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Category Archives: Theological
What is Evangelicalism? – Part 3
Read the other parts of ‘What Is Evangelicalism?’ Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 In my previous post, I suggested that evangelicalism is a particular form of Protestantism marked by the marginalization of the institutional church. Within this and the post … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Culture, The Church, Theological
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What is Evangelicalism? – Part 2
Read the other parts of ‘What Is Evangelicalism?’ Part 1, Part 3, Part 4 This is the much delayed continuation of my posts on the definition of evangelicalism. In my previous post, I discussed the definitions of evangelical/evangelicalism provided by … Continue reading
Posted in The Church, Theological
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What is Evangelicalism? – Part 1
Read the other parts of ‘What Is Evangelicalism?’ Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 I hope to begin posting reviews of recent reading within the next week. I have already finished several books that I plan to review and will … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Politics, The Church, Theological
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On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 4
Within this series of posts I am commenting on the dynamics of many heated online and offline debates and arguments. These thoughts were occasioned by the recent brouhaha surrounding a quotation from Pastor Douglas Wilson on Jared Wilson’s blog, which … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Ethics, Society, The Blogosphere, Theological
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On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 3
Within this post I will continue my analysis of the debate surrounding the words of Pastor Douglas Wilson’s that Jared Wilson posted over a week ago. I have already blogged twice on the subject – here and here. Both of … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Theological
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On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 2
In my previous post, I dealt with the controversy that had developed around Jared Wilson’s post: ‘The Polluted Waters of 50 Shades of Grey, Etc.’ and the quoted comments from Pastor Douglas Wilson within it. Since writing that post, Jared … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, On the web, The Blogosphere, Theological
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On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 1
A few days Jared Wilson unwittingly started a firestorm. He posted on the subject of the recent erotic fiction bestseller, Fifty Shades of Grey, arguing that the book represented a sinful distortion of the God-honouring form of authority/submission in marriage. … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, The Blogosphere, Theological
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Information Addiction and the Church
Having commented on this post on the subject of ‘infobesity’ earlier, I thought that I would post my comments here. The following post contains my original comment, followed by some further thoughts on the matter. Infobesity or a Changing Relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Society, The Blogosphere, The Church
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The Fighting Shepherd
In the past I have commented on the manner in which our changing social concept of sonship has encouraged a dramatic shift in our understanding of key biblical concepts. Within this post I want to observe another example of a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, The Church, Theological
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Links and Jottings 2
Having a lot of half-formed thoughts prompted by various articles in my mind at the moment, I thought that I would quickly post a few of them here, along with some interesting links. 1. David Brooks writes about the crisis … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Culture, Ethics, In the News, Just for Fun, Music, On the web, OT, Quotations, The Blogosphere, Theological, Uncategorized, Video
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