Insights on Reforming Fundamentalism: 6

[continued from this post] 6) Defining Evangelicalism: Open or Closed? Another issue the book raised in my thinking relates to evangelical identity.  Should we define evangelicalism by what it is for or what it is...

Who is the “annointed one” of Habakkuk 3:13?

Habakkuk 3:2 –> 3:3-15

I finished translating through the theophanic vision of God in 3:3-15 this morning, and suddenly it hit me how vital this section is in the larger context.  I used to view it as a very...

Take Aways from Habakkuk

Seven “take aways” from my recent study on Habakkuk: 1) The commentaries by O. Palmer Robertson (NICOT) and Peter C. Craigie (DSBS) are very helpful.  I differ with Robertson on how to interpret 3:2, and...

Insights from Reforming Fundamentalism: 3-5

3) Inerrancy as a battle front I was continually struck by the role that the doctrine of biblical inerrancy has played in separating fundamentalists and evangelicals from various other movements.  This doctrine is not merely...

Insights from Reforming Fundamentalism: 1-2

Over the past several weeks I’ve been giving a slow and thoughtful read to George Marsden’s Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism (Eerdmans 1987), which is a history of the controversial first two...

The Purpose of Hatred

Listening to Perelandra this week.  My favorite part is when Ransom and the Un-man fight.  I especially love this scene, where Lewis describes the evil of the Un-man (the devil), and then Ransom finds new...

Sanctification Questions

Questions the Lord is teaching me to ask these days in my journey following Christ: 1) What do I look to more than Jesus to feel worth and identity? 2) What competes with knowing God...

Faith in Habakkuk

Lighter posting this week, as I am devoting my mornings to preparation for a sermon this Sunday on Habakkuk 2:4, “the righteous shall live by faith.”  I am going to examine the meaning of of...