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Apologetics
Apologetics is not a call to beat unwilling people into intellectual submission, but to be the servant of those in need. — Dallas Willard
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N T Wright on the Revolution of the Cross
This is well worth spending the hour listening. It begins around 5:00 with N T Wright and this is some of the most important teaching on the cross we’ve needed to understand in my lifetime. It is so fresh and makes sense. For those who have rejected Christianity because of a misreading of the Old Testament (and Wright would explain…
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N T Wright AND Greg Boyd on the Importance of the Crucifixion
Start the video around 7:00.
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Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal: Why all 3?
Quite frankly, when we decide to wake up as the Church in American (realizing we aren’t the “American Church” anymore) what will matter so little at that point in time is if we’re “evangelical” or “liturgical” or “pentecostal.”
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Move from either/or to both/and
Early on the plea is simple: Why are we, as “the Church” one way or the other? Why are we strictly “evangelical” or simply “sacramental” or built up as “pentecostal”? Why do we define ourselves in strict terms to make sure we point out, “Well, we’re not that”?
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The power of the cross — The Revolution
It is through suffering we find victory.
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Jesus didn’t die for my sins
We have an entire Bible for a reason. It’s not so we can develop a “Cliff Notes” theology and just “sum up” things so I don’t have to read the “boring” parts.
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Romans, sin, and gospel
We have swapped the truth for a lie.
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Too much of a “bottom line” mentality
In our western rush to get to the conclusion, we ask, “Why did Jesus have to die? Why did it have to be the crucifixion?” Then, we want a Twitter-length answer.
Category: Theology
