What cured me of my modern evangelical-fundamentalist certainty seeking?
Category: Bible
Jesus tells—commands us—not to worry. But this isn’t about attacking our emotions. But attaching to God. This command isn’t about changing how we feel. It’s about changing our perspective. This command isn’t about denying our emotions. It’s about shifting how we see and what we seek. This shift comes from looking down, up, and around. Read Luke […]
I’ve stated some of my major objections to David Bentley Hart’s new book on universalism, That All Shall Be Saved, elsewhere on Scot McKnight’s blog. But there I didn’t do much summarizing, quoting, or detailed engagement. So I want to add that here for those who want to dig deeper into Hart’s arguments for Christian […]
Where is the Proclamation? Sometimes older church leaders will look at younger innovative churches and wonder if the proclamation of the gospel is being lost. They wonder if there is still a place for preaching in these new church models. It is true that churches like mine—which often rails against preaching that is individualized, overly rationalistic, […]
Is there a better way to understand the idea that God made us for his glory? Yesterday we focus at this phrase from the Nashville Statement: “Many deny that God created human beings for his glory.” ~ Preamble to Nashville Statement. I ended my post asking this question. And, “Yes,” there is a better […]
Tim Challies ended a recent post criticizing the practice of Lectio Divina by saying, “This, then, is a danger in Lectio Divina, that it may teach us to approach the text subjectively rather than objectively.” But what is the big deal about reading the text subjectively as opposed to objectively? 3 Subjects of Scripture It is […]