“People don’t go to Heaven. Heaven comes and gets us . . . Salvation, in order for it to occur at all, has to be a salvation that fetches us” (Mere Fundamentalism, pp. 117-118).
Letters from You’uns
Book List?: If you were to create a list of books to equip men who are not able to attend seminary but yet have a desire to know God, to enjoy Him, and to help others do the same, what would it include? I’m thinking of a list along the lines of Dr. Eliot’s five …
A Relationship That Is Alive
“Salvation is not about getting into the swankiest country club ever. It is not about manicured lawns, or drinking 80 proof ambrosia out of crystal cups. It is about the relationship between God and man” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 116).
Financial Friction in Marriage
Dear Jon and Diane, Thanks for your questions, and I hope I might be in some position to help. When it comes to help for married couples in dealing with their “issues,” there are generally three areas where most of the action or conflict occurs. Most marriage counseling is going to revolve around three general …
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Enlarged for Joy
“Think of the love of God as a vast infinite ocean, an ocean of liquefied light. Our resurrection bodies are containers that have been specially fashioned to be able to hold it—to hold it in fullness, and without any leakage whatever. Now there is nothing mercenary about it if we discover that some saints lived …
Transparency in the Pulpit
Sounds Like a Bad Idea
“Suppose for a moment that God placed an invisible recording device around the neck of every last person, and this recording device was designed to record only those statements that consisted of moral evaluations of other people. Suppose further that God took these recordings from around the necks of all of us, distilled from those …
But Wanting Doesn’t Cut It
“Justice is the judge, and we want justice to be the defendant” (Mere Fundamentalism, pp. 111-112).
Emoting Like Pelagians
Introduction: It may seem odd to put it this way, but the only thing that can save us from the sexual revolution now is total depravity. Of course this is shorthand, but it is shorthand with a point. Of course we know that it is Christ who saves us, and total depravity is not the …
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Where Nothing Sticks Out
“If absolutely everything is going to be put right, with no remainder, this means that every person will have to find a final place that fits. And in order for something to fit, it must be fitting, and before that can be, it must be fitted. And—given the bent and twisted nature of our race—only …