Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: I suppose the title might take some explaining, but if the post can’t explain a title like that, then what are we all doing here? Let me say at the outset that this is not a post about overt effeminacy—effeminacy of the lisping mincing kind. If that kind of thing were a virus, then …
“We do not belong to ourselves because we did not make ourselves” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 120).
“God can do absolutely anything that is consistent with who He has always been” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 120).
“He is the eternal Father. Because we believe in Him, this means that we believe that fatherhood is the ultimate font of all things, the ultimate reality” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 120).
No, let me correct that. We have entered an era of racism hyper-inflation. And what that does, in every instance, is debase the currency. The word and the offense is it supposed to represent have become meaningless, devoid of content, a null set, a big nothing. And it is the ostensible foes of racism what …
“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).
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 …
“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).
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 …
