Theology That Bites Back
Reformed Fire: A new book called Tulips on Fire by my friend and fellow minister Ben Zornes . . . In honor of Reformation Day, I'm pleased to release my book on the "second Dutch Reformation" or Nadere Reformatie (nearer reformation).Available for purchase on Amazon.The audiobook is also available on the Canon+ app. @canonpress pic.twitter.com/xozmA3Fae9— …
“Christ did not die so that we might live. He died so that we might die, and He lives so that we might live. Our life is not tied to His death—our life is tied to His life. But we cannot be tied to His life unless we have also been united with Him in His death.”
Introduction: A few years ago, Joe Rigney caused something of a stir when we recorded an episode of Man Rampant together in which he made a crucial distinction between sympathy and empathy. We might call the latter “untethered and toxic empathy” for short. Sympathy is simply fellow feeling, and we have good New Testament examples …
This will not be a full-blown election-results blog post because I would like to let all the dust settle, and have all the pieces fall out of the sky first. But I did want to thank the Lord for the respite He has given us. We still have an enormous amount of work to do, …
“In part the covenant is new because the law governing the covenant is new. But by new, we do not mean ‘freshly invented’ but rather ‘back from the dead.’ There cannot be a change in the priesthood without a corresponding change in the law. But the priesthood has been bestowed on Christ on the basis of His power of an indestructible life.”
Letter to the Editor: My wife has been watching Charlie Kirk clips, who I think is a generally smart guy with good things to say. But then she showed me the following video, which immediately ...
“When Jesus died, the law died. And when He rose again, so did the law . . . the law has complete continuity in the same way that the body of Christ had continuity with His resurrection body. It was the same body that rose from the dead (John 20:27). The law has discontinuity in the sense that the resurrection changes the meaning and nature of everything.”
Introduction: Everything is in a bad way, by which we mean in a horrendous way, and everybody knows it. But the reason everything is in such a bad way is not a matter of misfortune or bad luck. ...
“Stop trying to pick up grace. You have no hands. Grace picks you up, out of the miry clay, and sets your feet on the rock. A true heart knows this.”
Introduction: Welcome to NQN VII. Kind of like Super Bowl VII, but without the Redskins or Dolphins. You know the rules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA9mJWbmmo8 It is generally accepted ...
