Whenever you delve into the early church fathers, it becomes a journey—not only a historical one, but a theological one. There is a recognition that when you take these spiritual forefathers on their own footing, you can see the differing and unique contexts in which they operated, and which informed their theological view (for both […]
An Aussie Missionary and Cultural Engagement in Nineveh
When it comes to responding to Stephen McAlpine on matters in which there are disagreement, I often find myself tempted to employ a similar level of sarcastic wit, before (I think) wisely relenting to avoid a form of intellectual hubris. Yet, I hope you will bear with my dullness. I too could also likewise lay […]
Bad Names and Radicals: Australian Understandings of the MacArthur Decision
Several days after the decision by Grace Community Church to go back to holding services, several Australians have also decided to wade in and to provide their own thoughts and critiques. The Pastor’s Heart, an Australian evangelical[1]With a moderate Sydney Anglican bent, which is understandable, all things considering. podcast series, held a special episode where […]
Caesar and Civil Disobedience: Points for Reflection
Anyone paying attention to the Christian sphere of social media in recent days will have likely either seen or read the statement that John MacArthur and the Elders of Grace Community Church have recently published. The gist was that as the “biblical framework limits the authority of each institution to its specific jurisdiction” So then, […]
The Frat Mentality Problem Facing Confessionalism
Being an attentive observer of the whole Aimee Byrd saga that has rocked the Reformed slice of social media, I cannot help but be grieved about what has played out over recent weeks. Aimee Byrd released a controversial book called Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood in May and the Reformed internet lost it. Reason […]
The Church Through Persecution and Plague (Examining The Early and Reformational Churches)
Through the past two weeks, Christians throughout the West have had to wrestle with the problem of how to conduct the Lord’s Day Service—whether it should be held, or whether it should be postponed, or whether it ought to be even relocated online. Considering the rising rate at which the Coronavirus, also referred to as […]
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