theology

Ken Samples - Thinking and Ideas Part 2 (grab bag), from Straight Thinking podcast (audio resource)

havoc — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:51:00 +0000

Ken Samples - Thinking and Ideas Part 1 (grab bag), from Straight Thinking podcast (audio resource)

havoc — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:07:00 +0000

Ken Samples - Thinking and Ideas (grab bag), from Straight Thinking podcast

Ken Samples - Resurrection (Series 2): Critical Evaluation of Naturalistic Explanations (audio resource)

havoc — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:03:00 +0000

Ken Samples - Resurrection: Critical Evaluation of Naturalistic Explanations (Series 2), from Straight Thinking podcast

Ken Samples - Resurrection (Series 1), from Straight Thinking podcast (audio resource)

havoc — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:58:00 +0000

Ken Samples - Resurrection (Series 1), from Straight Thinking podcast

Ten Steps to Avoiding Knee-Jerk Theology

havoc — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:19:05 +0000

Lisa Robinson from Reclaiming the Mind Ministries writes:

I probably don’t need to explain what knee-jerk theology is. We all know it and we all do it, to varying degrees. Somebody makes a comment or pontification on some doctrinal point or passage in Scripture that is an affront to how we’ve understood it. The knee-jerk response instantly rebuts, refutes and refuses to acknowledge any of the merits. After all, if that person saw things as we see it, they wouldn’t hold that position, right?

But the reality is there is no such thing as two truths at the same time. Somebody is missing it. Somebody is wrong. I do believe in our human nature, we most likely will assign that blame on the other person and respond accordingly. But another reality is…we could be wrong.

So how do we overcome the knee-jerk reaction and treat each dissent fairly, objectively and with truth as the end goal. Here is a quick list that I think might help.

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Ten Steps to Avoiding Knee-Jerk Theology Read it!

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING MORE THAN EARNEST, R. Scott clark

havoc — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:32:23 +0000

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING MORE THAN EARNEST by R. Scott clark

"Another legacy to evangelicalism is a radically individualistic faith. If one cannot be certain about the historicity of the faith then one flees to mystical experience. Pietistic evangelicalism replaced the "priesthood of all believers" (access to God through Christ alone) with the "papacy of every believer" (the sole authority of the believer). Individualism has replaced the older Protestant idea of divinely ordained authority located in Scripture and in the courts of the church, and has led to a nearly irreparable fragmentation of the Christian landscape." - R. Scott Clark

The Doctrine of the Trinity with Dr. William Lane Craig

havoc — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:49:20 +0000

The following audio files are from William Lane Craig's Sunday school class at his home in Georgia.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8

Theology Rocks Show #65 - "Core Doctrines: The Trinity"

havoc — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:37:25 +0000

Denying the Trinity has become not only relatively common in the modern church, but many people are afraid to stand up to those who are denying it. "If you believe in Christ but reject His unique deity, you might have a very nice religion, but can you call it Christianity?" Gregory Koukl

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Thoughts on teaacing heresy

havoc — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:10:50 +0000

Carl Trueman, Why and How I Teach Heresy:

And we learn from heresies not simply by refuting them but also by first of all asking the critical question, `Is there a legitimate concern which underlies or drives this particular heresy?’ In almost every case, the answer is yes, and the orthodox can learn from the question as a means of critiquing, refining, and strengthening their own doctrinal understanding and commitment.

Teaching heresy is important because 1) heresy is what gives rise to orthodoxy, and 2) by teaching it, hopefully, we can avoid going through the same errors again.

I'm pretty strange, maybe. I enjoy studying heresies. Not that I play with them, but that I want to see the reasons they are condemned as heresy, to study some of the greatest minds in history and to correct my faith and understanding by understanding why what often seems on the surface to make sense, or sometimes just harmless undermines the historic understandings of the Church.

The sovereignty of God

havoc — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:37:06 +0000

How can you not believe in predestination when you read passages like this one... and there are so many. It's not like predestination eliminates fee will. I don't understand why so many people don't understand that.

Isaiah 46
46:1 Bel kneels down,
Nebo bends low.
Their images weigh down animals and beasts.
Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.
46:2 Together they bend low and kneel down;
they are unable to rescue the images;
they themselves head off into captivity.
46:3 “Listen to me, O family of Jacob,
all you who are left from the family of Israel,
you who have been carried from birth,
you who have been supported from the time you left the womb.
46:4 Even when you are old, I will take care of you,
even when you have gray hair, I will carry you.
I made you and I will support you;
I will carry you and rescue you.
46:5 To whom can you compare and liken me?
Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!
46:6 Those who empty out gold from a purse
and weigh out silver on the scale
hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god.
They then bow down and worship it.
46:7 They put it on their shoulder and carry it;
they put it in its place and it just stands there;
it does not move from its place.
Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply;
it does not deliver him from his distress.
46:8 Remember this, so you can be brave!
Think about it, you rebels!
46:9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity!
Truly I am God, I have no peer;
I am God, and there is none like me,
46:10 who announces the end from the beginning
and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred,
who says, ‘My plan will be realized,
I will accomplish what I desire,’
46:11 who summons an eagle from the east,
from a distant land, one who carries out my plan.
Yes, I have decreed,
yes, I will bring it to pass;
I have formulated a plan,
yes, I will carry it out.
46:12 Listen to me, you stubborn people,
you who distance yourself from doing what is right.
46:13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;
I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait.
I will save Zion;
I will adorn Israel with my splendor.”