Archive for March, 2006
John 3:16 Revisited
John 3:16 is perhaps the greatest known verse in the Bible in today’s culture. Often in discussions of free will vs. grace, this verse is usually found within the ammunition of the Armenian camp to be used in order to debunk any premise of a Calvinist. Just as often, it is quoted alone and [...]
Graded Absolutism - Christian Conflict Theory
Norman L. Geisler, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary, presents a Christian view of how to deal with consequences in conjunction with divine command theory in his article entitled Absolutes? Absolutely!. I thought it was an interesting read inlight of my earlier post at the Unsound Argument: Ethical Relativity.
In the first part of the article, [...]
Dostoyevsky Rebellion: Christians and the problem of Evil
In The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Rebellion is right before the famous chapter, The Grand Inquisitor. It is the atheist brother, Ivan, who knows too much about religion to believe in God; berating Aloysha, the priest. Ivan’s main problem is,
“All I know is that there is suffering and none are guilty”
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Sociology of the Emergent Church
My look at the Emergent Church (EC) will be more of a sociological look. Kevin tells me that he will give more of a theological/ecclesiological look. I have a lot of loose connections with those involved in the EC, and am currently in the process of starting a service that will resemble some [...]
What is the Emergent Church?
Does anyone know? If anyone does, do they want to talk about it in the comments or in a new post?
Update: Dave wrote a post about the EC from a sociological perpective: Sociology of the Emergent Church