Daily Archives: August 26, 2008

are you serious?

Posted on August 26, 2008 by bkingr

How many times have I said that you can’t replace something with nothing. Taking christianity out of mainstream dialogue/culture/practice does not leave non-religious secularism. Instead, the human religious impulse gets directed toward the worship of nature (environmentalism) or more directly … Continue reading →

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part of the tension

Posted on August 26, 2008 by bkingr

I seek to live in the tension (see my “about” page). the main tension we live in is the tension between our responsibility for our actions and God’s sovereignty. The intersection at this point is a profound mystery that belongs … Continue reading →

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Piper on the importance of doctrine

Posted on August 26, 2008 by bkingr

John Piper has a post up pointing to and discussing briefly Joseph Bottum’s essay on the decline of protestant America. Mr. Piper quotes a last point from Bottum and then concludes: What happened? “The churches’ desperate hunger to mean more … Continue reading →

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Jon Bloom on Hebrews 12

Posted on August 26, 2008 by bkingr

Is God punishing me? that is the question we sometimes ask when things aren’t going well. Jon Bloom takes a look at Hebrews 12 and concludes: These saints were not to interpret their painful experiences as God’s angry punishment for … Continue reading →

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