Jul
26
2009
My friend Matt has been blogging about how postmodernism, with its openness to narrative, is a great opportunity for the gospel. But evangelicals need to sort themselves out first. Otherwise, to the world, they are just a bunch of Patsys. Patsy Biscoes that is.
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Apr
28
2009
or How Modern Conservative Theologians Unwittingly Use Literary Genres to Mask Their Unbelief
One of the big problems with modern theology is its habit of categorising parts of the Bible into literary genres. For sure, the Bible contains historical prose, visions, poetry and songs. But many passages won’t actually fit into these neat little pigeon holes without hamstringing their intended purpose. And as it turns out, these “genre-lisations” are excuses to compromise with humanistic pop-philosophy and pop-history.
The three main gripes I have are misuses of the genres poetry, polemic and apocalyptic.
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1 comment | tags: Apocalyptic, Daniel, David Field, Esther, Ezekiel, Gnosticism, Ideology, James Jordan, John Dickson, Peter Leithart, Restoration, Revelation, Rowan Williams | posted in Biblical Theology, Creation, The Last Days, The Restoration Era
Apr
8
2009
Originally posted 27 September 2008
Rev Dr Malcolm Brown papers over the Grand Canyon at
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/darwin/malcolmbrown.html
and CMI critiques his article at
Church of England apologises to Darwin
Anglican Church’s neo-Chamberlainite appeasement of secularism
http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/6048
“… it is important to recognise that the anti-evolutionary fervour in some corners of the churches may be… an indictment of the churches’ failure to tell their own story – Jesus’s story – with conviction in a way which works with the grain of the world as God has revealed it to be, both through the Bible and in the work of scientists of Darwin’s calibre.”
Rev Dr Malcolm Brown (who looks like a nice man) surely must understand that the philosophy of evolution is exactly the reason for the decline of Christianity in the west, and the rejection of what he calls Jesus’ ‘story.’ It contradicts at a very fundamental level both the Old Testament and the obvious beliefs of Jesus Himself. A child can see that. I recommend the critique of Brown’s article and would be interested to see Brown’s response. Continue reading
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Apr
8
2009
“The Kingdom of God is not advanced through politics and ideology, but through proclamation and charity.”
–James B. Jordan
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