Part 6 of the Introduction to Doctrine and Division Now there is also what I will call sociological inversion. Evangelical sociology has been sparse but, where it has done well, it has usually been sentenced to that same dungeon of pragmatism that... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Part 5 of the Introduction to Doctrine and Division Another manifestation of this disorder may seem harmless enough on the surface. It is something that is revealed in our conversations as pastors about what books we are reading. Apparently the day... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Part 4 of the Introduction to Doctrine and Division But speaking of paralysis, there is yet another objection to the study of doctrine and division that is probably the most respectable of all. That is that it can lead to a kind of theoretical... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Part 3 of the Introduction to Doctrine and Division For most of church history it was widely assumed by both Rome and the Protestant tradition 1) that orthodoxy comes before heresy, 2) that heresy is therefore a deviation and 3) that to divide the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Part 2 of the Introduction to Doctrine and Division Doctrine and Division as a Legitimate ‘Cross-Section’ of Apostasy The Apostle John explains to us what is happening when individuals or groups of individuals fall away: They went out from us, but... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Part 1 of the Introduction to Doctrine and Division ‘Young, Restless and Reformed’ was the title to an article a few years ago in Christianity Today. It was at the close of the first Together for the Gospel Conference that people started to take... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Romans 6:17 There is a biblical doctrine of what I will call spiritual obedience. It is a spiritual obedience as opposed to a merely physical obedience because it offers up a spiritual worship of the heart and not simply an external show.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Psalm 139:6, 17 INTRODUCTION What is God like? The Eastern thinkers thought of a parable to answer this (or, perhaps to avoid answering it) but take a careful listen and see if the parable proves its point. There were six men standing around an... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 6 of 8 on Practical Theology from Galatians One of the most fascinating characters anywhere in the great canon of Western literature is Chief Inspector Javert, in Victor Hugo’s classic, Les Miserables. Javert symbolized the man of law,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 5 of 8 on Practical Theology from Galatians Let’s repeat something about the practical punch of Galatians. Paul is not simply saying that legalism is offensive to God and mean to other people (all true), but more to our point, he is claiming... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
