A man blind from birth–his blindness and our Lord’s healing–both for the glory of God (9:3). Jesus heals the man through a means which prevented him from knowing the face of Jesus (there are other speculations regarding the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
I grow weary of Christians who are eager to let unbelievers (specifically pagans and syncretistic subChristian cultists) become important sources of criticism of Christianity. I am not saying that such people cannot sometimes emit shreds of wisdom... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Many persons hold up their hands in amazement at our assertion that Jesus was not a Christian, while we in turn regard it as the very height of blasphemy to say that He was a Christian. ‘Christianity,’ to us, is a way of getting rid of sin; and... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
From a FB post…When life is bleak, harsh, and trying… When sorting out the phenomenally difficult times/things of life, the answer NEVER lies in pushing away from the basic graces that God provides. 1. No valuable answers come from... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Mysticism, false piety (pietism) and quietism pervade our thinking and language. Some of it is goodhearted and some is purposeful (so as to allow for intentional sin). A portion of a paragraph from Jon Gleason regarding ways we take God’s name... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
A frightening and heterodox conclusion in the name of one “defending the gospel”… Conclusion As Christians we can depart from the faith, deny the faith, or stop believing in Christ as our Savior. But since the security of our... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
J. Ligon Duncan III: Evangelicals have for a century or more been the most minimal of all the Protestants in what they think the Bible teaches us about the church in general and in their estimation of the relative importance of ecclesiology... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Some more thoughts on modern Christianity’s tendency to intermix worldliness in with the things of Christ. It’s not some new phenomenon as we will see below. When this artist to the right is “excited” that his album was used... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Clearly, I’m coming at this all wrong…eyeliner, $30 a pop fanclub (“Oh, I know, I know…Sam’s Club–[oh, what? that’s taken already? oh”), and helping the WWE bring their family-friendly,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
A quote from Ken Sande in The Peacemaker (2004, 3rd ed., Baker, Ch. 1 endnote, p. 299): I have found that many Christians rely more on their own ideas and feelings than they do on the Bible, especially when Scripture commands them to do difficult... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
