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Why I Won’t Read Your Books or Blogs
As I have been reading and reviewing books and blogs over the years, my approach has changed. This was not an overnight change, but something that just happened the more involved I became in engaging...
In Defense of Sola Scriptura - Part Nine - The Sufficiency of Scripture
Now I will start to give a brief positive defense of the Protestant doctrine of sola Scriptura. The Scripture implicitly and explicitly speaks of its unique authority and sufficiency. 2 Tim. 3:14–17...
In Defense of Sola Scriptura - Part Eight - What about all the divisions?
The fifth argument against sola Scriptura: Without the infallible authority of the Church, the Church would be hopelessly divided on matters of doctrine and morals. This would not be the Church that C...
In Defense of Sola Scriptura - Part Six - Apostolic Succession?
The third argument for the Dual-Source Theory and against sola Scriptura has to do with a concept called “apostolic succession.” Most non-Anglican Protestants are not very familiar with th...
An Emerging Understanding of Orthodox
Get PDF version I am thoroughly orthodox. No, not Eastern with a capital “O”, but orthodox meaning that I believe all the right things. Well . . . at least I think I am. But, really, it de...
In Defense of Sola Scriptura - Part Two
Any attempt to defend a position is going to be met with three things: 1) reasoned rebuttal from those who are truly trying to understand yet disagree, 2) antagonistic reaction from those who see your...
“Convert Tinted Glasses” or “Are Emergers Simply ‘Embittered Evangelicals’?”
“Converstionism.” This is one of the few marks of Evangelicalism spoken of by Evangelical historian Mark Noll. Evangelicals believe that people must experience a sincere personal conversio...
Leaving Christ(ianity) - A Christian Epidemic
I sat down with a young lady a couple of weeks ago and had a conversation. This was a conversation about faith—her faith. Better put, this was a conversation about a faith that once was and is n...
When Do You Draw the Line
I think we have a great audience on Parchment and Pen. It is varied and representative of a diversity of Christian thought. I appreciate this. I need this. Thank you all for being a part of the ser...
Theology Unplugged - My Postmodern Sympathies
Yes, I am alone once again. No worries, join me as I talk about the difficulties of representing Christ in a postmodern world. Similar Posts:First Things Blogcast #7: Stop Calling Me Postmodern! Jesu...
What Part of Gentleness and Respect Don’t You We Understand?
In the last blog in this series, I talked about how to engage in theological conversation or controversy, especially on the internet. In this blog post I want to take this one step further in talkin...
The Irenic Style of John Newton in Dealing with Controversy
John Newton shows us how controversy must be seasoned with a tender heart. Rarely do I see this, but how I long for it in myself and others. Every apologetics student and polemicist should be a stude...
Phil Johnson on Contextualization
Phil Johnson of TeamPyro started a series on contextualization of the Gospel and Act 17 (Part 1, Part 2). He is combating what he believes to be a compromise of the Gospel shrouded in the name “...
The Moral Indignation of Richard Dawkins
In his book The God Delusion, the new atheist Richard Dawkins asserts that Yahweh is truly a moral monster: “What makes my jaw drop is that people today should base their lives on such an appalling ...
Is Orthodoxy a Barrier to Christ?
I found this on another blog. It was a response to a post concerning defining “orthodoxy.” I found it interesting. “Many of us far outside any circle of orthodoxy you might draw f...