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Christianity Today’s 2020 Book Awards
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:48 am
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:48 am
Released yesterday. Sorry if already posted. I read all three children’s books and they were fantastic.
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Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:08 pm to TulaneLSU
Thanks for posting. I didn’t realize Horton had recently written two volumes on Justification.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:19 pm to bayoubengals88
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Thanks for posting. I didn’t realize Horton had recently written two volumes on Justification.
Yeah he has been on sabbatical from White Horse Inn and I assume from teaching at Westminster. Gonna buy. He is one of my favorites.
I read the new NT Wright over Thanksgiving. It was OK for a survey. Not sure worth buying two volumes. It was another of these podcasty audiobooks. Seems a little gimmicky to me.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 9:58 am to TulaneLSU
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Far From Home: A Story of Loss, Refuge, and Hope
Sarah Parker Rubio (Tyndale Kids)
“Far From Home meets a felt need for children in Christian families around the world who are being uprooted and displaced because of their faith. The story within this story of a refugee child is the account of the child Jesus’ flight into Egypt to escape certain death. Comforting yet realistic, the book encourages little ones in the midst of confusing and sometimes dangerous situations. It’s also a tool for teaching young readers to have a heart of compassion and to pray for persecuted Christians worldwide.” —Nancy Sanders, children’s author
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Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation Latasha Morrison (WaterBrook) “You don’t have to be American to find this compelling, robust, grace-filled roadmap to racial reconciliation eye-opening, heart-rending, mind-expanding, and personally challenging—we Brits have plenty to ponder. But Latasha Morrison made me look back on my seven years working on Madison Avenue with a sharper recognition of how white privilege had propelled me there—and how an English accent didn’t hurt either. Be the Bridge combines judicious examples of America’s mistreatment of non-white races with insights into how that mistreatment has perpetuated a host of injustices to which the dominant race is often blind.” —Mark Greene, executive director, London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
Poliboard triggered mode: engaged
Posted on 12/12/19 at 1:24 pm to TulaneLSU
Posted on 12/12/19 at 5:38 pm to bayoubengals88
Interesting no 1 pick and reasoning.
This post was edited on 12/12/19 at 5:44 pm
Posted on 12/13/19 at 7:11 pm to TulaneLSU
I'm surprised David Bentley Hart's "That All Shall Be Saved" wasn't on that list. Hart is one of the most brilliant theologians alive and this was a highly anticipated book. He gives a strong defense of universalism and shows that it was widely taught in the early Church (until Origen perverted it anyway).
Posted on 12/14/19 at 6:19 pm to AUveritas
quote:Christianity Today...Gee, I wonder...
I'm surprised David Bentley Hart's "That All Shall Be Saved" wasn't on that list. Hart is one of the most brilliant theologians alive and this was a highly anticipated book. He gives a strong defense of universalism
Posted on 12/14/19 at 7:57 pm to bayoubengals88
Back on point, Horton's Justification is en rt via Amazon. Christmas reading. I am an audiobook addict by necessity but I look forward to a real paper book.
Posted on 12/14/19 at 7:58 pm to bayoubengals88
Are you implying universalism isn't Christian? It was widely taught in the first few centuries of Christianity.
Posted on 12/14/19 at 8:11 pm to AUveritas
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Are you implying universalism isn't Christian? It was widely taught in the first few centuries of Christianity.
No implication necessary. It explicitly is not. And, yes, there have been heresies in every century.
And yes I am aware of Origen on the topic and yes it was a heresy even before "officially" declared one.
Eta2: DeYoung (whom we were discussing at some point I thought in this thread--, oh yeah his list from GC) called universalism, "the last rung for evangelicals falling off the ladder."
Eta3: it is the most seductive of heresies, I'll give you that. It's difficult for me to understand how God could create anyone knowing he or she would spend eternity apart from Him.
Eta4: I went down a dark dark rabbit hole last night re: universalism, annihilation and NT Wright's cop-out position ("Paul and Jesus may have been just talking about Israel's redemptive history writ large." OK boomer.)
This post was edited on 12/15/19 at 7:48 am
Posted on 12/15/19 at 5:11 pm to McLemore
quote:Congrats on the new book. Yeah I don’t think Justification is a good topic for audio. I’d have to have pen and highlighter in hand while reading that one.
McLemore
Starting John Calvin’s Little Book on the Christian Religion Tomorrow!!
Currently reading How Jesus Runs the Church.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 9:04 am to bayoubengals88
Yeah given it's an academic book I doubt they'll do an audio version.
Happy reading! After Horton, I'm going to go back to some of my patristics roots. I have some things I need to work out (with fear and trembling).
We'll be visiting First Pres Columbia over holidays for a little Derek Thomas. I could listen to him read the classified ads.
Except that when I audited his systematics course at RTS, it took me about an hour to realize he wasn't talking about grease through faith.
Happy reading! After Horton, I'm going to go back to some of my patristics roots. I have some things I need to work out (with fear and trembling).
We'll be visiting First Pres Columbia over holidays for a little Derek Thomas. I could listen to him read the classified ads.
Except that when I audited his systematics course at RTS, it took me about an hour to realize he wasn't talking about grease through faith.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 10:14 am to McLemore
quote:former Catholic??
my patristics roots.
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I could listen to him read the classified ads.
quote:I'm currently reading the books I mentioned for RTS.
when I audited his systematics course at RTS
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:33 am to bayoubengals88
I've never been a Roman Catholic. I studied patristics at LSU (David Harned) and at Candler School of Theology (I live right by it and took a course there) and on my own. It's an area that fascinates me and takes me out of my dogmatic comfort zone (including for reasons discussed in this thread). I started a thesis on Gregory of Nyssa.
I want to hear more re RTS. I have schools narrowed down to it and 4 others to do MDiv (as remotely as possible--MTS + 1 and Greek school type program). Here's an email address I don't check anymore. Email me and I'll send you a better email address. rmclemor2002@yahoo.com
I want to hear more re RTS. I have schools narrowed down to it and 4 others to do MDiv (as remotely as possible--MTS + 1 and Greek school type program). Here's an email address I don't check anymore. Email me and I'll send you a better email address. rmclemor2002@yahoo.com
Posted on 12/16/19 at 12:14 pm to McLemore
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No implication necessary. It explicitly is not
That's simply not true. It was taught by a good number of early Church fathers.
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And yes I am aware of Origen on the topic and yes it was a heresy even before "officially" declared one.
The vote never was codified and only Origen's brand of universalism was condemned anyway (not the doctrine itself).
I'd urge you to read the book. It's certainly convincing enough to give most rational people some pause at least. Hart's no intellectual slouch. He's Eastern Orthodox fwiw.
This post was edited on 12/16/19 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 12/16/19 at 1:44 pm to AUveritas
If you're a universalist, which type are you?
Does Hart argue from Scripture at all?
Does Hart argue from Scripture at all?
Posted on 12/16/19 at 1:55 pm to bayoubengals88
I'm not, necessarily. Many fathers believed that all unbaptized went to hell. Other fathers taught universalism. Essentially, the Church went to the middle.
Hart uses some Scripture, lots of Church history and copious logical arguments.
Hart uses some Scripture, lots of Church history and copious logical arguments.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 9:00 am to McLemore
quote:emailed you a few days ago
I want to hear more re RTS. I have schools narrowed down to it and 4 others to do MDiv (as remotely as possible--MTS + 1 and Greek school type program). Here's an email address I don't check anymore. Email me and I'll send you a better email address. rmclemor2002@yahoo.com
Posted on 12/20/19 at 9:09 am to bayoubengals88
quote:This was a tough read. Easy to read, but hard to swallow.
John Calvin’s Little Book on the Christian Religion
A few quotes:
"Scripture teaches that there's a difference between believers and unbelievers. Unbelievers become worse and more obstinate in consequence of the lashes they receive...Believers repent just like individuals gifted with the status of sonship."
"There's no middle ground between these two things: either earth must become worthless to us, or we must remain bound by the chains of extravagant love for it."
"No one has made much progress in the school of Christ who doesn't look forward joyfully both to his death and the day of his final resurrection."
"Let us move forward according to the measure of our resources and pursue the path we have begun to walk. None of us will move forward with so little success that we will not make some daily progress in the way. Therefore, let us keep trying so that we might continually make some gains in the way of the Lord, and neither let us despair over how small our successes are."
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