — is thrown out completely. Everything the Reformation stood for is swallowed up in a morass of synthesis and relativity. An apropos... Continue Reading
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