Jesus Creed
Aksel sends his greetings from Florida. Read more
Aksel sends his greetings from Florida. Read more
Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Read more
What do you think? Read more
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello . Trends among young evangelicals (HT: GO).Trends among evangelicals (Barna’s newest report).Trends among Americans and Christianity.Trends in internet thinking about universalism.Trends in tweeting. Motives matter.Weeds matter.Marko matters! I don’t know what the 10 most influential ideas are today, but Time‘s suggestion that new Calvinism is one of them describes what I’ve observed in the last decade. (See Eugene‘s post and the comments.) One thing I’d emphasize with Dan Reid’s wisdom on Festschriften is that they are too... Read more
This post wraps up our series for this week. Conclusions Let me now try to draw together some threads. The temporal indicators of Mark 13 and parallels suggest that Jesus envisioned everything therein described as occurring within one generation. Roughly speaking, he sees things occurring in about 40 years. History shows that the Romans sacked Jerusalem brutally and banished them from the City, and this event largely confirms what Jesus predicted. Josephus tells the story in his Jewish War, and... Read more
Elton John song? I like this with Kiki Dee (here’s the original version): Read more
Kevin Sweeney accepted our invitation to submit material for the Jesus Creed blog and I think you’ll like this one. (Next week we’ve got a provocative post by Chrissi Wright.) What do you think of his proposal? We Can’t Get Closer to God Anybody who has at some point encountered the reality of God being present and experienced the transformation that ensued will be left with a deep-seated desire to return to this place where this transformative event occurred.... Read more
A letter from a reader, to which I responded in private. Permission was granted for publication of this letter. Scot, I hope this email finds you healthy and well. I am looking for some guidance or help working through a theological question(s). In the last few days/weeks/months I have increasingly been wrestling with a theology of eternal punishment. The questions I am wrestling with are these: Why would God need to hold an unrepentant soul in eternal agony? Who benefits... Read more
Continued from yesterday. Our second point: Jesus said that all these things would occur before that time. Let me set this comment in context. In Matt 23:36 Jesus said to his followers this: “Amen, I say to you, all these things will come about upon this generation” – and he is speaking of the avenging of righteous blood. Then in 24:2 Jesus asks if his disciples see “these things” – and he is speaking of the Temple and its stones... Read more
James looks into the eyes and hearts of the oppressed and poor messianists, now scattered from home and facing oppression at the hands of the rich — the odds are against them. He looks at them and tells the to keep their heads up because God is good and God will make things right SomeDay. He tells them not to blame God for the situations. And he narrows the scope down to the temptation problem and says this: 13 When tempted,... Read more
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In