The Wages of Spin
Publisher's note.
Category: Christian Life, Church Order, History & Government
Description
Do you have an opinion? There is an increasing tendency in Evangelical circles to regard disagreement in our allegedly post-modern world as inherently oppressive. Too many people sit on the fence and ignore, or are unaware of, the fact that Christianity is an historical religion. As Laurence Peter once said "History repeats itself because nobody listens." The point of having a debate is not to have a debate and then agree to differ (sitting around in a mutually affirming love-fest) - the point of debate, as the Apostle Paul clearly demonstrates time and again in the book of Acts, is to establish which position is best.
Carl Trueman's intends to provoke you with this collection of essays into thinking for yourself and to have an opinion on THINGS THAT MATTER!
Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................... 9
Part One
Evangelical Essays
1. Reckoning with the Past in an Anti-Historical Age .............15
2. The Undoing of the Reformation? ............................................ 39
3. Theology and the Church: Divorce or Remarriage? ............. 63
4. The Princeton Trajectory on Scripture:
A Clarifi cation and a Proposal ..................................................81
5. The Glory of Christ:
B. B. Warfi eld on Jesus of Nazareth ...................................... 103
6. Is the Finnish Line a New Beginning?
A Critical Assessment of the Reading of Luther
Offered by the Helsinki Circle ............................................... 129
Part Two
Short, Sharp Shocks
1. The Importance of Evangelical Beliefs .................................... 151
2. What Can Miserable Christians Sing? ...................................157
3. The Marcions Have Landed! .................................................... 165
4. A Revolutionary Balancing Act Or:
Why our theology needs to be a little less biblical ........... 169
5. Boring Ourselves to Life .............................................................175
6. Why You Shouldn’t Buy the Big Issue ................................... 181
Postscript: Evangelicalism Through the Looking Glass.
A Fairy Tale ...............................................................................................187
Publisher's note.
Category: Christian Life, Church Order, History & Government
Description
Do you have an opinion? There is an increasing tendency in Evangelical circles to regard disagreement in our allegedly post-modern world as inherently oppressive. Too many people sit on the fence and ignore, or are unaware of, the fact that Christianity is an historical religion. As Laurence Peter once said "History repeats itself because nobody listens." The point of having a debate is not to have a debate and then agree to differ (sitting around in a mutually affirming love-fest) - the point of debate, as the Apostle Paul clearly demonstrates time and again in the book of Acts, is to establish which position is best.
Carl Trueman's intends to provoke you with this collection of essays into thinking for yourself and to have an opinion on THINGS THAT MATTER!
Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................... 9
Part One
Evangelical Essays
1. Reckoning with the Past in an Anti-Historical Age .............15
2. The Undoing of the Reformation? ............................................ 39
3. Theology and the Church: Divorce or Remarriage? ............. 63
4. The Princeton Trajectory on Scripture:
A Clarifi cation and a Proposal ..................................................81
5. The Glory of Christ:
B. B. Warfi eld on Jesus of Nazareth ...................................... 103
6. Is the Finnish Line a New Beginning?
A Critical Assessment of the Reading of Luther
Offered by the Helsinki Circle ............................................... 129
Part Two
Short, Sharp Shocks
1. The Importance of Evangelical Beliefs .................................... 151
2. What Can Miserable Christians Sing? ...................................157
3. The Marcions Have Landed! .................................................... 165
4. A Revolutionary Balancing Act Or:
Why our theology needs to be a little less biblical ........... 169
5. Boring Ourselves to Life .............................................................175
6. Why You Shouldn’t Buy the Big Issue ................................... 181
Postscript: Evangelicalism Through the Looking Glass.
A Fairy Tale ...............................................................................................187