One of the ironies of being a Baptist is that my tradition puts much less weight on baptism than most others. As my friend Dave Lamb said recently, we spend so much time saying what the sacraments/ordinances aren’t that we end up with very little when we’re done. Dave had a word for that, which [...]
Archive for May, 2010
baptism
Posted in Theology, Uncategorized on May 26, 2010 | 10 Comments »
the new pharisees
Posted in Emergent Church on May 25, 2010 | 20 Comments »
I don’t know if this is the best topic for an ODJ devotional, but it struck me recently that many emergent leaders inadvertently shut the door to the kingdom, which is precisely the problem that Jesus had with the Pharisees. I’m not sure if my logic holds in the third to last paragraph, but I’m [...]
friends who do things
Posted in book review on May 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I have two über pastor friends who are doing or have done things that I wanted to tell you about. 1. Chris Brauns, the author of the best book on forgiveness, is leading a webinar tomorrow from 11:00-12:00 AM EST at the 2010 Peacemakers conference. Space is limited, but if you are able to participate [...]
vanhoozer on wright
Posted in Theology on May 18, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I just bought my first ipod, so I’m not exactly an early adopter. I generally try to stay one step behind the Amish, and now that Titus Miller has a cell phone, I think that God will understand if I have an ipod touch. The first podcast I downloaded was Kevin Vanhoozer’s lecture on N.T. [...]
aha moments
Posted in miscellaneous, Uncategorized on May 12, 2010 | 8 Comments »
“Why does not the pope, whose wealth is today greater than the wealth of the richest Crassus, build this one basilica of St. Peter with his own money rather than with the money of poor believers? Ooohh.” Martin Luther, Thesis 86 (of 95) “But that would mean that Wall Street is nothing but a giant [...]
why worry?
Posted in miscellaneous, Uncategorized on May 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
God’s job just got a little bit harder.
faith and regeneration: which comes first?
Posted in Theology, Uncategorized on May 5, 2010 | 20 Comments »
My desk is temporarily clear of end of semester grading, so I’d like to share my heuristic take on an issue which recently came up in class. Like any good Reformed theologian, I have always argued that regeneration precedes faith. I cut my teeth on Ephesians 2:1-5, which states that “you were dead in your [...]
