Should We Cancel Luther and Calvin?
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“The Reformers believed in burning heretics. Making sense of that grave mistake means looking first at ourselves.” - N.T. Wright at CToday
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“The Reformers believed in burning heretics. Making sense of that grave mistake means looking first at ourselves.” - N.T. Wright at CToday
“A lot of people are bewildered, scared, frustrated about all this change… The Scripture doesn’t ignore this problem, and it doesn’t try to ‘pep talk’ us out of our distress with platitudes. But it does offer two truths that can stabilize us despite the instability of our world.” - Olinger
“November 14, marks the 306th anniversary of the death of Gottfried von Leibniz, a German polymath, committed Lutheran, and one of the most wide-ranging intellects in all of history.” - Breakpoint
In Zechariah 1:7-17, we are introduced to four horsemen, and we see something very similar in Revelation 6:1-8 (aka, “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”). How do you think they are related? Your BRIEF comments are welcome.
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Are the horsemen of Zechariah related to the horsemen of Revelation?
“Dr. Anne Bradley recently presented the first of two webinar sessions in a series called ‘The Christian Economic Model,’ … Her talk kicked off a two-part series exploring what scripture says about economics.” - IFWE
“It’s easy to see how complementarian churches could be accused of mansplaining. Generally speaking, complementarians seek to obey the plain meaning of 1 Timothy 2:12, which forbids a woman from teaching a man in the context of congregational worship.” - TGC
“Think about it. We could have an all-powerful God who doesn’t love us. Or we could have a loving God who means well but doesn’t have the power to make good things happen. Instead…” - Randy Alcorn
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8. CT thus interprets the Bible with different rules of hermeneutics depending on the aforementioned presuppositions.
This is part of a commentary series through the Book of Galatians. It began with Galatians 3:1-6. This series will progress until the book is finished, then circle back and cover ch. 1-2.
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