Theology That Bites Back
You are cordially invited to something. “What?” you may well ask. Tomorrow night, at 7 pm, at the NuArt Theater in Moscow, the notorious Dad’s Band is putting on their annual tribute to the quirky and the classic. There will be seventeen songs in all, ranging from Ventura Highway to Pick Up the Pieces, and …
“Granted that true faith is necessary, how does this faith arrive? If it is genuine faith, how does it get here? One view says that it is shipped, and it arrives in a box. You open the box, take the bubble wrap off, and hold it up so the elders can see if it is the same kind they got. The other view of faith is that it grows. Timothy had the same faith that his mother and grandmother had (2 Tim. 1:5). Now, if true faith can grow from a seed, those guarding the Table must know what it looks like at every point along the continuum—first the blade, then the ear, then the full head. My toddler grandchildren coming to the Table have true faith—but it is blade faith. We’re not anywhere near done”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 754.
In the past I have discussed the difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty. Absolute poverty is a matter of life and death, starvation or food, terminal sickness or medical care, ...
“I won’t go through the whole thing point by point because you don’t need to split the same cord of wood twice, and I have done this three or four times already. About all I have around here is kindling.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 751
Letter to the Editor: I've seen Bitcoin mentioned in your blog every so often.You may already be aware of this, but thought I would share just in case:Many blessings, Dan ...
“We look at the decrees through the lens of the covenant, and not the other way around. And when we are faithful in our use of these covenantal means, we do make our calling and election sure. We can see the decrees, but only if we don’t try to see them directly.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 750.
Many Christians are suspicious of ambition, and they do have some texts that support them in their concern. The word in Greek is eritheia. “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition ...
“I say this as one who affirms all forms of imputation as understood by the classic Reformed theologians—active, passive, and around the block three times imputation.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 748
“Not all Israel are Israel. Not all Christians are Christians.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 747
