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Posts Tagged ‘justin taylor’

Practical Doctine

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

I’m quoting Justin Taylor quoting Ligon Duncan quoting Donald MacLeod. Isn’t the internet wonderful?
Theology exists in order to be applied to the day-to-day problems of the Christian church. Every doctrine has its application. All scripture is profitable and all the doctrine is profitable. Similarly all the application must be based on doctrine. In both the [...]

Justin Taylor on Theological Disagreement

Monday, August 4th, 2008

What if two theologians I respect disagree about Scripture’s meaning?
The answer to this is virtually the same as if the question had been, “What if two theologians I respect agree about Scripture’s meaning?” In either scenario, the proper response is to imitate the “noble Bereans” of Acts 17. These were Jews who listened to Paul [...]

Only One Way to God

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Justin Taylor has a great article at New Attitude about the one way to God. Even if you don’t read the whole article, at least go read the title…
Of course, if you skip the rest of the article, you’ll miss gems like this one:
…you can only practice true tolerance if you disagree with something.
Question: Is [...]

Tony Jones and Collin Hansen in Dialogue

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Tony Jones, national coordinator of Emergent Village, and author of The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier, and Collin Hansen, editor-at-large of Christianity Today, and author of Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist’s Journey with the New Calvinists, have begun a dialogue at Christianity Today:
The books and movements share a number of themes: reaction against [...]

The Need to Challenge

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Christianity Today is covering a shift in ministry at Willow Creek:
For three decades Willow has been focused on making the church appealing to seekers. But the research shows that it’s the mature believers that drive everything in the church—including evangelism.
Hawkins says, “We used to think you can’t upset a seeker. But while focusing on that [...]