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I will always be among the first to sharply criticize the abuses of ritual and liturgy that so often plague the older and “higher” churches in the world. It is as though they never quite understood one of the assumptions […]
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On Ash Wednesday, we are confronted by the inescapable frailty of human existence. As we turn toward the chief penitential season of the Christian calendar, we are exhorted to number our days, to realize that death is the trumpet that […]
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Asceticism is one of the most frequently misunderstood and historically abused aspects of the Christian faith. But it can hardly be ignored. It is common knowledge that the earliest days of the Church were fraught with persecution and martyrdom. As […]
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Despite roundly panning Gary Thomas’ book Sacred Marriage last week for it’s fundamentally questionable premise, I have to admit that he has a lot of good things to say in response to the historic trend among Christians to look down […]
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(Bumped–I realized I put in the wrong timestamp when I set it to automatically post!). For many evangelicals, the idea of regular and church-legislated engagement with spiritual disciplines such as Lent impinges upon the freedom of the individual believer. In […]
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Looking Back To See The Future
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This Sunday marks the fourth Sunday of the Advent season. Though historically neglected by many evangelicals, Advent has made a resurgence in recent years. To that end, we are going to be offering Advent meditations throughout the season here at […]
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Ideas or action? The divide goes back millenia. Aristotle and Plato promoted the life of contemplation–theoria–as superior to the life of action–praxis. It is a tension which Christianity has never been able to escape. In the last twelve months, I […]
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Critiquing Christian Freedom: Karl Barth on Romans 14:16-18
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***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter Twelve: The End of […]
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***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter 11: The Double Aspect […]
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***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter 10: The Moral Subject […]