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Posts Tagged ‘truth’

Epistemic Hubris

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Have you heard this from someone recently? That “WE CANNOT KNOW, with certainty, what God has revealed so anyone who thinks he does is proud? We must, rather, (they say) embrace God as mystery?” I don’t know about you but I have heard this more than once in the past few weeks. IN light of [...]

The Courage to be Protestant

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

David Wells, in his new book, The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World
It takes no courage to sign up as a Protestant…To live by the truths of historic Protestantism, however, is an entirely different matter. That takes courage in today’s context.
(HT: Quoted by Tim Challies in his review)

Paul and Culture at Mars Hill

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Phil Johnson discusses Paul, culture, and contextualization of the Gospel in Acts 17:
Here was Paul, surrounded by the most high-powered minds of the most intellectual city in the world, and he has an opportunity to speak to them.
Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in [...]

How Does God Show Love and Truth?

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

I’ve written before on this blog about the difficulty of showing grace/love and truth simultaneously. I’m, of course, not the first to talk about this difficulty. Not only is it difficult for us to show both, but it’s difficult for us to understand how God shows both to a fallen world. Too often, we don’t [...]