The Meaning of Protestant Theology: Phillip Cary Hence the teaching that Luther wants every child to learn about the Holy Spirit is first, “I believe that by my own reason or strength I cannot believe
‘Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts’ by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson (Mar 2008): “People will bend over backwards to reduce dissonance in a
2/2/2010 10:09:46 AM I was struck by a comment made toward the end of the God Journey podcast in which the guest was Steve McVey. In the discussion it was remarked that the traditional approach
6/26/2008 9:45:37 AM Her soteriology, if I can even call it that, is almost wholly pelagian and bourgeois. We recover shalom by turning to God and others in love. As long as we do not
6/19/2008 8:11:44 AM The Remaking of Evangelical Theology – the Princeton theology, claiming to be continuous with Calvin and Luther, was innovative in its introduction of inerrancy. During the same period dispensationalism came in, opposed
4/9/2008 6:01:27 AM According to Barr, theology and critical biblical study are mutually informing aspects of a theological whole. Theology provides the presuppositions necessary for turning to the Bible for theological purposes, but it cannot
There is also the article on the book on sex in the Bible that talks about how the Bible is not a guide book as we expect it to be. “The most interesting thing about
3/23/2008 10:54:54 AM At this point, someone may say: surely, if the Gospels are inspired scripture … they should be accurate in all ways? In a sense, yes. But beware. That argument is regularly used
5/16/09 I was reading this article by N.T. Wright today, ‘Resurrecting Old Arguments’, some discussion of his book, ‘The Resurrection of the Son of God.’ I read something that reminded me of a central conflict
Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross: Contemporary Images of the Atonement by Mark D. Baker, Ed. The thesis is that there are many ways of describing what happened on the cross, and claiming that ‘penal