Here's a repost from August of 2018, back in the infancy of Things Above Us, that we think might encourage you today. Here in the DFW area, much has been made lately concerning Matt Chandler of The Village Church having encouraged his congregation(s) to seek extrabiblical revelation in the form of visual images. I thought … Continue reading Extrabiblical Revelation: Being Chained to the Ocean Floor (repost)
Think for a moment upon the things that have influenced your politics and the things that influence your politics in your daily and weekly routine. You read The New York Times every morning over breakfast and shriek with joy at the latest column from Maureen Dowd. Over lunch, you read Christianity Today. After dinner, you … Continue reading Book Review — The Liturgy of Politics by Kaitlyn Schiess
Kat Armstrong's No More Holding Back: Emboldening Women to Move Past Barriers, See Their Worth, and Serve God Everywhere conveys a certain feminist, idealistic image of a Christian woman who seeks to live out all four aspects of the second greatest commandment. In part 1 of this review, we saw Armstrong's argument that Mary Magdalene is … Continue reading No More Holding Back — Kat Armstrong (book review, part 3)
In part 1 of this review, we introduced Kat Armstrong's No More Holding Back: Emboldening Women to Move Past Barriers, See Their Worth, and Serve God Everywhere. We primarily found that Armstrong advocates an over-realized soteriology of women which interprets Mary Magdalene to be the "second Eve," thereby meaning that the curse of women being easily … Continue reading No More Holding Back — Kat Armstrong (book review, part 2)
As Kat Armstrong opens No More Holding Back: Emboldening Women to Move Past Barriers, See Their Worth, and Serve God Everywhere (Thomas Nelson, July 2019), she tells a story of an incident. In the middle of a class at Dallas Seminary, she lamented to her professor, "I'm scared to learn too much about Jesus because I … Continue reading No More Holding Back — Kat Armstrong (book review, part 1)
But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.” (Acts 15.11 ESV) Amidst the very negative reactions to Andy Stanley's comment last year that Christians need to "unhitch" from the Old Testament, a discussion Stanley had with Dallas Theological Seminary leadership on its Table Podcast … Continue reading Revisiting Andy Stanley’s “Unhitch” Remark
Here in the DFW area, much has been made lately concerning Matt Chandler of The Village Church having encouraged his congregation(s) to seek extrabiblical revelation in the form of visual images. I thought I might relay to you my own story concerning a similar experience. As a matter of background, I was saved in 1997 … Continue reading Extrabiblical Revelation: Being Chained to the Ocean Floor
I delivered this message in class on 19 April 2016 at Dallas Theological Seminary. Enjoy!
TLDR: The theology concerning the existence of a "carnal Christian" holds that a person can realistically come to true saving faith in Christ and continue to live an entirely unchanged life free of repentance or sanctification. This paper examines Romans 7:14 and 8:1–14 to demonstrate that Romans knows no such concept. A true Christian does experience progressive sanctification. Although the terms "free grace theology" and "lordship salvation" don't appear in the paper, this is ultimately the battle under discussion.
Important: I have left the remainder of this post "as was," but I no longer recommend or endorse JD Hall, Pulpit & Pen, and its associated personalities. You're a seminary student. What does God want you to be doing right now? Because, you know, it's not just about just being buried in NA28 and Big Kittel. Have you … Continue reading Your present purpose
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