We all experience evil on a regular basis. It doesn’t seem to fit with the idea of a God who is good and all-powerful. Source: Why Does a Good God Permit Evil? | byFaith
Why Does a Good God Permit Evil?
On Still Being a Protestant ‘From a Protestant Point of View’: Contra Hauerwas
Today is a special Reformation Day. On this day, Protestants everywhere celebrate the 500th anniversary of the “beginning” of the Reformation—Martin Luther’s nailing of the 95 theses to the door of… Source: On Still Being a Protestant ‘From a Protestant Point of View’: Contra Hauerwas | Reformedish
How Protestants Still Get Justification Wrong
The Protestant Reformation’s 500th anniversary is likely to inspire the usual appraisals of where Protestants and Catholics have lingering disagreements and where there is now common ground. In the former category are the Eucharist, Mary, and the pope, among other areas. In the latter often goes the doctrine of justification. It shouldn’t. The agreement over […]
Paul and the Slave Girl: Racism and the Great Gospel Narrative
Joseph Torres’ brief overview of redemptive history as outlined in Scripture helps explain why it is valid to call racism ‘heretical’ or ‘satanic.’ Source: Paul and the Slave Girl: Racism and the Great Gospel Narrative
A few thoughts on Charlottesville, Race, and Church Practices
I did not say much about the horror in Charlottesville over the weekend beyond a few things on Twitter. Many wiser, clearer heads had spoken and were speaking and it made more sense to share their … Source: A few thoughts on Charlottesville, Race, and Church Practices | Reformedish
Reformed Theologians Using Pagan Sources
For Reformed Catholics, appreciation extends well beyond our Reformed heritage. It has to. For our appreciation of the Christian tradition to cease to move beyond our Reformed borders is in fact to cease to be Reformed. 1 But just how far can appreciation extend? Even to pagan sources? Yes, indeed. After Calvin, in the time of Protestant […]
How God Keeps it Together
Nothing is simple about navigating our overlapping identities in contemporary life. In any given situation, we find ourselves torn between our public and private selves, our roles at home or at work, the different sides of our personalities. To be a responsible parent, we have to put our laissez-faire self to death. To be a […]
Calvin on “He descended into Hell” (Guest Post by Tim Keller)
Today I have the honor of hosting an original, guest post by Dr. Timothy Keller, chairman and co-founder of Redeemer City to City, VP of The Gospel Coalition, and former pastor and founder of Redee… Source: Calvin on “He descended into Hell” (Guest Post by Tim Keller) | Reformedish
Academic Biblical Criticism Is Not Corrupt
Don’t dismiss all perspectives of contemporary biblical scholarship as the imaginative or tainted products of liberal bias. Joshua Berman’s essay, “The Corruption of Biblical Studies,” purports to provide an “insider’s tour of today’s field of biblical studies.” In it, he tells a story of how biblical scholarship became slave to putatively pseudo-scientific ideas about its character […]
Keller, Jones, Turretin, and the Love of God on the Cross
Tim Keller posted one of his gospel aphorisms on Facebook a couple of days ago that got some people riled. He said: Now, on the face of it, this could be a very problematic statement. My friend Mar… Now, on the face of it, this could be a very problematic statement. My friend Mark Jones has gone into why. Essentially, […]