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2. The Christ of Culture Summary: Christians who take this view "seek to maintain community with all believers. Yet they seem equally at home in the community of culture" (Niebuhr, 83). Exemplars (some partial): Gnostics, Abélard, culture-Protestantism, John Locke,...

Here is a summary of Carson's summary of what is, in sum, the most influential taxonomy of relationships Christians take to culture. I'm speaking, of course, of H. Richard Niebuhr's book Christ and Culture. And Carson's book is, of course, Christ and Culture...

Legend: "PN:" = "Personal Note" Proverbs 20:11 reads in the KJV, Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. But translations can differ widely in their rendering of this verse. It seems like the NET and HCSB are safe in...

One of the most powerful choral experiences I have ever had was when the choir from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland stopped by BJU and gave an impromptu concert in the student center. I stood right in front of them and heard them sing powerfully and skillfully in...

As you read Psalms, you will come across many statements that may shock you because of their violence. “Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee?…I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies” (139:21–22). “Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let...

The Wall Street Journal just last Friday published an article by Donna Freitas which makes my heart hurt for the kids I play ultimate frisbee with at Furman and other area schools. Freitas presents more evidence that the sexual revolution has brought the consequences...

A major case in the culture wars over Christian education has been decided. "A federal judge on Friday rejected a claim that the University of California violates private Christian high schools’ freedom of speech and religion by not certifying certain courses for its...

Those who dive into the articles I'm about to recommend are going to have to understand a little something about the parallels Carl Trueman is drawing: Ontology (from ων, οντος) = Systematic Theology (or ST) Economy (from οικονομος) = Biblical Theology (or BT) Got it?...

Here's a page collecting links to the controversy surrounding Peter Enns' book Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament. I don't think any fair reader of Scripture can deny that the NT's use of the OT raises some difficult...

For real marriage advice, click here. For a silly throwaway post I wrote to get free software, keep reading: I’m two things, but for years my computer could only be one. I’m a biblical scholar in training, so I have needed my computer to run the expensive and powerful...

This is an excerpt from the latest What in the World! newsletter: What is the Catholic view of salvation? Not all Catholics agree. But Avery Dulles, a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church and a Jesuit professor of religion at a Catholic university, is as...

I wish I could say that never in my life have I been guilty of disobeying God's will, my own sanctification. But I have indeed sinned many times. Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York state, has sinned, too. And he admitted it publicly today without back-pedaling or...