Liberty, License, Legalism
I recently recommended a message by my pastor, Mark Minnick. Here are my notes from that message, taken on my trusty Palm IIIxe. Minnick does something he rarely does: he chooses a controlling metaphor. In the hands of many such a metaphor is a cheesy device. But used sparingly, I think it can be very helpful. (9/19/2007) Minnick on the Two Closets We tend to categorize things as lawful and unlawful, but just because something is lawful doesn't mean it's open season, that it's the best thing...
All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes 2
"Popular culture, like the meat offered to idols in 1 Corinthians 10," says Ken Myers, "is a part of the created order, part of the earth that is the Lord's, and thus something capable of bringing innocent pleasure to believers." But he warns that "popular culture has the power to set the pace, the agenda, and the priorities for much of our social and our spiritual existence, without our explicit consent. It requires a great effort not to be mastered by it." xiv One important way to avoid...
All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes 1
Ken Myers is the richly pleasing voice—and the far-ranging mind—behind the Mars Hill Audio Journal. He wrote a book in 1988 for Crossway's Turning Point Christian Worldview Series, called All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes. I found it so profitable that I'm going to blog through it—mostly just providing good quotations. Myers believes that "the challenge of living with popular culture may well be as serious for modern Christians as persecution and plagues were for the saints of earlier...
TNIV and blogging protocol
I appreciated the following comment and thought it worth a posted reply: Hi Mark! It looks like you have a great blog here. I wanted to make a couple of comments about your remarks toward the TNIV, and my intent is to do so in the spirit of discussion and not antagonism. First, you noted in your previous post, “No, I’m not a fan of gender-neutral Bible versions. See Wayne Grudem and Vern Poythress’ work for that. Neither am I a fan of the T/NIV translation philosophy, which I think includes...
A filler post, I know
I hope to post a little substance on the TNIV, answering a great comment I got from an SBTS Ph.D. student and part-time teacher, but I need to do that after I finish Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther for the Bible Reading Program at BJU Press. Until then... My ultimate team, The Ws, is headed up to the Frozen Goose Ultimate Tournament at North Greenville University on Jan 26. Here's my current roster: Here's one of the only pics I have of me doing anything remotely cool on the frisbee field. Nine...