Theology That Bites Back
So let us start at the base of the stairs, and go up them one at a time. Every society, of necessity, must have a final locus of authority. That authority must either be contingent and within the system, or absolute and outside the system. If there is no absolute authority outside the system, then …
“Thousands of hours of study without meeting with the principals face-to-face is thousands of hours of yelling up the wrong rain spout. Establishing committees that are as stacked as a WWII bomber’s nose is not the way to inspire my confidence. No, I haven’t gotten over the sheer brazenness of that study committee.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 653
NB: the headline may not make sense, but it rhymes. Letter to the Editor: You present via Milton one inference of the way in which Adam sinned —and the conclusions you make I believe ...
“I agree that the fact that we baptize infants does not obligate us to allow them to vote in church elections, or drive the bus to the family retreat. But what we are talking about, with regard to the Table, is food. All children who come into our households should have the privilege of food.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 647
Introduction: You know, this is one of our best therapy sessions ever. I never knew half of this stuff . . . A few years back, Joe Rigney made what might be called "an empathy splash" when he ...
Easter Sunday 2024: Sermon Video Introduction: Two thousand years ago, a man who had been wickedly betrayed by the religious authorities, and murderously crucified by the Roman civil authorities, ...
Sermon Video Ever since our rebellion against God in the Garden, the human race has been locked up in the chains of fear, guilt, and shame. We were promised one thing, and we have received another. ...
“All pastors and elders should want to protect the Table from corrupt use, but we should do so a posteriori. The approach to church purity taken here is that of hiring big, beefy security guards at the door to check everyone’s IDs three times. The approach taken to church purity by what I take to be a more consistent covenantal approach is to hire big, beefy bouncers.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 644
“Being prosecuted by sentimentalist pietists is like drowning in a cauldron of hot butterscotch”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 634
