The Times has an interesting article about a bold bid to have the Pope arrested during his visit to the UK! Apparently, Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens have announced “that they will apply for an arrest warrant over the sex abuse scandals involving priests.” I, for one, would support any action which forces this corrupt, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Theology’
arresting the pope
Posted in Bad Theology, evangelical wackiness, Roman Catholicism, Uncategorized, tagged ecumenism, evangelicalism, mere christianity, orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, the gospel, Theology on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
rick warren and john piper
Posted in Bad Theology, Practice, Uncategorized, tagged evangelical heroes, evangelicalism, orthodoxy, the gospel, Theology on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
John Piper is no stranger to controversy and is not afraid, as part of the neo-Reformed crowd, to associate with “undesirables”. One need only note his tacit approval of John Wimber, and his invitations to Mark Driscoll and Federal Vision proponent Doug Wilson to speak at his conferences. Well, Piper’s done it again and asked [...]
biblical piety versus charismatic piety
Posted in evangelical wackiness, Piety, Practice, Theology, tagged evangelicalism, miscellaneous, Piety, Practice, The Lord's Supper, Theology on April 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The word “piety” denotes how one relates to God. There is tension in evangelicalism today as to how we “do” piety. I suppose this is, in no small part, down to the mixed marriage that spawned evangelicalism: Pietism and Puritanism. Roger Olson comments on this strange blend: ..Noll, like many other historians of evangelicalism, seems [...]
new covenant theology 6 – what laws do christians need?
Posted in Reformed Theology, Theology, Uncategorized, tagged New Covenant Theology, Reformed Theology, the law, Theology on March 2, 2010 | 5 Comments »
In answering a critique of NCT by Reformed Baptist Rich Barcellos, Tom Wells asks some penetrating questions in chapter 11. For brevity, I’ll look at two of them. Firstly, what types of laws do Christians need? Wells argues that NT laws are characterised by encouragements to the believer to conform to “who he is” (p179). [...]
