by | Jan 4, 2006 | Bible, Church, Theology, Worship
(Edit: I have since changed this view, but I keep this post up because of its importance to me for remembering the development of my theology. For information on my change, read “Why I’m Now a Paedobaptist.”) As some of you may know, I have been...
by | Dec 12, 2005 | Bible, Culture, Theology
I would have stayed out of the whole “Corpus Christi” debate (a bunch of Christians protested the UNL production of a play that portrays Jesus as a homosexual) within the DN over the last few weeks, but when the DN satirized Narnia (“Christians...
by | Nov 28, 2005 | Bible, Church, Theology, Worship
Does the Bible portray the role of music to be essentially prophetic? Certainly, I don’t necessarily mean prophecy in the sense of “history written in advance” (a quote I got from an interesting book I read about fundamentalist end-times theology,...
by | Sep 20, 2005 | History, Theology
Today in my History of Islam class, we talked about the two major strands of ideology concerning human nature, the authority of the Qur’an, and God’s sovereignty. In short, there were originally two main views within Sunni (the majority sect) Islam: one...
by | Sep 8, 2005 | Church, Theology
Bethlehem Baptist’s (John Piper’s church) is weighing a decision to change their membership requirements from including mandates of a person’s being immersed in a believers’ baptism. There is an 84-page paper on the history and specific bylaws...
by | Aug 25, 2005 | Bible, Preaching, Theology
This morning, I listened to an amazing sermon by John Piper about why God would inspire biblical texts that are difficult to interpret and understand, given that he is omniscient as well as a perfect communicator. Piper’s main ideas were that difficult texts...