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Entries Tagged ‘postmodernity’

Calvin on The Role of Scripture

It always amazes me how many evangelical believers I talk to who seem to be uncertain about the role in which God intends scripture to play in the Christian’s life.  Time and time again, I encounter believers within the evangelical and charismatic movements who are convinced that we cannot speak of God in absolute terms. Most of these [...]

Truth and Uncertainty and Calvin and Hobbes!

I’ve been reading Calvin and Hobbes of late, although not written by a Christian, the author raises many relevent issues.

This one in particular reminds me of my first response as I became aware of theological complexities during my first semester at Theological College! Thanks to God’s grace I was preserved from two errors. The first [...]

Contextualisation

This week I came across a fantastic post by Phil Johnson on contextualisation that summed up my own views about the whole matter with such eloquence I could only dream about!
You can read the post for your self but he really hits the nail on the head when dealing with current attempts at contextualised mission. [...]

  

    "The evil Satan causes is only by the permission of God… It would be unbiblical and irrelevant to attribute to Satan (or sinful man) the power to frustrate the designs of God."
    John Piper