It was his writings about illumination that first drew me to reading more and more of Karl Barth’s books. There are many things that Barth wrote that evangelicals would not necessarily agree with–but there are many things we have to; and his passion for the Word at a time when most mutilated it must be [...]
My masters thesis looked into a time in church history when the church let Scripture a n d other sources define her life for her. These “other” sources were contrary to Scripture, but many Christians did not know this. Why? Did they read their Bibles? Did they look into it only once, on Sundays, while [...]
Death to self includes purging your conscience, but first comes the realization that your conscience was constructed apart from the Holy Spirit. In Galatians Paul tells the church what it means to be crucified with Christ, and therefore crucified to the world (Galatians 2:20; Galatians 6:14). Upon redemption, the believer is given the ‘Spirit of [...]
I always smile when I hear someone use the phrase “common sense” out of context, as though what the majority of their friends do constitutes what makes the most sense. They are not following common sense (i.e. carefully reasoned out ideas taken in through the senses) for they hardly question themselves: according to what principles [...]