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Are Lamenting and Grieving Biblical? Read Psalm 88 Before You Answer.

It seems that in the American evangelical world, we know very little about lament.  We much prefer the happy sayings and the happy songs.  We like things to be tied up nicely and neatly.  We prefer our theology to be bite-sized; slogans that fit easily on a tee-shirt...

Philosophy Fridays: Nietzsche as Prophet of Modern Christianity, Part 2

Nietzsche was prophetic in many ways, both in his style and content. Walter Kaufmann compares Nietzsche to some biblical prophets because of the way he shared the angst and suffering of the very people to whom he was speaking. Sometimes prophecy seems to consist in...

Is the Book of Acts Intended to Be a Model for the Church Today?

Many of the differences in the various evangelical denominations and flavors of Christianity in the world exist because of conflicting views of the early church in the Book of Acts. Pentecostals and Charismatics understand the gifts of tongues, healing, and miracles...

Philosophy Fridays: Nietzsche as Prophet of Modern Christianity, Part 1

My day won’t come until the day after tomorrow. Some people are born posthumously…The sort of predilection strength has for questions that require more courage than anyone possesses today; a courage for the forbidden; a predestination for the labyrinth. Friedrich...

How Important is the Trinity? Jesus Thinks It Is VERY Important

I've often reflected on the rather obvious thought that when his disciples were about to have the world collapse in on them, our Lord spent so much time in the Upper Room speaking to them about the mystery of the Trinity. If anything could underline the necessity of...

Do Works Save? No, But They Evidence Salvation

It's very hard to derive the idea from the Bible that good works save a person from his sins. Scripture is very clear that we are saved only by grace through the righteousness of Christ. The idea of salvation by grace alone through faith alone was bitterly opposed by...

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