In his classic work Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton asks whether one can “hate [the world] enough to change it, and yet love it enough to think it worth changing?”In this quote Chesterton - likely much to his chagrin - expresses something more in line with the reformer Martin Luther, setting Christ and culture in a paradoxical … Continue reading Sacred & Secular: How Should Christians Interact With the World?
My new favorite podcast - along with Mere Fidelity and The Partially Examined Life - is Pete Holmes' You Made It Weird. It's an absolutely fabulous podcast, where comedian Pete Holmes just sits down and talks with a guest for two or three hours (usually on the topics of comedy, relationships, and God). A few … Continue reading What Evangelicals Can Learn From Rob Bell (and why they hate him)
The Imitation of Christ falls into the category of what one might call 'classic Christian devotional'. It fits into the time period of the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and is one of the best selling devotional texts of all time, and while the pious aspect of the text is at the … Continue reading Book Review: The Imitation of Christ – By Thomas à Kempis
In his book The Knowledge of the Holy A.W. Tozer outlines what it is we mean when we speak of God, in The Pursuit of God he outlines what our response should be once we have found him. The Christian endeavor doesn't end with salvation, with discovering God (or as it were, with God discovering … Continue reading Book Review: The Pursuit of God – By A.W. Tozer
Written by the iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther, Concerning Christian Liberty is a treatise on the nature of the Christian's life; or as Luther puts it, "a summary of the Christian life put together in small compass." The treatise itself is an attachment to a letter written by Luther to Pope Leo … Continue reading Book Review: Concerning Christian Liberty – By Martin Luther
The ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus did not happen in a vacuum, but rather they were set in various historical and political contexts. The primary time period which helped develop the context in which John the Baptist and Jesus lived was the period between the 5th Century BC - this period saw many … Continue reading Scripture in Context: Second Temple Judaism
All of Grace was the first book of Spurgeon's which I ever. I read it once a few years ago and found it to be wonderful, I've recently read it again and found it to be just as wonderful, touching and relevant as the first time I read it. The design of the text … Continue reading Book Review: All of Grace – By C.H. Spurgeon
In his classic book All of Grace, C.H. Spurgeon makes the statement in regards to Christianity that “Faith is believing that Christ is what He is said to be, and that He will do what He has promised to do, and then to expect this of Him.” If this is accepted as an accurate description of … Continue reading Knowing Who Christ Is, What He Has Promised, And Expecting This Of Him – The Person & Work of Christ
Within the realm of Christian theology there are many fiercely debated topics. One such topic is the question of the how the Law is to be understood in the Christian faith, especially in the light of the gospel and in the life of the Christian. Taking on this task, Reformation thinkers Martin Luther and John Calvin … Continue reading Two or Three Uses? – The Law in Luther & Calvin
For many Christians in the church today the term “missions” brings to mind fuzzy images of Caucasian Christians entering into jungles to give the Gospel to the unreached tribal peoples who live therein. Mission isn’t something that the majority of Christians see themselves as being involved in apart from the occasional donation they might give … Continue reading The Missional Church of the Missional God – Coming Into a Fuller Understanding of Christian Missions
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