Posted in apologetics, faith, theology on 5 February 2008 | 5 Comments »
The title of this post is somewhat misleading but it speaks to the difficulty of making a positive case for the existence of God. I don’t mean to simply categorize all of the mystery inherent within human experience and then apply the name ‘God’ to it but an apologetic interest in the question doesn’t [...]
Posted in gospel, salvation, theology on 10 January 2008 | 9 Comments »
So I’ve gone through Piper’s extensive refutation of N.T. Wright and I must admit that my confusion has not gone away. A number of Piper’s objections center around Wright’s definition of the critical term ‘the righteousness of God’. This is admittedly an important definition to get straight since it seems to be central [...]
Posted in gospel, salvation, theology on 8 January 2008 | No Comments »
Well we’re back from an unusual Christmas break, one that was spent partly waiting for Kendal’s arrival and partly scurrying around for a week after she was born. We really enjoyed introducing her to family and friends throughout Alberta and it was a great time to get away (in spite of the busyness of [...]
Posted in pluralism, theology on 20 November 2007 | 9 Comments »
To the three or four readers who are still frequenting this blog, my apologies for the unusually lengthy silence. There’s a very simple explanation: I haven’t had anything interesting to say. I don’t really have an explanation for this other than being afflicted with a mental rut that seems to have occurred [...]
Posted in church, culture, gospel, theology on 9 October 2007 | 2 Comments »
Thanksgiving break came and went (this time an enjoyable weekend trip to Coaldale) and I’m in the middle of a day and a half pit stop back in Hepburn. Tomorrow afternoon I’m heading out to Abbotsford, BC for a Study Conference being put on by the Canadian Conference of MB Churches. The title [...]
Posted in epistemology, theology on 27 August 2007 | No Comments »
More on A Rumor of Angels…
Berger’s goal is to examine the future of theology in the contemporary world. He is acutely aware of the ‘relativizing’ effects of both historical research and sociological analysis. History has shown us some of the more human factors behind our sacred texts and religious traditions while sociology has [...]
Posted in epistemology, theology on 24 August 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ryan has got me into Peter Berger’s A Rumor of Angels, an effort to answer the question of whether belief in the supernatural can be maintained within the modern world (he’s writing in 1969). Berger is working with the theory that modernization and secularization have brought with them an incredulity toward that supernatural that [...]
Posted in theology on 15 August 2007 | 2 Comments »
We live in a culture that has a very high value on freedom. We value freedom of expression, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and a host of other less basic freedoms. We have a well-developed historical narrative (even if many of us don’t know it that well) that tells [...]
Posted in social issues, theology on 20 July 2007 | 1 Comment »
Christianity is often criticized as a ‘guilt-based’ religion. It is argued that believing that people are all sinners in need of forgiveness is psychologically damaging and leads to unhealthy views of an angry God who is interested in little more than venting his cosmic rage at human targets who refuse to repent. [...]
Posted in creation, theology on 21 June 2007 | 5 Comments »
Well I’ve finished Cornelius Plantinga’s Engaging God’s World and, aside from the fact that it contained the most references to John Calvin of any book I’ve ever read, it was well worth the effort. For those who are looking for a brief and readable account of a Christian worldview this is a good place [...]
