My friend, and fellow seminarian at Biblical, Mike Landsman, responds to my post “Why I Haven’t (Yet) Subscribed to the Reformed God”. ***** I am probably not the right person to write about Reformed theology because technically I’m not Reformed. I never grew up Reformed and never heard of Reformed theology until about two years ago. […]
I wish I could be Reformed. Reformed theology works for people who have decent family lives, a decent social status and lack a consistent dose of pain. It works in Geneva. It works for people who can attend their nice church buildings, gather at warmhearted church picnics and listen to a Ph.D. teach Sunday […]
Few Christians are familiar with the term “orthopathos.” We’re familiar with orthodoxy, which is “thinking like Jesus”. And many of us hope to be “orthodox.” Some of us have heard of the term orthopraxy, which is “acting like Jesus”. But orthopathos, which means “feeling the feelings of Jesus” is an idea that few of us are […]
I was at a funeral the other day and the pastor boldly stated, “God knew the exact day ‘Bob’ was going to die. He knew we’d be sitting here today, mourning ‘Bob’s death. Not only did God know when ‘Bob’ was going to die, but he knows the exact day … the exact hour … […]