The Sermon on the Mount is a profound section of Scripture
and yet it is one that sacralists actually take great exception to. Not openly
of course but it is striking that it is the very words of Christ that they
really struggle with the most.
Calling for a Return to the Doctrinal Ideals and Kingdom Ethics of the First Reformation
16 February 2020
Cultural Christianity or Antithesis: The Means of Sanctification and the Tools of Kingdom Growth (Part 1)
In a recent piece I cited a quote from Dominionist teacher
and Charles Colson protégé John Stonestreet wherein he suggested that cultural
Christianity has real benefits. It's better for people to go to church even if
it's for the wrong reasons. And by implication it's better for people to go to
a bad, theologically compromised church than none at all or to have those
churches disappear from the street corner.
02 February 2020
The Hospitality Argument Regarding the Angels and Sodom
The ancient Greek myth regarding Philemon and Baucis tells
the story of an impoverished couple visited by Zeus and Hermes in the guise of
men. The gods had already traveled through the area and had received no
hospitality. The poorest and most destitute household, that of Philemon and
Baucis welcomed the gods and were even willing to slaughter their precious
goose in order to put on a proper spread.
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