An insightful piece on why it’s unhelpful to put Christians in a convenient box for the purposes of your argument. Annoyingly, Christians do it as much as anyone else.
No excerpt. The whole thing is great.
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John Piper on Roman Catholic “heresy”
John Piper on Roman Catholic “heresy”
A timely and helpful post from John Piper, I reckon:
God’s mercy is not a warrant to neglect or deny precious truths, especially those that are at the heart of how we get right with God. And the teachers of the church (notably the Pope) will be held more responsible than others for teaching what is fully biblical.
Idolatry aside, this is a pretty good summary of why I’m not a Catholic, why I have major problems with Catholic theology, and why I totally respect many Catholic individuals regardless.
Blaine Hogan on faith and storytelling
Blaine Hogan on faith and storytelling
An interesting take on the relationship between faith and good storytelling:
Want to get someone to believe in something? Want them to have faith? Tell them an amazing story and tell it well – really, really well.
I think there’s more to it than that – there’s certainly a rational dimension to my faith – but I suspect Blaine’s onto something here. What do you think?