Apparently a bizarre and unforeseen tornado struck Minneapolis recently. According to this post by John Piper, it hit an ELCA (mainline) Lutheran Church just as they were about to consider ecclesiastical policy regarding homosexuality. John offers a somewhat restrained interpretation of providence, . . . Continue reading →
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The Program-Driven Church
One link led to another and I happened recently upon the website of a large NAPARC congregation. As I often do I looked to see who the pastor was. That link led me to a list of “pastoral staff” who coordinate a . . . Continue reading →
When Middle Class Evangelicals "Engage" the Culture
Carl’s about had enough. Sounds like he might be getting a Clint-Eastwood-esque shotgun any day now. In place of the evangelical appropriation of “transformationalism,” wanna try a really radical approach? How about two-kingdoms? Here’s another. And another. And another.
The Problems with Paraphrases and Continuing Revelation
My interest here is not so much paraphrastic Bible translations. Though these may not be good for ecclesiastical use (e.g. worship) or close study, like a commentary a paraphrase can put light on a passage or otherwise edify. Rather, my concern here . . . Continue reading →
Should the State Imitate the Church?
K asks, “If God’s Word forbids women teaching and exercising authority” why shouldn’t the state follow the same principle?”
The AG Says: Calvinists No Threat
Apparently the two-kingdoms theology is making more progress than I thought. The NY Sun today quotes the Attorney General of the United States as saying: So far as focusing investigations, we investigate where the threat is coming from. The threat is coming . . . Continue reading →
What Would Calvin Say?
Recently a prominent evangelical (Bible church) pastor suggested that were Calvin alive today he would be premillennial and that true “Calvinists” should be (pre-trib, dispensational) premillennialists. Those of us who actually read Calvin and historic Calvinist theology and who are confessing ministers . . . Continue reading →
Neo-Lib Theocracy? Just Say No
The two-kingdoms ethic rejects theocracy from the right or the left.