>Emerson wrote, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." I confess I have a little mind and I love consistency. I love order, I love tidy systems of thought. Maybe that's why I'm so Reformed - true Reformed theology is consistent, sometimes too tidy. Maybe that's also why I sometimes wonder if wonder … Continue reading >Praise God for the Messiness of Evangelicalism
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>The Bride of Christ and the Song of Solomon
>Last night I had to chance to preach on one of my favorite topics - the church. I love talking about the church. This past semester I've spent a lot of time critiquing the church: on my blog, in my ACG and interacting with the reading I'm doing for class. That critique is born out … Continue reading >The Bride of Christ and the Song of Solomon
>Finding some agreement on Christ and Culture
>The debate between how Christians should engage culture goes back at least to Tertullian and Justin Martyr. Two camps continue to debate the topic in modern Reformed circles - the 'Kuyperians' or 'Transformationalists' and the 'Two Kingdom-ers'. Kuyper famously stated, "There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over … Continue reading >Finding some agreement on Christ and Culture
>From out of Left Field
>As Luke would say, 'Didn't see that one comin!"John Piper has invited Rick Warren to be at the Desiring God national conference in the fall. I have never been a fan of Warren's. Other than the first page of the Purpose Driven Life, I thought it was awful (but I've never tried to write a … Continue reading >From out of Left Field
>Interesting Interview with D.G. Hart
>I really appreciate D.G. Hart. I don't always agree with him. Sometimes I don't even understand him. But he always makes me think - think about my assumptions about God, about salvation and about the church especially. His books The Lost Soul of American Protestantism and Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy … Continue reading >Interesting Interview with D.G. Hart
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