Kevin Bauder—A Fundamentalism Worth Saving Takes the Human Condition Seriously
I know this is a bit late, but the breaks were so short at the Preserving the Truth Conference that I had a hard time getting to the gym to post my updates. And then I let this sit… Anyway, here are my notes from one of Kevin Bauder’s plenary sessions, the one at 9 am on Saturday. All believers are called; there is no clergy-laity distinction. Every vocation is a ministry, from pastor to factory worker. In the eyes of God all legitimate jobs have honor. A fundamentalism worth saving takes the...
NPR on Abortion
Husbands and wives have their compromises. I get speakers in the bathroom so I can listen to NPR in the shower, and she gets… love. I mean, she’d get it anyway, but still. So I’m listening to NPR this morning and a blog post pops into my head—because of this story. People have been arguing for decades over whether abortion endangers a woman's mental health. Now, a new study could settle the debate. Choosing to have an abortion is not an easy decision, and scientists have put a lot of effort...
Yes! Yes! Yes!
I ran across this in my Theological Journal Library in Logos a few weeks ago, and I literally laughed with delight. Maybe you'd have to be living in the country I live in right now (Dissertationastan) to find this as perfectly glorious as I did, but perhaps people in neighboring countries will also appreciate it. The author is discussing πίστις (pistis, the Greek word for faith). I am not sure that the first Christians can be shown to have done much more than use some of the semantic resources...
Lane Dennis, the ESV, and the Internet Age
Once upon a time, I was preaching as a special youth speaker in a church in the South. It was my fourth or fifth time there. The pastor was KJV-Only, and I knew this, so I converted all the ESV quotations in my sermon to KJV quotations. I was preaching from my laptop—but in the rush of the moment I accidentally used the wrong file! The pastor’s daughter reported my ESV-usage to her dad, who wasn’t present, and I was asked not to return. They don’t hate me, and I still have some contact with...
Paul: The Reepicheep of Christian Evangelism
I do love Paul's personality. Bold and persuasive but full of tender affection—and a Reepicheep streak! When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s companions in travel. But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him (Acts 19:28-30). .... As Paul was about...