Ouch! This is what the Oxford English Dictionary’s American counterpart (the OAD) offers on Jonathan Edwards:
“Extreme Calvinism”? Nothing about theological or intellectual profundity? None of his pastoral heart?
Very sad. If you are faithful to the Lord, then in this world you will have tribulation. If you’re very faithful you may get tribulation even after you enter the next.
I wrote the following introduction to the Old Testament for Bibles International; it is being translated and placed into Bibles all around the world. Come back tomorrow for the intro to the New Testament. The Bible tells one story, because God has one plan for all of...
I recently ran across the the master's thesis of an ardent evangelical egalitarian, written at Regent University Divinity School (Virginia Beach) in 2010. You can Google it if you want to, but I don't want to pick on the (female) author in particular, so I'll leave...
Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen My rating: 4 of 5 stars I apologize to the internet for not giving this classic five stars, but it simply didn't quite reach the level of incisiveness and helpfulness for me in my situation that Packer's analysis in...
Insightful words from Philip Roth: The power in any society is with those who get to impose the fantasy. It is no longer, as it was for centuries throughout Europe, the church that imposes its fantasy on the populace, nor is it the totalitarian superstate that imposes...
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