Month July 2008

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Enns Out at WTS

Peter Enns and Westminster Theological Seminary have issued a joint statement: The administration and Prof. Peter Enns wish to announce that they have arrived at mutually agreeable terms, and that, as of 31 July, 2008, Prof. Enns will discontinue his…

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Watching Joel Osteen

Last night as I was flipping the channels during a second straight depressing late-inning loss by my Cardinals, I happened onto Joel Osteen’s program. As someone professionally-trained as an American religious historian, it was striking to watch Osteen once again…

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Our Unity in Christ

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may…

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Books on Marriage

Check out this helfpul marriage book comparison chart produced by Nine Marks Ministries. It also includes reviews of the books. Good stuff.

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The Echo and Insufficiency of Hell

The subject of Hell is often avoided in the church’s pulpits. Evangelicals seem to be ashamed of the doctrine of Hell. Even those who profess to believe in the reality of Hell will often subvert or soften what the Bible…

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Memories

Here’s one for the historians. “Memory is much more significant than originality.” Samuel Wells, Improvisation:  The Drama of Christian Ethics, 147.

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Signing back in…

A week in Peru and an entire week teaching systematic theology (39 hrs of lectures in five days) has left me short of breath. Both have been exhilarating in ways that constantly challenge. The latter comprised mostly of the doctrine…