Tag Archives: Todd Burus

tornados and Lutherans

Posted on August 21, 2009 by bkingr

I am sure everybody has seen John Piper’s post about Providence, Tornados, Lutherans and Homosexuality. If not, hie thee hence and get after it. 6. Conclusion: The tornado in Minneapolis was a gentle but firm warning to the ELCA and all … Continue reading →

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God's love

Posted on May 4, 2009 by bkingr

Todd Burus is reading a book by David Powlison called Seeing with New Eyes. Following this Powlison argues for how God’s love in better than unconditional, how it embraces and yet goes further than some aspects of unconditionality, and how … Continue reading →

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strong words from ToddonGod

Posted on March 31, 2009 by bkingr

Todd Burus has written a two part “personal” review of the Shack. He pulls no punches on either the theology or the literary style of the book. Entertaining stuff. Now I think that I will have to break down and … Continue reading →

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the object of the Christian life

Posted on March 7, 2009 by bkingr

Todd Burus has had a couple of interesting posts on depression and biblical counseling this week. The book he is reading is Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ book Spiritual Depression: It’s Causes and Cure. Yesterday, Todd talked about the spirit of bondage and … Continue reading →

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more fighting

Posted on February 13, 2009 by bkingr

I think that the leadership of the SBC is really misunderstanding the moment we are in historically, culturally, theologically. Here is the Baptist Press article about Mark Driscoll. Here is a response from Southeastern Seminary that just had a conference … Continue reading →

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"contextualizing" is not a dirty word

Posted on January 24, 2009 by bkingr

Todd Burus has done some homework regarding biblical examples of contextualizing. Go take a look. here is a bit of his work, but you have to go read the rest to see his argument and evidence: A rough definition of … Continue reading →

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one way?

Posted on December 23, 2008 by bkingr

You may have heard a while back about a survey that indicated most American Christians believe that there is more than one way to heaven. The survey’s methodology was questioned and, as a result, it has been redone. The results … Continue reading →

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