Virtually every theologian agrees that theology is best hammered out in community. Therefore, this post is an official invitation for my Baptist and my Reformed friends to question, debate, and comment upon a very complicated theological question.
The diagram above is, from what I most clearly understand, a visual representation of the flow of redemptive history [...]
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Baptists and Redemptive History
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The Sputtering Semester
Posted in Uncategorized on November 3, 2006 | No Comments »
That time has officially arrived: Week 10 of the fall semester at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The time is that infamous one with which all students are quite familiar. I am referring to the beginning of burnout. It is like my mind and will are an automobile out on the open road of the semester. [...]
Simple Church
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Much talk is beginning to emerge on the concept of “Simple Church,” so much in fact, to merit a book of the same title by Thom Rainer. What is simple church, and why is it generating so much buzz?
At the heart of simple church are relationships. I believe that the Simple Church movement is a [...]
Death By Ninja
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2006 | No Comments »
This is too good to pass up. I think that this guy is Ben Stiller’s evil twin.
John Piper-Bad?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Let me preface this post with a word about Dr. John Piper, Senior Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I love John Piper. It was his writings that awakened my soul for the glory of God and completely revolutionized my entire Christian life at the end of my senior year at [...]
Bonhoeffer on Costly Grace
Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a Lutheran pastor and theologian who was hanged by Nazi Germany after being implicated in a conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Despite his brief life of only 39 years, Bonhoeffer’s influence still holds strong in much of Christianity.
“Cheap grace,” Bonhoeffer wrote, “means the justification of sin without the justification of the [...]
Gospel Mastery
Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2006 | 2 Comments »
17 On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal. 18 And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man [...]
Fall Break
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2006 | 3 Comments »
It is now Day 2 of Fall Break and I’ve done nothing. I’m tired, a bit bored, and still am not inspired to do any Hebrew homework.
The big news is that my parents are coming to town tomorrow and staying until Sunday morning. I weighed myself just a few moments ago and came in at [...]
The "Spirit" of Education
Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2006 | No Comments »
“In this Mass of the Holy Spirit, we acknowledge the spirit that is part of our intellectual nature and which guides us through inquiry and reason to the truths we can understand, and we pray for guidance to the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, who guides us to the mystery of God and to follow in [...]
As Promised…
Posted in Uncategorized on September 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Okay, so here’s the rundown from the past happenings in my not-so-happening life. As indicated by an earlier post, I spent last weekend taking some middle school students from Christ Our Hope Church to a retreat in the mountains of Virginia. Great trip, sleepless nights, lots of fun, yada yada yada. The picture below is [...]
