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We have a couple of large churches in our area that are rapidly growing. I’ve attended a few services at some of these churches and a couple of them seem to have one thing in common: greeting card theology. Part of this is because talented communicators have learned that people are more likely to remember [...]
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Charles Lehmann over at Drowning Myself Whenever I Can has begun a great new weekly series focusing on key theological doctrines, beginning with the foundational truths of objective and subjective justification. Charlie is unashamedly teaching Lutheran doctrine, but these truths of justification are foundational to the Christian faith and to all denominations (despite the fact [...]
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This is a short soundbite from a talk by Bryan Wolfmueller entitled “Decisional Theology.” You can listen to the full talk at Issues, Etc. by clicking here. Soundbite on Decisional Theology from Dan O'Day on Vimeo. This is a short soundbite from a talk by Bryan Wolfmueller entitled “Decisional Theology.” You can listen to the [...]
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I know that’s a bold statement, but I didn’t say it. The apostle Paul did. That is a direct quote from 1 Corinthians 9:14, and it is preceded by saying that this is the Lord’s command (not Paul’s). Here’s the whole passage, in context: This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on [...]
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I saw these quotes at Justin Taylor’s blog. They are from John Stott’s book, Christ the Controversialist (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1970): On what Christians should do when they disagree with each other: The proper activity of professing Christians who disagree with one another is neither to ignore, nor to conceal, nor even to [...]
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In John 14:6, Jesus says “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” But how often we leave Christ out of the picture. Or we introduce a false Christ who simply wants to better society and love people. We forget that He had to [...]
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Growing up, there were times my parents and I didn’t get along. I’m sure you can relate. In fact, for a large portion of my adolescence, I was pretty convinced that my parents were idiots. I certainly didn’t respect them very much, and at times I thought I didn’t need them. Later in life, I [...]
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Last night I received a comment from Ty on a past post dealing with salvation. His comment read: I personally believe what you saying makes sense theologically, and the Reformed position makes sense to me, however what I do not understand, is how someone can hold the Lutheran position while still holding to infant baptism? [...]
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I’m having my own sort of cognitive dissonance right now with this blog. I’m re-evaluating some of my beliefs and viewpoints and am reading a lot from conflicting perspectives to help sort out my thinking. I apologize for the scarcity of posts during this time, I assure you I’ll make a strong comeback once I [...]
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A man asked a minister whether or not we are saved by works or by faith, to which the minister replied, “neither, we are saved by Christ.” Here’s a few words from Oswald Chambers speaking to this: I am not saved by believing— I simply realize I am saved by believing. And it is not [...]
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I’ve written before about the prosperity gospel and positive confession, teachings that make the gospel all about man and his health and wealth. Here’s a short video giving an interesting perspective on it: I’m not saying that we should only seek negative things, by no means. But I am saying what the Bible is saying, [...]
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This is part 5 of a series on the paradox of salvation. In part 1, I presented two humorous video clips (one minute each) dealing with Calvinist and Arminian witnessing. In part 2, I broke down Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2) and how he used the Bible to proclaim Christ to [...]
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This is part 4 of a series on the paradox of salvation. In part 1, I presented two humorous video clips (one minute each) dealing with Calvinist and Arminian witnessing. In part 2, I broke down Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2) and how he used the Bible to proclaim Christ to [...]
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This is part 3 of a series on the paradox of salvation. In part 1, I presented two humorous video clips (one minute each) dealing with Calvinist and Arminian witnessing. In part 2, I broke down Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2) and how he used the Bible to proclaim Christ to [...]
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This is part 2 of a series on the paradox of salvation. In part 1, I presented two humorous video clips (one minute each) dealing with Calvinist and Arminian witnessing. This is part 2 of the discussion, where we will dissect Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost, found in Acts 2. Let me point [...]
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This is part 1 of a series on the paradox of salvation. I’ve pointed out before that theology is a mystery, and our faith is comprised of a series of paradoxes. One of the biggest paradoxical articles of faith is that of justification, i.e. how we are saved. This is best personified in the polar [...]
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Tony Reinke over at Miscellanies shared a series of Charles Spurgeon quotes today about Christless preaching. I recommend you go read all six quotes, but here’s two to whet your whistle: The motto of all true servants of God must be, “We preach Christ; and him crucified.” A sermon without Christ in it is like [...]
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I’m sick of pastors drawing erroneous insights from texts due to bad exegesis. Looking a word up in a Strong’s Dictionary does not constitute being an exegetical scholar. This is seen frequently in the writings of many major evangelical leaders today. I just stumbled upon another faulty translation (and teaching) by Rob Bell. In one [...]
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Thanks to Truth Matters for initially posting this: I find it intriguing that Mark Driscoll even questions Rob Bell, Brian McLaren and others. VERY good explanation of the Emerging Church movement.
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Here’s a short (7 minute) video I put together highlighting some prominent American preachers and their teachings. Tiffany and I are going to begin posting vlog posts (video blog posts) alongside written posts. My wife is much more of a visual learner, and I prefer to read. So in order to effectively communicate with both [...]
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