Theology

The Cross: Can We Have More?

The latest issue of Christianity Today has an article by Scot McKnight called “McLaren Emerging”. The whole article is worth reading, including this comment by McKnight on the cross as the unmasking of

Strategies and systems and the gospel

A couple of good quotes this morning on the gospel and ministry. First, from R.C. Sproul in the latest edition of The White Horse Inn: The American church is so much seduced

A collision of two doctrines

I’ve been thinking this morning about what happens when two doctrines collide. One is the doctrine of humanity. This doctrine tells us what we were supposed to be, and how sin has

Back to the gospel is the only way forward

My latest column at Christian Week: This summer I read Iain Murray’s two-volume biography of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, a Welsh preacher who lived from 1899-1981. It caused me to reflect on the

Frame on the doctrine of God

Our message to the world must emphasize that God is real, and that he will not be trifled with.  He is the almighty, majestic Lord of heaven and earth, and he demands our