Guy Waters is next up in Tabletalk, and he asks whether the church has misunderstood justification. He says, “Justification in the present, N.T. Wright claims, is primarily about how you can tell who belongs to the church. It is not primarily about the salvation of the sinner. Wright, of course, is not saying that justification …
How Many Idahos Would It Take?
These numbers are approximations for the most part, sketched out on the back of a napkin. They may be a reflection of my deficient education in math growing up, or of me believing the wrong web site on how much hay an acre of grassland produces, or perhaps a function of some other gross personal …
Political Kabuki
On the tube this evening, I saw a couple of neocons surrendering on the question of homosexuals in the military. The top brass are starting to capitulate on it, Obama is going a whole lot slower than the homosexual activists want him to, but he is moving on it, and what passes for a right …
Staying on Message
“All the sermons in Acts have one essential point — Jesus Christ is risen from the dead” (Wagner, Tongues Aflame, p. 97).
And Fame Cogs
“The poet Rainer Rilke was quite prescient when he observed that anyone who investigates the ‘thousands of fame-wheels and fame-belts’ of the fame industry is ‘ultimately also pressed into service and soon contributes to the machine’s monstrous actions and berserk roaring'” (Halpern, Fame Junkies, p. xxviii).
How About Saturday Then?
“When a girl says no to a young man, he often feels free to press her for her reasons. She may not have to date him, but she frequently has to debate him” (Her Hand in Marriage, p. 77).
Why Food Can’t Defile
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Food and Drink #1 “And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the …
That Poor Mutt, the Taxpayer
So let’s talk for a bit about what “sustainable” means. But before talking about sustainable at the level of food and food production, we should first consider the sustainability of ideas. One thing that is not really sustainable is fear mongering. That is why faddists are nomadic. They stay camping on one fear fad until …
Follow the Footnotes
Michael Horton makes some solid points in his article “Justification and Ecumenism.” He takes some fair shots at some of Wright’s positions, and generally hits the target. Unfortunately, the whole thing is undermined by his inconsistency–about which more anon. Horton makes one significant point twice. “Wright distorts the Reformation positions and almost never footnotes his …
Deliverance from Zion
INTRODUCTION:We now come to the place where Paul makes his dramatic statement about the future blessedness that awaits Israel. He has shown us that Israel according to the promises must receive the blessings (by definition), but here he is saying that Israel according to the flesh will be included in them as well. How so? …