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Crosswalk.com Article – 08/04/07
Category: Press
An article entitled “Will Democrats Go to Heaven”, written by David Burchett. David writes about Greg’s controversial sermons about how the church should not embrace patriotism and politics into the sanctuary….
Shedding Light On “The Dark Side of God”
Category: General
…Samuel says the Lord moved David to number his soldiers (2 Sam. 24:2) but the author of Chronicles says it was Satan (1 Chron. 21:1). In 1 Chronicles 10 we’re told both that God killed Saul and that Saul killed himself (I Chron. 10:4, 6, 14). Satan afflicted Job when…
Suggested Further Readings for MYTH OF A CHRISTIAN RELIGION
Category: General
Tags: Books, Creation, Myth of a Christian Religion
…the most famous, and arguably the most brilliant, Kingdom motivated attack on Christendom in church history. The irony and insight of this Danish genius, employed to deconstruct the state church of Denmark, is breathtaking. Kuo, D. Tempting Faith (Free Press, 2006). David Kuo was for three years one of the…
From Eternity to Here
Category: General
…of other blogs posting reviews today. Enjoy this day as the joyful bride of Christ, preparing herself for the groom’s return! Out of Ur Shapevine (June newsletter) Brian Berly DashHouse.com Vision Advance David Flowers Kingdom Grace Captain’s Blog Christine Sine Zoecarnate Church Planting Novice Staying Focused Take Your Vitamin Z…
Theology Matters
Category: General
Tags: God, Theology
DugDownDeep_Carnahan.mov from Covenant Life Church on Vimeo. We found this fun video over at David D. Flowers’ blog and loved it so much we wanted to share it with you here. Thanks David!…
Is God Good?
Category: General
Tags: Free Will, God, Nature of God, Picture of God, Problem of Evil
Andrew Stawarz via Compfight This reflection by David D. Flowers seemed like a good addition to Greg’s recent blogs on free will. Here David talks about the problem of evil and how it is that we can call God “good” in light of a world full of evil. He even…
Uncrossed
Category: General
Tags: David R. Henson, Jesus, Mark Driscoll, Picture of God, Religious Idolatry, Violence
Did any of you catch SNL this weekend? They did a parody of Tarantino’s DJango Unchained called DJesus Uncrossed. Many were deeply offended by the depiction of Jesus in this, but David R. Henson blogged about how this skit revealed what we’ve already been doing for quite a while as…
As We Approach the 4th
Category: General
Tags: America, David D. Flowers, Idolatry, July 4th, Nationalism, Pledge of Allegiance
…deal with this? David D. Flowers wrote this reflection on his own experience with nationalism as it collided with his faith. It’s challenging and thought-provoking and well worth your time to read in full. There’s nothing wrong with having a picnic and watching fireworks. We’re not complete fuddy-duddies around here….
The Cruciform Center Part 4: How Revelation Reveals a Cruciform God
Category: Essays
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Essay, Jesus, Lamb of God, Non-Violence, Revelation, Self-Sacrificial Love
Topics: Apologetics, Atonement and The Cross, Christology, Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
…is about God’s providential plan, including how he will defeat evil. The answer to the angel’s question is revealed by one of the elders who says, “See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and it’s seven…
Trinity and Love
Category: General
Tags: David D. Flowers, God is Love, Love, Trinity
Steve via Compfight There is a lot of mystery around the concept of the Trinity, and because the word is not used in Scripture some people think it’s not “Biblical”. David D. Flowers posted a very clear and concise article on the history and reality of the Trinity. This is…
God’s “Ways” and “Thoughts” are Higher
Category: General
Tags: Covenant, God, Israel, Nationalism, Transcendence
Topics: God
Verse: Isaiah 55
…feast that he will bring them into the “everlasting covenant” that he “promised to David” (vs. 3). For, the Lord says, David was raised up not just to be the earthly king of the Jews but also to be a “witness” and “ruler” of all nations (vs. 4). If Israel…
The Most Quoted Old Testament Verse
Category: General
Tags: Atonement, Cross, Power, Salvation, Spiritual Warfare, Warfare Worldview
…footstool.” In David’s day, it was common for a king to symbolize his conquest of another kingdom by using the defeated ruler’s neck as a footstool. In this Psalm, we have a prophesy that is proclaiming that the Messiah would rule at the “right hand” of God—this is a metaphor…
Jesus and the “Favored Nation”
Category: General
Tags: Israel, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Nationalism
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
…King David was at a fever pitch. Many believed this restoration would happen when an anointed descendent of David would lead Israel in a violent uprising to overthrow their pagan oppressors. This was not only a yearning for political autonomy; it was, much more importantly, a yearning for theodicy. The…
Was the Early Church Pacifistic? A Response to Paul Copan (#11)
Category: General
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Non-Violence, Pacifism, Paul Copan
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
…Church aligned itself with the Roman Empire. In his critique of CWG that he delivered at the ETS in November, Copan argues against this, contending that I give “the false impression that Christians were uniformly pacifistic until Constantine.” He cites the work of David Hunter and several other scholars who…
Is Jesus in the Line of David if Mary Was Not? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Topics: Christology
Greg explores genealogy in this who-begot-who extravaganza. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0782.mp3…
Naturalism and the Historical Jesus
Category: Essays
Tags: Apologetics, Essay, Gospels, Jesus, New Testament
Topics: Jesus: Lord or Legend
…as Karl Venturini, would speculate that Jesus was an Essence involved in a complex messianic conspiracy. David Strauss, however, argued that the Gospels are too thoroughly mythological to ever penetrate behind them with certainty. Johanne Weiss and Albert Schweitzer would not be deterred, though, and penetrated through these myths to…
Old Testament Support for the Warfare Worldview
Category: Essays
Tags: Bible, Essay, Old Testament, Spiritual Warfare, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
…could be described as being devoured by the mighty sea serpent (Jere. 51:34, cf. v. 55). Similarly, David identified the enemies who opposed him as the forces that have opposed God since the beginning of creation (Ps. 93:3–4). Consequently, when his life was threatened he asked the Lord to reenact…
Is Jesus Unique?
Category: Essays
Tags: Apologetics, Essay, Jesus
Topics: Jesus: Lord or Legend
…miracles just as Jesus did can be pushed in one of two directions. Some liberal scholars, following a tactic used by the skeptical philosopher David Hume two centuries ago, argue that the miracle stories in the ancient world cancel each other out. That is, if we’re not willing to believe…
The Case for Women in Ministry
Category: Essays
Tags: Church, Essay, Women In Ministry
Topics: The Church
…to see what it had to say about this. In Psalm 104:15, David thanks God for wine because it makes the heart glad. Jesus’ first miracle was turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana. Paul encourages Timothy to take a little wine to sooth his stomach problems. On…