Showing posts with label Theological Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Theological Education. Show all posts
Theo-Lib-Watch: "The End of Church as We Know It"
A few takeaways. (1) Some churches, especially the liberal ones,
have lost the sense of their duty and calling. In many instances, they have lost their theologies, confessions and old Prayer Books. In hosts of other instances, they have no substantial music, e.g. the Baptacostals and other enthusiasts. (2) The author below asks an
elemental question, e.g. “Making Disciples of Christ.” (3)
Diana Butler Bass: "Can Christianity Be Saved? A Response to Ross Douthat
Diana must have her PhD in a field other than systematic theology and historical theology? Perhaps one narrow tradition? She's a retread from the Baptistic world (Biola, I think) onwards into the liberal TEC. (For readers, stick to the classics.) This op-ed by Diana is "pretty thin stuff," theologically and historically.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-butler-bass/
Ross Douthat/Dianne Butler: Is Liberal Christianity Actually the Future
http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/is-liberal-christianity-actually-the-future/
July 25, 2012, 4:15 pm
Is Liberal Christianity Actually The Future?
One of the more interesting responses to my column on liberal Christianity came from the Huffington Post’s Diana Butler Bass, whose new book, “Christianity After Religion,” considers many of the same trends I take up in “
Anglican Journalist David Virtue Rips, Blasts, Owns & Schools Bishop Gene Robinson (TEC)
A salute and hat tip to David Virtue.
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=16294
Bishop Robinson, You are reaping what you have sown Why the Bishop of New Hampshire is wrongNEWS ANALYSISBy David W. Virtue in Indianapolis www.virtueonline.org July 110, 2012
When the openly gay bishop of New Hampshire, Gene Robinson took a private communication one of my staff
Pickins' from the Leftward Loon-Vines: Theological & Political
http://www.standfirminfaith.com/?/sf/page/29167
On God’s Truth, and Man’s Hypocrisy
The hypocrisy of those on the left has ceased to amaze me. It is not that they do not care about how it makes them look; it is that they are incapable of seeing how it makes them look.
Want some recent examples? Here are just a tiny fraction of the ones that have come out just this past week:
House
NAACP's Divorce from Black Church
H/t: Reformed
African American Network (RAAN)
Did the NAACP Divorce the Black
Church?--"Claiming that `marriage equality' is a civil right, the NAACP
board voted 62-2 to back that policy. In doing so, the NAACP decisively cut
itself off from its roots in the black church."
They posted this article.
http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/7/17/230434/The-NAACPs-Divorce-From-The-Black.aspx
Dr. Timothy George: 3 Lesson from Mainline Crisis and Decline
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/07/17/3-lessons-from-crisis-and-decline-in-the-mainline/
3 Lessons from Crisis and Decline in the Mainline
At Christianity Today we often speak of the summer months as the "church report season," as many denominations hold their annual meeting or conference during this time of the year. The two words most often used to describe mainline
Meet and Greet: Third Personal Encounter with Theological Liberals
Meet and Greet:
Third Personal Encounter with Theological Liberals
Again, we
are developing a series of posts on “Meet and Greet: Personal Encounters with Theological
Liberals.” Again, we are aware of the
technical and historical definition of 19th-20th century “theological
liberalism.” For my children reading this, “theological
liberalism” is a long story. The Veitchs
emerged from “
A Second Personal Encounter with Theological Liberals
Prof Machen, Princeton Seminary
Great, scholarly Presbyterian
divine and antagonist to
19th-20th century
"theological liberalism."
That old "Princetonian line"
of "careful scholars" my Dad
told me. Indeed.
A Second Personal
Encounter with Theological Liberals
After
last week’s stories (Penn State, SGM-debacles, and the 77th Episcopal
General Convention), we’ve been prompted to reflect
Midwest Conservative Journal: Sound-off Against TEC GC's 2012
The TEC thinks they should be central, vocal and visible. Well, they are. Institutionally, they are run by "egopapists." Or, blind narcissists, self-evidentely. Or, meglomaniacs without reasons. Or, "Gasbags" for cause and with merit. This is TEC's theological and cultural legacy. MCJ offers a reasonable screed here, one of justifiable frustration. We recommend following MWJ and linking
This Day in Presbyterian History, 15 July: Origin of Presbyterian Church in America
Tenth Presbyterian, 17th and Spruce, Philadelphia.
Although the PCA originated with Southerners, Tenth
pulled out from the liberals (PCUSA) c. 1980ish.
We were present and participated in the vote,
793-5, if memory serves. Tenth joined the
RPES (Reformed Presbyterian
Evangelical Synod) which anticipated
union with the PCA. Ergo, in a short space,
one church, we were PCUSA, RPES, and then
Episcopal Diocese of Ft. Worth: Newspage Ad Repudiating TEC GC 2012
http://www.standfirminfaith.com/?/sf/page/29142
Episcopal
Diocese of Ft. Worth Places Ad in Newspaper Repudiating Actions of GC 77
This
morning’s Fort Worth Star-Telegram carries a message in the form of a half-page
advertisement from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, responding to the
approval by TEC’s General Convention, meeting this past week in Indianapolis,
of a rite of
South Carolina Episcopal Bishop's Letter: Opposing GC 2012's Liturgical "Sex Moves"
H/T to Treading Grain
on the letter. TG is a blog site worth
following. Here we have (Bp.) Mark
Lawrence’s letter to DSC re: TEC GC 2012 and TEC’s new “sex moves,” that is, TEC’s liturgical
authorization to bless you-know-what (sodomy, cross-dressing, and more). The letter was to be read this morning, 15
Jul 2012, in all of Mark's South Carolinian congregations. The Episcopal Diocese of
A Personal Encounter with a Theological Liberal
One Personal Engagement with a
Theological Liberal
It’s not weighty,
profound or singular, but it is “an” evening musing on “one” (of many) interactions with
theological liberals. Let me quickly give
you a quick sense of it.
Background. Years ago, while
studying at the Navy War College, Newport, RI, an opportunity to attend area
churches was present. (Through years of
service and
Pat Robertson Says Episcopal Church is Becoming Apostate
Televangelist, Baptacostalist, and revivalist Pat Robertson offers his views on the TEC and apostasy in the leadership. The prompt for Robertson’s remarks was the legal eviction of Falls Church Anglican, VA from their property (as an aside, Robertson, an enthusiast, claims descent from Rev. Hunt, the first Anglican cleric at Jamestown, VA...regrettably, Robertson is far from that lineage).
A.A. Hodge, "Outlines of Theology," "Atonement," Princeton Seminary, and Benny
Outlines
of Theology by
the Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander Hodge
http://www.monergism.com/updates/outlines_of_theology_pdf.php
http://www.davidcox.com.mx/library/H/Hodge,%20A%20A%20-%20Outlines%20of%20Systematic%20Theology.pdf
. This is a 551-page entry.
Years ago, upon graduation from high school, my father
handed me two “brand new” volumes:
Louis Berkhof’s Systematic
Mindless Churches & Youths: "Generational Blackmail?"
Dr. James West, a philosophy Professor at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, posts a good question in his post, "Generational Blackmail." These kind of questions have been posed often so as to exclude Biblical, Confessional, and liturgical worship. “Oh, the young people won’t like it…they won’t
come...we better do this.” These type of questions have been
posed--often--to introduce
Hillbilly Religion: Youth Perspectives on Church
Our British friend, Church Campanologist (CC), has posted an insightful
view on “Youth Perspectives” and the Church. CC has posted at: http://churchmousec.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/youthful-perspectives-on-the-church/
Can anyone say “Mark Driscoll” as a “youthful
perspective" on the Church? Can anyone say "Rick Warren," "Joel Osteen," and many others? Or, from a
historic perspective, the
Bloomberg Business: Lawsuits (and Media) Bring Scrutinty to TBN
We missed this story carried by a credible outlet, Bloomberg
Business. Notably, NY Times, LA Times
and Orange County Register have been covering the story. Here’s the Bloomberg story on TBN, fraud
coverage and lawsuits at: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-03/D9TLNK001.htm
Lawsuits
bring scrutiny to Trinity Broadcasting
By GILLIAN FLACCUS
COSTA MESA,
Calif.
Televangelists
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