I don’t agree with everything in this Washington Post essay, but it aptly depicts the frustration of young people with their parents’ generation. Others reported last week that the median net worth of retirees is $173,000, while people in their twenties have only about $3,000 to their name. It’s unlikely that these underemployed young people [...]
Archive for November, 2011
intergenerational warfare
Posted in Christian Worldview, Ethics on November 14, 2011 | 5 Comments »
exclusivism
Posted in Christian Worldview, Theology on November 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Our shrinking global village is often cited as a major reason for the rise of universalism, pluralism, and inclusivism in the evangelical church. Technology and transportation have made us more aware of other people and other religions, and so we’re less inclined to think that believing in Jesus is the only way to salvation. This argument sounds plausible, [...]
voting on heresy
Posted in Theology on November 8, 2011 | 9 Comments »
This article explains how the Episcopalian Diocese of Atlanta planned to vote on whether to exonerate Pelagius and admit his ideas as potentially instructive for the church. The vote was planned for November 4, and I have not heard how it turned out. But considering that they even considered having a referendum, the outlook does not seem [...]
replacement is not resurrection
Posted in Christian Worldview, Theology on November 1, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I haven’t yet dug into What is the Mission of the Church?, the new book by Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert. It looks promising, and I plan to read it carefully soon. I did read their section on the continuity and discontinuity of the new earth (p. 213-19), and thought I could make a few [...]
