Theology That Bites Back
“Protestants can be decidedly Protestant without being bigots. And so I will conclude by citing my very favorite papist, G.K. Chesterton. He once said that you ought never to tear down a fence unless you knew why it had been put up in the first place.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 870
Public Service Announcement: Some of you astute types have noticed a few times in the last several months where this feature appears, if at all, in some misbegotten shape. This has been a function of me being very busy, and getting old, and forgetting. Thank you for your understanding. Leaning In to Criticism: Sent by …
“To argue that I have every spiritual blessing in Christ right now, but that perseverance is not among these blessings because perseverance cannot be contained within the present moment is to speak the language of a system, a particular theology, and not the language of the Bible.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 863
Introduction: I have been urging American Christians for some time now to get reacquainted with Protestant resistance theory. This is not because I think everyone needs an odd hobby, although I do, ...
“Eternal life is a gift, and it is too big a gift to fit into the present. I can possess eternal life now, which means that my hands have to be able to hold the future—because eternal life encompasses the future as much as it does the present. And I can have it now. ‘And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son’ (1 John 5:11).”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 861
Letter to the Editor: Let's say a father with children in the home has a major failing as a parent. He becomes aware of this sin and fully and completely repents. Still some children ...
“A historic Protestant view of church, of Word and sacrament, is truly liberating. We can see the church of Jesus Christ sailing down through the entire course of church history, and we can recognize it as His beloved ship. We don’t have to count all the barnacles first. Neither do we have to deny the existence of the barnacles.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 860
Introduction: In the recent debate/conversation that Jared Longshore and I had with Chris Gordon, there was one exchange that I thought I needed to get back to. I was asked to respond to something ...
Introduction: To come into the kingdom of God, to be made a citizen of Heaven, is an occasion of joy. The man who finds the treasure of the kingdom goes out and sells everything in a spirit of ...
Acts of the Apostles (3): Introduction: The main action in the second half of this first chapter has to do with the replacement of Judas Iscariot. But along the way, we learn quite a few things about the early days of the apostolic company. The Text: “Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount …
