Upcoming Articles
I have been really busy at work, and I unfortunately haven’t gotten the chance to do the writing I want to do. I begin to feel guilty if I haven’t written a huge theological treatise at least twice a week. God has blessed my work at my day job and my freelance one; I have more work then I know what to do with! I like it (especially since I’m uber-single), but I don’t like when it impedes upon my studies.
I have been reading rather diligently, and I do plan on writing articles on those books. Here are a few upcoming posts to look out for.
- The Man of Sin — The doctrine of Antichrist.
- The Holy Spirit Throughout the Ages — The role of the Spirit between the old/new testaments.
- The Locus of the Baptism Debate — The debate between credo and paedobaptists centers on whether the New Covenant community is mixed between believers/unbelievers like the Old Covenant or whether all members of the New Covenant are believers.
- The House Church Movement — The movement to move back to house churches is having a huge impact, and I want to uncover the motives behind it.
- The Challenge of Inclusivism — This will be about modern proponents of Christian inclusivism and its impact on the urgency of missions.
- The Growing in Grace Cult Revisited — Miranda is still at it with bold new claims, and I want to apologise against it.
Are there any you would like hear about? Thanks for your patience.
An article on who Satan was and is and what he can and cannot do.
I really look forward to these articles. Especially the one on the antichrist. My only knowledge of the subject is the clouded view of it by Tim Lahaye. Notice I say clouded, I definitely don’t take his writing as good in any sense. Well good fiction maybe.
Hey, uhm, just to join in on the Tim Lahaye bandwagon, it’s not even good fiction. Really, truly not. In fact, that is the reason I would not read it (his theological viewpoints had not entered my consideration). In fact, it was either LaHaye or his co-author who said in an interview that they know their writing is ‘pedestrian’. It is poor. It is not good literature. But, to be quite honest, most Christian fiction I’ve seen is not good literature. But, that’s another topic.
Chris, why don’t you read something totally antithetical to your view points and post on that. That would be interesting! Like, read something on DP. :-) Or Catholicism. I’ve been talking to a Catholic online who makes me think Catholicism is not so different. But, his is only one viewpoint. Anyway, that could be a huge can of worms but it would be interesting. I personally find it quite helpful to read people who totally disagree with me — it is stimulating.
@Amanda: I have read and written quite a bit from those holding different positions than my own (or else how did I get to where I’m at?). I have already written extensively on why Catholicism is indeed very different from Christianity. I do enjoy reading and engaging other viewpoints. The most interesting has been going through Mormon literature with a friend from work. I have read a majority of sacred texts from various religions (remember I was a practicing Buddhist at one time).
Hey Chris,
Sorry for the miscommunication. I hadn’t meant to suggest you hadn’t considered or read other viewpoints. I hadn’t seen your Catholocism post. I’ll check that out.
What was I meaning to suggest? There’s a difference between reading what “those who I agree with” say on a topic and what “those who are antithetical to everything I stand for” say on the exact same topic. Ya know? I have no idea what you read. Just thought I’d suggest the second (of the two types of reading I mentioned above). It seems, from your previous comment, that you’ve done exactly that. :-)
@ Amanda– I do believe Lahaye’s books to be good fiction. They were very interesting. Obviously, by the huge succes, others think so to. I think that is more of an opinionated question though. As far as his theological views. Although you had not thought of that. Many base their views of the end times on their readings of the Left Behind series. It is very scary.
Hey Mike, yeah, the books definitely were a huge hit. They must be interesting! My Dad loves them and my roommate owns all of them. For me, interesting (or having a huge fan base) doesn’t not equal good literature. But, like you were suggesting, this is a matter of style not substance. Regarding substance, I personally haven’t known anyone to base their understanding of the ends times on those books. If they do, I agree with you — that is very scary!!
Chris, just want to say again, sorry for the huge miscommunication. My fault totally. I’ll try to be more clear next time. :-)
I’m back again. Chris, if you’ve got anything to say on man being (or not being) inherently evil, I’m listening. I’m in a conversation with some other people right now, on this, and I’m curious to hear what you (or others) might have to say about that. That’s really vague I know…
Side note… the video on double imputation by Sproul should be seen by everyone!
I’m back again. Chris, if you’ve got anything to say on man being (or not being) inherently evil, I’m listening. I’m in a conversation with some other people right now, on this, and I’m curious to hear what you (or others) might have to say about that. That’s really vague I know…