Results tagged “calvinism”
Ligonier Conference - Q&A (03/19/09 - 5 Comments)
The "John Calvin" Mini-Conference wrapped up with a Q&A session featuring the four men who had delivered addresses. It was moderated by John Duncan. This is roughly how it went... Why is Calvin still important 500 years later? Ferguson - because he was really the first great biblical exegete. Other theologians made a mark here and there, but none so great as Calvin. He had a genius for being to capture what the text was...
A Portrayal of Calvinism (02/11/09 - 53 Comments)
As you may know, I decided to read through both of the Finding God in The Shack books released this month (two books, two authors, one title). Last week I reviewed the first of these (see: Finding God in the Shack (1)) and in a day or two I will review the second. But first, I wanted to share a few quotes from the book. It is not lost on me that the majority of...
God's Gag Reflex (12/08/08 - 31 Comments)
Read an outside view on Calvinists or Calvinism, and you are sure to read something about God's wrath. The God of Calvinism is a wrathful, vengeful God, boiling over in anger against any part of creation that has turned against him. He is no God of love, this. Sure, he may have some love for his elect, but to the rest of the world he is this angry, brooding presence eagerly awaiting the day of...
John 3:16 Conference (11/06/08 - 1 Comments)
Today marks the beginning of the John 3:16 Conference. Sponsored by Jerry Vines Ministries, the conference allows some of the Southern Baptists Convention's foremost pastors to respond to the growing presence of Calvinistic theology in the Convention. "Did Jesus die on the cross for every person? Are believers eternally secure? Can grace be resisted? These and many other questions will be addressed. This conference is not going to be a 'Let's bash the Calvinists' conference....
Amazing Grace or Random Grace? (10/20/08 - 18 Comments)
It was quite a while ago that I received an email from a father, concerned about the task of sharing the gospel with his children. While I answered the email then, I also filed it away for further thought. Today I want to answer it in a little bit more detail. Here is what this reader wrote to me: I have such a hard time grasping this notion of election as a father. God made...
Book Review - Young, Restless, Reformed (03/31/08 - 13 Comments)
Though it is the emerging church that seems to have received so much attention in the past few years, just under the radar there has also been a quiet and steady growth of interest in far more traditional Reformed theology. All across North America (and perhaps beyond) Christians, and young Christians in particular, have been rediscovering the church’s historic theology. These disparate movements seem to have grown from a common source—a reaction against the kind...