by Steve Thomason | Jul 6, 2011 | Theology
I finally finished reading Newbigin’s book The Gospel in a Pluralist Society. I will post my overall response to the book eventually. For now, here is one last quote that I felt needed to be shared. If the gospel is to challenge the public life of our society,...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 5, 2011 | Theology
As usual I am Johnny come lately to the party. Most of the hubub has quieted over Rob Bell’s book Love Wins. The parley is now passe. It was entertaining, however, to passively observe the blogosphere ignite after Piper’s simple tweet “farewell Rob...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 2, 2011 | Theology
Another inspiring passage from The Gospel in a Pluralist Society (pp. 86-87) To be chosen, to be elect, therefore does not mean that the elect are the saved and the rest are the lost. To be elect in Christ Jesus, and there is no other election, means to be...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 27, 2011 | Theology
We have to conclude that [Bertrund] Russell’s account [the scientific method] does not do justice to the way science actually works. If we attend only to the textbook writers and the popularizers of science we get the impression that all this is...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 14, 2011 | Theology
“the church is not simply a group of individuals who gather together because of a common faith. Rather, it constitutes a proleptic and ecumenical community that anticipates the fuller reality of God’s eschatalogical and ecumenic consummation.”...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 9, 2011 | Spiritual Formation, Theology
If you were a citizen of North Minneapolis or Joplin Missouri and you heard the words, “there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting,” how might you react? Wind is a mysterious and powerful...
