Hallowe’en is a contraction derived from “All hallows even,” and marks the beginning of All Saints Day on November 1st. All Saints is a time of commemorating those who have died in the faith. Martin Luther chose to post his 95 theses on Hallowe’en, possibly evoking the “great cloud of witnesses” that preceded him in…
Category: Theology
Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground
Image from http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/head-in-the-clouds-feet-on-the-ground/422221.article But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head—Christ (Eph. 4:15). There is a tension in the Christian’s walk that Jesus described this way: “An hour is coming, and is now here….” Jesus said this specifically about resurrection and worshiping God in spirit and…
Those JELL-O Loving Antichrists
Scripture tells us “God is love,” and that God’s love was most profoundly shown through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross (1 John 4:16; John 3:16; 1 John 3:16). At one point in my walk I wondered: Is Jesus the historical person important? Or is it just the spirit of love He demonstrated that matters? There…
Fallen Away (Part 2)
Image from My Safety Sign “For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, became companions with the Holy spirit, tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age, and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of…
Fallen Away (Part 1)
http://www.explodingdog.com/title/fallingdown.html “For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, became companions with the Holy Spirit, tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age, and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding Him up…
Predestined Controversy: Epilogue
Originally, I planned to write two posts about predestination (Part 1, Part 2). I guess you could say I predetermined this. Then I changed my mind 😉 Romans 8:33 says “Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the One who justifies.” How strange it seems to imagine election or predestination occurring apart…
Predestined Controversy (Part 2)
In my last post, I asked readers to respond to John Calvin’s comments on predestination. So far, there have been no comments. Maybe this is a subject people don’t want to touch with a 10-foot pole! If there are any brave souls out there, feel free to comment on this post or the last one. I…
Predestined Controversy
I have been reading John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion…for about a year. It’s an enormous, exhaustive work of theology. Ironically, Calvin laments that he has a love of brevity and is unable to expound on religious matters as thoroughly as his forebears. If Calvin hadn’t loved brevity, I shudder to think of how much…
The Voice of One 