Colin Hansen has a short interview with Trevin Wax about Wax’s book Holy Subversion on the Out Of Ur blog. One question: “What are the key threats to the church that you believe Christians need to subvert?” Answer: “1. A self-centered understanding of salvation that centers solely on personal benefit at the expense of radical …

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Sigh. Time to put this up. Darryl Dash turns to the life of Jonathan Edwards to provide contemporary pastors with encouragement. Better Pastors Than Us Have Been Through Worse “Edwards was a pastor, renowned preacher, missionary, college president, and philosopher. Some argue he was the most brilliant theologian ever born on American soil. And he …

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Scott Clark charges that moralism continues to make its way into Christian theology. The trick is to use the right words, but change the meanings, or just mix the various elements of orthodox belief in unorthodox ways. Clark observes that: “In Reformed circles moralism often persists undetected because it begins by sounding orthodox but like …

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