In a recent article, Keith Mathison tackles the oxymoron of a Calvinist Evangelist. Can there be such a thing? If I have heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times: “A Calvinist evangelist? Isn’t that an oxymoron? Calvinism undermines evangelism.” This accusation has been repeated so many times that few make the effort to [...]
Archive for February 2009
A Calvinist Evangelist?
February 27, 2009Today is Ash Wednesday
February 25, 2009Occasionally this time of year, I’ll see students at the university where I work with an ash cross on their foreheads. Why do they do this? Bad hygiene? Today is Ash Wednesday and it has been traditionally set aside by many churches as a day of repentance and fasting. It occurs 40 days before Easter [...]
Remember the Gospel of Judas?
February 24, 2009Remember the furor over the Gospel of Judas a couple of years ago? You probably have not heard much about it lately? Why? Dr. Gene Edward Veith gives an update re: the saga. Do you remember the furor over the recent discovery of an ancient manuscript entitled The Gospel of Judas? The media reported that [...]
Can’t We All Just Get Along? Reflections re: Os Guinness
February 23, 2009Os Guinness visited Biola University today to talk about restoring civility to the public square. By civility, he meant “the act of showing regard for others” [1] and by the public square, he meant “a place of assembly for the people” [2], like the agora in ancient Greece. Guinness painted two extremes for the Christian [...]
Wanting to Want God
February 23, 2009O God, I have tasted Your goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want You; I long to be filled with longing; I [...]
The Power of the Gospel in Changing Lives
February 21, 2009Christ is in the business of saving people who, from our perspective, are the most unlikely to receive Him. The Gospel of Christ crucified is the most powerful message on the planet. I think this video attests to the power of this message. To see more videos like this one, please go to http://www.iamsecond.com
The Power of God’s Word
February 17, 2009I rarely like to post about my personal life, but I feel a need to share something in this post that I hope brings encouragement to all those who attend church on Sundays and hear God’s Word preached. Let me first give you the reason why I feel this need. A person said to me [...]
Why Read The Dead Guys?
February 14, 2009Last night I attended my reading group at church. It was a truly enjoyable time sitting around the fireplace at church with the guys. We are currently reading Martin Luther’s Concerning Christian Liberty. I love Luther’s thesis… “A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is [...]
Book Recommendation: A Case for Historic Premillennialism
February 13, 2009From the Publisher: Many evangelical readers who have learned the basics of eschatology from popular authors and more recently from novelists assume that dispensational premillennialism, with its distinctive teachings about the pretribulation rapture of the church, is the only reliable view of the end times and the return of Christ. This volume, however, offers a compelling case for an alternative perspective–one that was widely prevalent throughout church history. The contributors, all respected scholars in their respective fields, suggest that classic premillennialism offers believers a more coherent and viable approach to understanding eschatology. Their studies, which examine eschatology from biblical, theological, historical, and missiological approaches, provide a broadly accessible argument for returning to the perspectives of historic premillennial eschatology.
My Dilemma: Loving & Hating Eschatology
February 13, 2009In currently teaching a series on the book of Revelation, I have had to confront my distaste for eschatology (the study of the last days); more specifically, not eschatology itself, but rather particular methods in the study of eschatology. Let me illustrate my dilemma of loving and hating eschatology by talking about the book of [...]
