Search results for: “baptism of christ”
-
How Did Jesus Argue? Jesus & Logic
Today there is widespread indifference to, even downright hostility towards logic and the fundamental laws that govern it. We are sometimes told that logic is a Western construction invented by DWEM’s (Dead White European Males such as Aristotle), that in a postmodern world, story and narrative have replaced a cold-hearted, logical approach to life, and…
-
Ecumenical Honesty, Finally!
On July 10, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a document entitled “Responses to some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church.” You may have heard about it already even if you have not read the document itself. Recalling and reaffirming the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching since, at…
-
Jesus Speaks for Himself
When Jesus Christ confronted Saul on the road to Damascus, he showed himself to be the greatest teacher, the ultimate rabbi. The ascended Christ is that teacher “than which none greater can be imagined.” He taught so much in so few words. Look at Acts 26:14: “It is hard for you to kick against the…
-
Saul Meets the Ultimate Rabbi
When Jesus Christ confronted Saul on the road to Damascus, he showed himself to be the greatest teacher, the ultimate rabbi. The ascended Christ is that teacher “than which none greater can be imagined.” He taught so much in so few words. Look at Acts 26:14: “It is hard for you to kick against the…
-
Emphatic Evangelicalism
Christians have a lot to say, but to proclaim the gospel you can’t just say every Christian thing that comes to mind: you have to put the emphasis on something in particular. Protestant evangelicals stand in a great tradition of Christian faith and doctrine: we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses to the one…
-
“Islam was the framework and blueprint of my life” (Qureshi)
Before he gives his testimony of conversion to Christ, Nabeel Qureshi makes it clear that he was perfectly satisfied with Islam as he experienced it. He tells about his upbringing in a devout, peaceful, and intellectual Muslim family, where he was a role model for other Muslim children because he had read the Qur’an in…
-
Help me Lord! Help me find Holiness!
John Mark Reynolds, 2005. One of the glories of Christianity is the way the Holy Spirit has provided for the integration of practical piety, the life of the church, and theology. No place is this more evident than in the issue of repentance. According to Williston Walker, the early Church faced a difficult issue with…
-
From the Heart of Jesus
John Mark Reynolds, 2004. The heart of Jesus Christ was pierced by a lance and from it came blood and water. Longinus is the name given to the soldier who dared touch the Lord Glory. Tradition tells us that one drop of blood from the wound converted Longinus. Augustine writes that the blood and water…