tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post8366526099558762710..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Some Here, Some There — December 19, 2014Phil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-75345696631653297962014-12-20T07:39:54.996-08:002014-12-20T07:39:54.996-08:00And: Nathan Dick is in my mine the one guy anyone ...And: Nathan Dick is in my mine the one guy anyone could meet who is the antithesis of the famous pastor. God willing we are all as faithful and he and his family are to God's local church and the people God is calling into His kingdom.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-10805358431469627092014-12-20T07:37:28.418-08:002014-12-20T07:37:28.418-08:00I have always feared the moment when our blogging ...I have always feared the moment when our blogging about current events will have become basically a list of all the things we have already said about these issues but no one was listening.<br /><br />I am afraid now that we have arrived there.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-13948903359587630092014-12-20T06:35:29.177-08:002014-12-20T06:35:29.177-08:00Thanks. And I was SORT OF kidding. After all Chica...Thanks. And I was SORT OF kidding. After all Chicago does not rank up there with all the other issues you mentioned in the post, but I did watch the Christmas Donkey video and...well...i figured that if it worked for you perhaps it would work for me. Pastor Nathan Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938562048145193060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-63061956401718150622014-12-20T04:11:36.581-08:002014-12-20T04:11:36.581-08:00Good point, Nathan. Not sure which it was on that ...Good point, Nathan. Not sure which it was on that day; might have been this one: http://bit.ly/1zLYkMV.<br /><br />Here's a goldmine source: http://bit.ly/1HeGZwwDJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-7563174943009034212014-12-19T20:04:21.439-08:002014-12-19T20:04:21.439-08:00All great stuff here...but no link to the classic ...All great stuff here...but no link to the classic Chicago concert you mentioned?Pastor Nathan Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938562048145193060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-44554930356774700612014-12-19T12:39:18.935-08:002014-12-19T12:39:18.935-08:00Dominic the Donkey is probably my favorite find th...Dominic the Donkey is probably my favorite find this year. Up there with "I Want a Hippopatomus for Christmas."<br /><br />My husband hates it :)<br /><br />The Challies article is very interesting. This year alone God has brought 2 more Mormons into my life who were converted out of non-denom, both saying they "used to be Christian." (I'm already looking forward to seeing one tomorrow - my hairdresser. 2 hours of undivided attention before Christmas. Whoopee!) And while he's absolutely right that many Mormons aren't initially drawn by the theology, I think the whole "forever family" thing DOES qualify as theology. In fact, one of my friends specifically said she decided to become Mormon *because* "Mormonism had the answers Christianity didn't have." On tertiary issues, of course. <br /><br />Anyway, good read. Speaking of LDS mission tactics: we also had some Mormon Sisters come to the door a few weeks ago asking if there was "anything around the house" we'd like help on. If I had been the one to answer the door I absolutely would have tapped them for once-a-week "hold the baby while I clean stuff (and talk to you)" duty. I'm hoping they swing back by after the New Year. I'm not above getting some free babysitting out of a witnessing opportunity.JGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116405895683599572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1354373032998168142014-12-19T12:37:00.962-08:002014-12-19T12:37:00.962-08:00Dan, as usual, thanks for all the links…oh, no; wa...Dan, as usual, thanks for all the links…oh, no; wait. I DO NOT thank you for the donkey link, but only because a related YouTube video to the 12 Guido Days of Christmas led me down a sad path. Oh, the dangers of the web.<br /><br />So, yeah, other than that; thanks for all the links.<br /><br />And David Murray…who hasn't always wondered what a depressed Scottish smore looked like? I know I have and now my longings have been met.Kevin Sorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930643495363470963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-23263457160339351262014-12-19T12:15:57.397-08:002014-12-19T12:15:57.397-08:00I have been meditating on the Virgin Birth and app...I have been meditating on the Virgin Birth and appreciated Doug Wilson's reflections. I would like to offer another significance of the virgin birth. Because Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, his conception is supernatural. Because his gestation and birth were natural processes, the virgin birth then becomes a glorious intersection of the supernatural and the natural or better still an intersection of the divine and the human. The Hypostatic Union then is predicated on the Virgin Birth. More than this, the Hypostatic Union, predicated on the Virgin Birth uniquely qualifies Jesus to be the mediator between a Holy God and humans. As 1 Timothy 2:5 teaches: "There is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." A mediator must be able to represent two parties in a conflict and in the cosmic conflict between humans and God the only qualified mediator is Jesus. He alone is qualified because he is truly God and truly man. How so? A divine conception and a natural gestation and birth. Thus abandoning the Virgin Birth is tantamount to abandoning the very gospel which saves us. Thoughts?Alex Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00356992729032363258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-320602378441163862014-12-19T09:51:58.472-08:002014-12-19T09:51:58.472-08:00Thanks for linking to my blog, Dan! I consider it ...Thanks for linking to my blog, Dan! I consider it an honor.Dan Michael Coganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14226307901596206344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-49731434123201147442014-12-19T09:34:35.714-08:002014-12-19T09:34:35.714-08:00I really appreciated Dan Cogan's articles on h...I really appreciated Dan Cogan's articles on his departure from Charismaticism. It echoes my own pretty closely.<br /><br />And Brian Loritts...Brian Brian Brian. It seems to me that until someone he respects (I'd vote for Thabiti...I think) calls him out on the whole E2 debacle, I think I'd rather be a white guy who disagrees with him than a black guy.<br /><br />Loved the exegesis of Rudolph..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-40469098898457209482014-12-19T09:31:58.330-08:002014-12-19T09:31:58.330-08:00I will write that book one day, Dan. But before I ...I will write that book one day, Dan. But before I can, I will probably need to read other books related to the topic.<br /><br />CAPTCHA 123 FUNDO<br /><br />I heard street evangelist Tony Miano recommends one:<a href="https://twitter.com/TonyMiano/status/543893356502212609" rel="nofollow">Click here!</a>Michael Coughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151414777657994736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-33600409005917410792014-12-19T08:56:43.217-08:002014-12-19T08:56:43.217-08:00Perhaps you're right.
In that case, perhaps s...Perhaps you're right.<br /><br />In that case, perhaps some day a straight-up dispensationalist who also robustly affirms the doctrines of grace will write a book about the Gospel, drawing from the whole Bible and relating justification to sanctification in the manner the Bible does.<br /><br />Surely, when that happens, TGC will embrace the development with cries of joy, and expand the tent accordingly.<br /><br />After all, it's all about the Gospel, right?DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-33046255841934957992014-12-19T08:52:38.670-08:002014-12-19T08:52:38.670-08:00Here’s my non-dispy take on TGC and Dispensational...Here’s my non-dispy take on TGC and Dispensationalism. <br /><br />First, I can guess what they’re talking about. They mean the thorough antinomianism of the Zane Hodges variety. Because, you know, Hodges was a Dispensationalist. <br /><br />Second, what’s wrong with it? Essentially, they are trying to create shorthand for that position, but they’ve missed it entirely. They’ve created (or, more likely, failed to create) a new term like “hyper-Calvinism.” Now as we all know, the problem with “hyper-Calvinism” is that it makes it sound like that deviant and heretical “God hates you” theology is the result of <i>too much Calvinism</i>. The suggestion is that Calvinism is somehow itself tainted with a form of hyper-Calvinism that is simply not yet actuated. “Hyper-Calvinism” is an unfortunate theological term that we’re now stuck with. <br /><br />So along comes TGC with “hard-line Dispensationalists” as shorthand for something that, like hyper-Calvinism, exists at the fringes of a larger movement but is in no way representative of the preponderance of that movement. It’s a bad term; a misleading term, and I’m glad it hasn’t caught on. <br /><br />(My opposition to Dispensationalism has nothing to do with Hodges.) <br /><br />Third, what’s ironic about it? They didn’t get there by being covenantal. Some of the TGC men are, I suppose, covenantal. Tim Keller ought to be, to whatever degree he can still be considered “Presbyterian” in any meaningful way. But his co-founder, D.A. Carson, is a New Covenant theologian. He’ll never admit it (none of them will) but his theology has much in common with something called “Radical Dispensationalism” (anther unfortunate term, because “Radical Dispensationalism” is no more representative of Dispensationalism than is Hodges). <br />Tom Chantryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485908616177111150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-52735346077480706192014-12-19T08:40:01.538-08:002014-12-19T08:40:01.538-08:00About TGC not allowing "hard-line dispensatio...About TGC not allowing "hard-line dispensationalists" that has changed somewhat with Daniel Akin now being a member of their council. I have listened to every sermon Daniel Akin has posted on his site on Revelation and he is a classical dispensationalist who consistently quotes Mac and John Phillips. I have noticed in the past a kind of "disdain" (but I might be projecting) for dispensationalism from TGC though. They might become more tolerable now with Danny there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707724896124934971noreply@blogger.com