I’m increasingly convinced that so much theology out there majors on minors. That is to say, I think that a predominant theological tendency (from my very limited vantage point) is to elevate doctrines of little ultimate consequence to the centre of attention, while neglecting those which really give Christianity its distinctive, problematic flavour.
Dogmatisms of both left […]
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I shall wade into the waters that I (gently) stirred in Wide and Narrow. If you didn’t read it — or don’t want to now — what I basically said is that Christians tend to narrow their orthodoxy and widen their orthopraxy, which I think is quite the opposite to how things should be. I refrained from expanding on […]
This will be just a quick, undeveloped thought that I’ll plant and see what grows out of it.
I think that there are much wider biblical allowances for what may be considered orthodox theologically than most Christians believe. I also think that there are much narrower biblical allowances for Christian orthopraxy than we usually advertise.
The irony is that […]
Today marks the beginning of a new year for the Church. The Church Year begins every year at Advent, as we enter into the drama of expectation and longing for the coming of the Messiah. I think that a very healthy step for all non-liturgical Christians to take would be to begin observing the Church […]
Here comes the spoiler disclaimer once more:
Warning: There are definitely spoilers in this post. If you have not read all the books yet, STOP reading right now! (I’m looking at you, wife.) Instead, go read these delightful books for yourself, before the movies or other people spoil the story for you!
Now then, on with the show, […]
I was walking and thinking yesterday evening (I know that, as a man, this was a dangerous straining of my multi-tasking capabilities) and out of my thought-stream came a thought or two about Christian apologetics.
Apologetics is all about defending the Christian faith against its critics, and it’s been going on almost right from the beginning of […]
