A remarkable movement toward pure grace is emerging from both the Arminian (freewill) and the Calvinistic (predestination) realms of the Body of Christ. Whether your bottom line for salvation is man’s freewill or God’s sovereign choice the conclusion is the same: anything that adds to the message that Jesus Christ has done it all is […]
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CONUNDRUM: a confusing and difficult problem or question. D. A. Carson as a neo-Calvinist reflects a theology in the tradition of Dutch theologian and Prime Minister Abraham Kuyper who said: “In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare,’That […]
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Chapter 15 of Scot McKnight’s book The Jesus Creed is called, “Jesus Creed-ers Love Justice”. Are you a Jesus Creed-er? Do you love justice? It all sounds positive. In all the recent controversy over the nature of hell the mantra we all heard most often was “God is love yes, but we mustn’t forget that […]
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If you are not tracking with the missional church movement or are unfamiliar with the rising new Calvinist leaders you may not have heard of Matt Chandler. This is not necessary in order for you to be either encouraged or challenged by the following statements from his book The Explicit Gospel released in early 2012. Matt […]
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Scot McKnight is known as a bridge builder having maintained respect from both sides of the church, conservative and liberal, and it is not difficult to see why. In his book Embracing Grace: A Gospel For All of Us, McKnight begins by stating that “the gospel belongs to the whole Church… We know that none of […]
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Mark Galli, senior Managing Editor for Christianity Today, wrote a direct response to Rob Bell’s Love Wins (within 4 months) entitled God Wins. I want to share a few observations regarding God Wins and also consider some things Galli states in a favorite book of mine, Jesus Mean and Wild. Specifically I will reveal how there […]
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It was Tim Keller who opened up the vistas for understanding the Gospel as so much more than a “personal relationship” with Jesus that insured a place in heaven when we die. Keller brought a wide sweeping picture of the Gospel that could be traced from Genesis to Revelation. It was a vision that engulfed […]
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