Entries Categorized as 'Theology'

The Miracle of Regeneration

Date August 18, 2009Posted by Amy Hall

I had an interesting experience when I read the chapter in God Is the Gospel that opened with the idea that “Good news is for proclaiming–for heralding the way an old-fashioned town crier would do.”  This was followed by a word picture intended to portray the proclamation of said good news:
Hear ye!  Hear ye!  All [...]

The Sacramental World of Harry Potter

Date August 4, 2009Posted by David N

If you don’t know already, I love Harry Potter. This wasn’t always true. I hadn’t even heard of the books until the first movie was announced. Embarrassingly, while at my Aunt and Uncle’s house, I picked up Goblet of Fire (the newest book at the time) and, seeing the name “Harry [...]

Beauty in the Bible

Date July 27, 2009Posted by Roger Overton

A few weeks ago I posted on a philosophical case for objective beauty. I promised to return to the subject and address what the Bible says about beauty. The Bible never defines beauty, but the writers generally use it as an aesthetic or artistic description that evokes pleasure in the beholder. Beauty is used to [...]

Watchtower at the Door: Jesus is Jehovah

Date July 25, 2009Posted by Aaron Snell

This morning, I was lounging around with the wife and kids (after having just eaten some of my wife’s oh-so-delicious peanut butter pancakes) when I answered a knock on the door and found myself in a conversation with two ladies from the Watchtower Society.  Now, I don’t know why exactly Jehovah’s Witnesses pick Saturday morning [...]

Your Best Life Then

Date July 22, 2009Posted by David N

I’m the sort of person who puts 5 dollars in the offering plate. This is partly because I don’t ever carry much cash on me. If I’m thinking ahead I’ll write a check for 15 or 20 dollars, but that isn’t very often. I’ve been in the “starving student” cruise control mode [...]

CBN Interview With Mike Horton

Date June 22, 2009Posted by David N

What do you think? Is Evangelicalism quickly spiraling down the path that the liberal Mainline took over 80 years ago? Is your church “preaching” self-help and material happiness? Or do you think Dr. Horton is mistaken in his diagnosis? Let me know what you think in the comments. Personal “testimonies” [...]

Comparing Dispensational and Covenant Theology

Date May 31, 2009Posted by Aaron Snell

I know I’m sliding this in just before Roger’s Monday post, but I found this chart posted by Jason Robertson to be a great resource for a quick comparison between Dispensationalism and Covenantalism, and thought I’d share it here.  Enjoy!
(HT: The Contemporary Calvinist)

Natural Evil - Answering By Exegesis

Date May 21, 2009Posted by Aaron Snell

“If God is good and all-powerful, why is there so much evil?”
The problem of evil in Christian theology has received much attention, both from those within the faith as well as from objectors outside the faith.  In the former category, many fine Christian minds have applied themselves to offering theodicies - justification of the presence [...]

Tweeting For Jesus

Date April 14, 2009Posted by David N

I don't Twitter (or is it tweet?).  But I can't claim total purity, since I have facebook, myspace, and I blog.  Still, I've been purposefully avoiding the Tweet scene because it seemed to me to represent the worst of the other three.  No genuine conversation or community whatsoever, just an endless flow of (mostly trivial) [...]

Is Church Necessary?

Date March 22, 2009Posted by Roger Overton

A friend of mine recently asked if I think church attendance is necessary for Christians. Below is my response. I’m sure more could be said, but this isn’t meant to be a theological treatise.
I think the Christian life can be looked at in two inter-related ways: 1) Glorifying and enjoying God 2) Becoming more like [...]