Posted in Reformed Theology, Theology on Jun 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Tim Challies has a good post that describes the pitfalls of hyper-Calvinism. Hyper-Calvinism is ultimately an unbilbical understanding of God’s Word and falls far short of what is meant by the doctrines of grace. Here are TC’s five characteristics of a hyper-Calvinist:
1. Denies that the gospel call applies to all [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts, Roman Catholicism, Theology on May 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Francis Beckwith, currently a Professor at Baylor University and president of the ETS (Evangelical Theological Society) has recently converted to Roman Catholicism. You can read about his conversion hereand commentary on it by Carl Trueman.
Posted in Personal Thoughts, Theology on Apr 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Well, it looks like the Roman Catholic Church has revised its teaching limbo. It now says that unbaptized babies can now go to heaven. It is always amazing to me how something that becomes doctrine on the basis of a man’s opinion (the Pope) can become absolute truth. And then another man [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts, Theology on Feb 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Just a bit more on suicide from a biblical perspective…
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I read a text like 2 Tim 4:6-7:
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Paul was writing this [...]
Posted in The Church, Theology on Jan 18th, 2007 4 Comments »
When I as in seminary, I had a professor (Greg Beale) who said that he was 60% believer’s baptist and 40% paedo-baptist. The more you study baptism and its biblical and theological outworkings, the more you understand his statement. Both positions have valid arguments. Both positions have major questions, especially in wrestling [...]
Posted in The Church on Nov 15th, 2006 5 Comments »
Mark Lauterbach at GospelDrivenLife has an excellent post on his ventures into Congregationalism and its pitfalls. He writes:
Look around friends — there are churches in long term decline, with members drifting away in disillusionment, with splits and angry departures — and their problems are diagnosable and treatable in the good of the Gospel. [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts, Theology on Sep 21st, 2006 1 Comment »
Most of my church knows and some of my friends know that my church used to be part of a denomination called the Evangelical Covenant Church. Since we left the ECC, I have had to continuously explain numerous times to different people why we chose to leave. Some have told me about [...]
Posted in Theology on Sep 4th, 2006 No Comments »
A friend alerted me to Tom Wright’s page, and I thankful for it. In reading NT Wright, I am amazed how much I can shake my head and say, “Yes, I believe that.” It sounds good. It sounds right one, but as earlier when I commented on his view of the resurrection, [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts, Theology on Aug 10th, 2006 3 Comments »
I was having a discussion with my friends, Dave and Jackie Ro, and the question of infant salvation came up. Are babies saved from eternal punishment was the question. I wanted to see what John Piper wrote, and as usual, I was not disappointed. His biblical arguments are so cogently reasoned, I [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts, Theology on Jul 28th, 2006 No Comments »
In Chicago, I went through Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby with my leadership team. You could say the book/study was all the rage back then. People swore by it, almost as much as Scripture itself. But in looking back, I wonder just how biblical the premises really were. It’s interesting how [...]
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