Category Archives: Christ & Culture
“Finally alive” by John Piper
“If your heartache is for your own personal change, or for change in your marriage, or change in your prodigal children, or in your church, or in the systemic structures of injustice, or in the political system, or in the … Continue reading
“The illumination of the gospel” by Lesslie Newbigin
“Once again it has to be said that there can be no going back to the ‘Constantinian’ era. It will only be by movements that begin with the local congregation in which the reality of the new creation is present, … Continue reading
“The church is something beautiful” by Francis Schaeffer
“One cannot explain the explosive power of the early church apart from the fact that they practiced two things simultaneously: the orthodoxy of doctrine and orthodoxy of community in the midst of the visible church, a community which the world … Continue reading
“Jesus is complex” by Stephen J. Nichols
“In the area of Christology we need not shrink back from complexity. Jesus comes to us primarily in complexity. He is the God-man, fully human and fully divine in one person. That’s a statement packed with tension. And the temptation … Continue reading
“Without this transcendent Word” by David F. Wells
“The issue of inerrancy basically focuses on the nature of the Bible. It is entirely possible for those who have sworn to defend the concept of biblical inerrancy to function as if they had no such Word in their hands. … Continue reading
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“The church is to be otherworldly in the world” by David F. Wells
“The church is utterly unlike any other organization in the world. In the church are those who belong to another world. At least that is supposed to be the case. Why is this? Because when it gathers, it is hearing … Continue reading
“The temptation the church always faces” by David F. Wells
“The temptation the church always experiences is to be like the world. It is the temptation to enjoy the comfort of a majority, to be at home, to be at peace, to have no enemies. Is it not true that … Continue reading
