Reformation with Warts
27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and he chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong, 28and the world’s inferior and despised things God chose
27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and he chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong, 28and the world’s inferior and despised things God chose
… at Thinking Christian. Enjoy!
David Ker has taken on the world at ThinkChristian.net, or so it probably seems to him. The comments provide some additional links and some vigorous comment.
In a comment, Kris asks: Hi! Can someone tell me if I can start another post rather than comment on someone else’s post? If so, how do I do that? I would like to discuss the question of Holy Ghost tongues and whether we should pray in an unknown language as Christians or if it…
We’re going to talk about process spirituality, Advent, and Christmas. Fun!
I might have said collide, as sometimes seems to be the case, but let’s start with tangle. Here’s Paul in Romans 2: 12 All who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not…
There are two dangerous attitudes in the church, and I suspect in any human endeavor. One is the idea that certain leaders are above question. In the church the words “touch not mine anointed” (going back to the KJV, Psalm 105:15, and we could discuss the context) are often used to express this idea. This…
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Brilliant post … much to think about. Especially about God using people who are willing to say YES and BE USED. Luther was one – he wasn’t perfect – but God used him and it’s interesting to see how He still uses imperfect people today 🙂
A good post. I think one of the first things we tend to forget is our own imperfection. The reformers were certainly examples of this. I wonder if it is a side effect of having to preach and argue.
Nothing gets more complaints than the “on the one hand, on the other” kind of sermon. We want certainty. But we are on risky ground to assume we know pefectly what is true.