"The Biblical Truth about Homosexuality and Hope" by Dr. James McDonald

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The Presidents

Washington to Monroe 1789-1825





John Q Adams to Polk 1825-1849





Taylor to Lincoln 1849-1865





Andrew Johnson to Arthur 1865-1885





Cleveland to Taft 1885-1913





Wilson to Franklin D. Roosevelt 1913-1945





Truman to Ford 1945-1977





Carter to George W. Bush 1977-2008

All Around the Web: Links For Your Weekend - June 2, 2012

 
Tornado tracks.


HT: The Blaze


Gospel Coalition (Colin Hansen) - Piper and Meyer Talk Succession for the First Time |





Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. - The Seduction of Pornography and the Integrity of Christian Marriage, Part One | Every since the original CNN article, many Christian leaders have been commenting on the story of men and video games and pornography. Here is Mohler's take on it.

The intersection of pornography and marriage is one of the most problematic issues among many couples today–including Christian couples. The pervasive plague of pornography represents one of the greatest moral challenges faced by the Christian church in the postmodern age. With eroticism woven into the very heart of the culture, celebrated in its entertainment, and advertised as a commodity, it is virtually impossible to escape the pervasive influence of pornography in our culture and in our lives.

At the same time, the problem of human sinfulness is fundamentally unchanged from the time of the Fall until the present. There is no theological basis for assuming that human beings are more lustful, more defenseless before sexual temptation, or more susceptible to the corruption of sexual desire than was the case in any previous generation.


Two distinctions mark the present age from previous eras. First, pornography has been so mainstreamed through advertising, commercial images, entertainment, and everyday life, that what would have been illegal just a few decades ago is now taken as common dress, common entertainment, and unremarkable sensuality. Second, explicit eroticism–complete with pornographic images, narrative, and symbolism–is now celebrated as a cultural good in some sectors of the society. Pornography, now reported to be the seventh-largest business in America, claims its own icons and public figures. Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy, is considered by many Americans to be a model of entrepreneurial success, sexual pleasure, and a liberated lifestyle. The use of Hugh Hefner as a spokesman by a family-based hamburger chain in California indicates something of how pornography itself has been mainstreamed in the culture.


Washington Post - Boston appeals court finds US Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional for denying benefits | Not surprising since the President and his administration abandoning defending and enforcing this law months ago. If this is not overturned by a harder court (likely eventually the Supreme Court), then this will essentially legalize marriage in the entire country overriding the 30+ states that have already constitutionally defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. Tragic.


BOSTON — A federal appeals court Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

In its unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston said the 1996 law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman discriminates against gay couples because it doesn’t give them the same rights and privileges as heterosexual couples.

The court didn’t rule on the law’s other politically combustible provision, which said states without same-sex marriage cannot be forced to recognize gay unions performed in states where it’s legal. It also wasn’t asked to address whether gay couples have a constitutional right to marry.

The law was passed at a time when it appeared Hawaii would legalize gay marriage. Since then, many states have instituted their own bans on gay marriage, while eight states have approved it, led by Massachusetts in 2004.



Social Media Explorer - Social Media And The Executive: How Dr. Albert Mohler Uses Social Media | This is a really good interview with Dr. Mohler on social media.




Church History Blog - Charles Finney – Learning the Basics |

Strong-headed, rough as a broken rock, Charles Finney was converted and filled with the Holy Spirit.

Early difficulties

He soon realised that he was never going to be a lawyer, but had to be a preacher. He began discussions with his Pastor, George Gale, about ordination and applied to three seminaries, but was rejected (partly because he also applied for financial assistance, partly because he was already in his thirties).

It was agreed by the local presbytery that he should begin personal studies under the guidance of Gale and they would review his application for ordination. Six months into this agreement Gale became ill and advised them to ordain Finney so he could take over pastoral responsibilities at the church in Adams.

Unfortunately, it didn’t go well. While it is true he was ordained more quickly than expected, it was clear that his somewhat severe style was not going to suit a pastoral mode of ministry. Once again, Gale (whom Finney unfairly criticises in his Memoirs) stepped in to help by suggesting he be commissioned as a ‘missionary’ to evangelise.

This slightly unusual course proved to be providential for Finney. It gave him a pattern for evangelistic ministry and he began to mature as a Christian and a leader as he learnt to preach the gospel.


Fox News on the sex-selection abortion bill.






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The Marriage Debate: A Debate About Rights or Definitions?

In an important blog post, Amy Hall over at the Evangel blog makes the argument, as the title of her post suggests, that when it comes to the debate over gay marriage, We're Arguing Definitions, Not Rights. She begins by stating that One common misconception in the same-sex marriage debate is the idea that the traditional legal definition of marriage is a violation of equal rights. She suggests that marriage rights is a myth commonly used by gay activists.

This is an important point and something missed by many people.  When the case is made for a redefinition of marriage, it doesn't take long for the rights argument to be put forward.  "How can you rob me of my right to be married?" This is effective in America because America is defined by rights.  But is marriage a right?

The fight over rights is a big deal today.  Oftentimes when one promotes some form of social engineering or social change, the argument from so-called rights is made.  Remember the health care debate?  For many it was a debate over rights.  Marriage is no different.

But Hall's four points are significant when thinking about the issue of the "right" of marriage:

1. Nearly everyone who thinks the government ought to issue marriage licenses favors defining marriage in some way. That is, they favor excluding some combinations of people (polygamy, incest, etc.), not individuals, from the definition. Even judges. Even you!


2. You can’t consistently argue that by excluding certain combinations of people, traditional marriage violates equal rights—unless you also argue to remove every single boundary from the definition of marriage and say anyone can marry anyone, in whatever combination of numbers they like.

3. If you’re not willing to argue this, then you’re for having a definition with boundaries, which puts you on equal footing with the traditional marriage supporters.

4. So the question is, which definition should we use? It’s fine for you to argue that your definition of “two people who love each other” is better than my definition of “one man, one woman,” or someone else’s definition of “one man, multiple women,” but we need to start off by understanding that we’re arguing definitions, not rights.

This is an excellent set of arguments.  If marriage is about rights, then there are no boundaries.  After all, if denying same-sex couples access to marriage is robbing them of their "right," then denying any for of relationships is denying them their individual rights.  This leads us directly to the slippery slope argument that has been made for years by proponents of traditional marriage.  By the means of equal rights, the arguments made for gay marriage can easily (and are being) made for other sexual and marital lifestyles.  Proponents of polygamy, polyamory, incest, pedophilia, etc. can easily make the same arguments for their "right" to marry as same-sex proponents have been making for years now.

This means then that Hall's basic premise is correct.  We are debating the definition of marriage, not the right of marriage.  And that debate over definitions may be one worth having but when we make arguments from rights we do so dangerously.

Thus the debate over the meaning of marriage remains a crucial one.  How a society defines itself and the parameters by which a society sets is crucial. If the definition of marriage is a fickle one, then boundaries are not only worthless, but unconstitutional.  And if saying no to marriage violates one's individual rights, then does saying no regarding anything else violate one's personal constitutional rights?

This is why the Founder's defined rights as originating with God - our Creator - not with government.  Government picks favorites and eventually rationalized all types of depraved behavior especially large, secular governments (like ours).  But rights that originate with God are very different.

Hall is right:  We are arguing about definitions, not rights.  And that should change the debate.


Amy Hall (Evangel) - We're Arguing Definitions, Not Rights  


This was originally posted on August 15, 2011 but is reposted here in light of the federal repeals court ruling the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional.


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A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Bibliography

Part 1 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Introduction
Part 2 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Survey 
Part 3 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - A New Theology
Part 4 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Harmitology
Part 5 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Soteriology & Ecclesiology
Part 6 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Christology
Part 7 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Atonement Theory History 1 
Part 8 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Atonement Theory History 2
Part 9 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Atonement Theory History 3
Part 10 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Atonement Theory History 4
Part 11 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Conclusion 
Part 12 - A Theology For a Social Atonement: Walter Rauschenbusch & the Foundation of the Social Gospel - Bibliography  

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

    Allison, Gregg R. Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011.

Bushnell, Horace. God in Christ: Three Discourses. Hartford: Brown and Parsons, 1849.

    ________.  The Vicarious Sacrifice: Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation. New York: Charles Scribner & Company, 1866.

    Campolo, Tony.  Red-Letter Christians: A Citizens Guide to Faith and Politics.  Ventura, CA:  Regal Books, 2008.

Coffin, Henry Sloane.  Social Aspects of the Cross.  New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911.

    Evans, Christopher H. The Kingdom is Always But Coming: A Life of Walter Rauschenbusch. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2010.

    Harnack, Adolf von. History of Dogma. Edited and translated by Neil Buchanan. 7 vols. Eugene, OR:  Wipf & Stock, 1997.

    Livingston, James C. and Francis Schüssler Fiorenza.  Modern Christian Thought: The Enlightenment and the Nineteenth Century. 2nd ed.  Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006.

    McLaren, Brian.  Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc, 2007.

    McGrath, Alister E. Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 1998.
   
    Minus, Paul M. Walter Rauschenbusch: American Reformer. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1988.

    Ramsay, William M. Four Modern Prophets: Walter Rauschenbusch, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gustavo Gutiérrez, Rosemary Radford Ruether. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1986.

    Rauschenbusch, Walter.  A Gospel For the Social Awakening: Selections From the Writings of Walter Rauschenbusch.  Edited by Benjamin E. Mays.  New York: Association Press, 1950.

    ________. A Rauschenbusch Reader: The Kingdom of God and the Social Gospel.  Edited by Benson Young Landis.  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957.

________.  A Theology for the Social Gospel.  New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917.

________.  Christianity and the Social Crisis. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1913.

________.  Christianizing the Social Order.  Waco, TX:  Baylor University Press, 2010.

________.  Dare We Be Christians?  Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1914.

________.  The Social Principles of Jesus. New York: The Women’s Press, 1917.

    ________.  Walter Rauschenbusch: Selected Writings. Edited by Winthrop S. Hudson. New York:  Paulist Press, 1984.

Schleiermacher, Friedrich. The Christian Faith.  New York:  T&T Clarke, 1999. 

Schwarz, Hans.  Christology. Grand Rapids:  William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1998.

Sharpe, Dores Robinson.  Walter Rauschenbusch.  New York: The MacMillan Company, 1942.

    Smith, H. Shelton, ed.  Horace Bushnell.  A Library of Protestant Thought.  New York:  Oxford University, 1965.

    Smucker, Donavan E. The Origins of Walter Rauschenbusch’s Social Ethics. Buffalo:  McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1994.

    Thomas, James Bishop.  Religion, Its Prophets and Its False Prophets. New York:  The MacMillan Company, 1941.

    Wallis, Jim.  God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong And The Left Doesn’t Get It. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 2005.

    ________.  The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America.  New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2008.
   

Articles and Chapters

    Allison, Gregg R. “A History of the Doctrine of the Atonement.”  The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 11, no. 2: 4-19.

    Anselm, “Why God Became Man.” In Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works. Edited by Brian Davies and Gill R. Evans. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.

    Hyde, William DeWitt, “The Sins Which Crucified Jesus.” In Modern Sermons by World Scholars. Edited by Robert Scott and William C. Stiles.  Volume 4.  New York:  Funk & Wagnals Company, 1909.

    Luther, Martin Luther.  “To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation.” Translated by Charles M. Jacobs. Revised by James Atkins. In Three Treatises. 2nd Edition. Revised. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1970, 1-112.

    Marina, Jacqueline. “Christology and Anthropology in Friedrich Schleiermacher.” In The Cambridge Companion to Friedrich Schleiermacher. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

    Ryken, Philip Graham. “The Medieval Achievement: Anselm on the Atonement.” In Precious Blood: The Atoning Work of Christ. Edited by Richard D. Phillips. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2011.

Wherefore Art Thou Theological Giants?

In his book, Christian Theology, Dr. Millard Erickson raises the issue that the age of theological giants seems to have faded. Erickson is not the only one to notice that trend. In an article by Dr. Roger Olson titled Where have all the (theological) giants gone? tries to answer the reason why. Here is the conclusion of that article:

Some years ago I was offered a chair of theology at a leading Baptist seminary.  I passed it up to come to my present seminary and I’ve never been sorry.  But a few years ago I asked our then dean about the possibility of ever having an endowed chair here.  His response was enlightening: “Probably not.  Baptists don’t care about theology.”  He could just as well have said “Christians don’t care about theology.”

Go to any Christian (or secular) bookstore and look for the section marked “theology.”  It probably doesn’t exist.  I’ve been alive long enough to remember when EVERY Christian bookstore had a fairly large section labeled either “theology” or “doctrine.”  An editor at a well-known Christian publisher told me “Few people read religious non-fiction.”  If you want to get a theological message out to the Christian (or non-Christian) public you’d better package it as fiction–The Shack, Left Behind, etc.

So, what I’m saying is that perhaps the fault for the lack of theological giants isn’t just the radical theologians.  Perhaps it’s also part of an overall “dumbing down” of society and especially the churches. 

So why does it matter?  Well, I think it was a good thing that Christian theologians (even some heretics) were public intellectuals and that theological debate was part of the larger cultural landscape.  It helped hold folk religion at bay.  Without that public theological discourse, American Christianity has by-and-large fallen into the hands of folk religion and folk theology–an anti-intellectual mix of cliches and religious urban legends and individual “spiritual” feelings. . . .

Finally, where are the influential “deep thinkers” among evangelical Christians?  Where are our giants?  We once had Carl F. H. Henry, Bernard Ramm, Donald G. Bloesch, Millard Erickson and, yes, even Stanley Grenz.  These were people all evangelical students of theology once read and talked about whether they agreed with them or not.  They transcended the petty divides and wrestled creatively with theology’s big issues and questions from an evangelical perspective.  Who does that now?  A few names come to mind, but I’m not sure they are nearly as widely read or influential as those earlier evangelical giants were: Kevin Vanhoozer, Alister McGrath….?  What’s amazing is how short the list is!  (I’m sure I left someone out, but the point is–who is replacing the giants of the past?  It’s difficult to come up with names!) . . .

Some excellent points raised here. I do believe the dumbing down of Christianity has contributed to the lack of theological giants. But it really goes both ways, as Olson makes clear. The lack of theological giants has led to the dumbing down of theology.

But there is more here than just this. Culturally, postmodernism has made theology less interesting. In the Reformation, theology was a matter of heaven and hell.  Now, young postmoderns roll their eyes and sigh when confronted with the hypostatic union. Culturally, we are becoming more secular and the Church has responded by becoming more secular itself. Pragmatism has replaced a fined tuned theology. Instead of celebrating our distinctives, we are emphasizing theological tolerance that encourages heresy in the name of openness and "conversation."

The giants are gone and both the culture and the church are their murderers. This does not mean that theology is dead, but that theology does not enjoy the audience it once did. Are theologians just talking to themselves or having the deep cultural impact that they used to? Theology is still the answer to the questions we are asking, but many in the culture and the church don't want to hear what we have to say.


Dr. Roger Olson - Where have all the (theological) giants gone? 


Christian Theology: Blogging Through Erickson - Prolegomena 1 
Christian Theology: Blogging Through Erickson - Prolegomena 2 
Christian Theology: Blogging Through Erickson - Prolegomena 3
Christian Theology: Blogging Through Erickson - Prolegomena 4   
Christian Theology: Blogging Through Erickson - Prolegomena 5


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Christian Theology: Blogging Through Erickson - Prolegomena 5

Christian Theology: Blogging Through Erickson - Prolegomena 1 
Christian Theology: Blogging Through Erickson - Prolegomena 2 
Christian Theology: Blogging Through Erickson - Prolegomena 3
Christian Theology: Blogging Through Erickson - Prolegomena 4    
Christian Theology: Blogging Through Erickson - Prolegomena 5  



Where have all the theological giants gone? In his prolegomena, Millard Erickson makes a few points regarding the theological scene today. His third point is particularly interesting:

Related to these two other developments is the fact that there do not seem to be the theological giants such as were abroad even a generation ago. In the first half of the twentieth century, there were great theological thinkers who formulated extensive, carefully crafted systems of theology: Karl Barth, Emil Brunner, Paul Tillich, Rudolf Bultmann. In conservative circles men like G. C. Berkouwer in the Ntherlands and Edward Carnell and Carl F. H. Henry in the United States were recognized as leaders. Now most of these theologians have passed from the active theological scene, and no thinkers have risen to dominate the theological landscape quite as they did. Two who have made noteworthy accomplishments are Wolfhart Pannenberg and Jurgen Moltmann, but they have not garnered sizable followings. Consequently, there is a considerably larger circle of influential theologians but the extent of the influence exerted by any one of them is less than that of the men already mentioned. (65-66)

One must wonder why this is. Prior to this, Erickson noted that theological movements throughout history have gotten shorter and shorter. Augustine's influence was for centuries followed by Thomas Aquinas whose influence was great, but not as long as Augustine's. Then there was the Reformation then Wesley, liberalism, Karl Barth, etc. Each theological movement and representative gets shorter and shorter.

This perhaps explains part of the reason why there has not been a theological giant in recent years. Erickson does not mean to say that there are no competent theologians. I'm sure Erickson thinks himself to be one since he has penned countless theological works including this 1300+ page systematic theology textbook.

But this trend can be moved beyond theology. For example, where is the next Billy Graham? TIME Magazine once thought T. D. Jakes is him, but let us pray that that is not the case. Billy Graham was preceded by Billy Sunday who was preceded by D. L Moody. So where is the next Billy Graham?

I don't think there will be one. Instead, what God seems to be doing in his providence is change the focus from one man and his ministry to a number of giants throughout the world. For example, the most influential churches in the country are spread out. John MacArthur is in California with Rick Warren. Then there are influential congregations in Atlanta, Texas, Baltimore, Michigan etc.

This is to say that Erickson raises an issue than appears to follow a broader cultural trend in Christianity, theology, and culture in general. It appears that people are not turning towards an individual giant, but to several influential voices and I'm not sure this is necessarily a bad thing.

But Erickson explains this strange phenomena this way:

Theology is now being done in a period characterized by, among other things, a "knowledge explosion." The amount of information is growing so rapidly that mastery of a large area of thought is becoming increasingly difficult. While this is especially true in technological areas, biblical and theological knowledge is also much broader than it once was. The result has been a much grater degree of specialization than was previously the case. In Biblical studies, for example New Testament scholars tend to specialize in the Gospels or in the Pauline writings. Church historians tend to specialize in one period, such as the Reformation. Consequently, research and publication are often in narrower areas and in greater depth. (66)

This is a valid point and I think he's on to something here and this has been a trend since the Enlightenment. It used to be that one could be a theologian, a medical doctor, and a scientist. Now, it is virtually impossible. Everything has a speciality and a speciality within a speciality and theology is no different. The historical theologian, as Erickson points out, may specialize in the Reformation, but he may more specifically specialize in Martin Luther and the German Reformation. This certainly makes things more difficult for theology, but I'm not sure it is the main reason why such giants appear to be missing. What the main reason is I do not know, but one must admit that a generation ago, there were a lot of specialties and yet Barth still wrote his tome and dominated the theological scene. He was aware of the Document Hypothesis of the Pentateuch, higher and lower criticism, modern liberalism, and debates within philosophy, science, and theology and yet still managed to do what Erickson says is missing today.

So where are the giants? I don't know, but we can certainly affirm that we are not without influential and powerful voices all around us. As a student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, I sat under what I consider to be theological giants in their own right. Seminarians throughout the country can say the same thing. Theology continues to progress and God is still raising up competent and wise men to serve His church to guard the faith, and to carry on the faith once for all delivered to the saints.


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