Until I have an opportunity to review the book, Love Wins by Rob Bell, I thought these resources would be helpful. Reviews Tim Challies Help for addressing the format of the questions the book raise Kevin DeYoung A rather full and lengthy review Denny Burk A full review A video interview with Rob Bell on …
Category: Theology
A God Who Promises
Nice chart on the “big” promises of God–His covenants. This chart was created by Trent Hunter
Redeemer not Therapeutic Insights
We cannot treat the Bible as a collection of therapeutic insights. To do so distorts its message and will not lead to lasting change. If a system could give us what we need, Jesus would never have come. But he came because what was wrong with us could not be fixed any other way. He …
Completely Saved
I had some great conversations with individuals this week about the nature of salvation. And I see several tendencies. 1. We don’t fully understand grace–breadth, depth and glory of grace 2. We tend to be man-centric rather than God-centric 3. We look at the “what ifs” and “ya buts” before the “thus saith the Lord” …
Answers to Questions
I started this blog to encourage, Fluency with God’s Word in Life Situations–or in other words, a biblically formed, biblically reasoned, biblically applied response to life. So one of the elements I want to increase is the sharing of resources. Below are two short video answers given to answer/apply the truth of Scripture to situations and …
Of Science and the Bible
The issue of the biblical account of creation and how much contradiction or compatibility there can be with the science of origins continues to challenge theologians, Christian scientist, pastors and layman alike. A recent video interview with Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke, which has since be removed has cause another set of volleys in the debate. To read a bit of …
Read with discernment
A good reminder from John Piper, I encourage you to measure your favorite authors and your favorite quotes by what the Bible teaches and what the Bible includes. You can read the entire post here.