Category Archives: theological

Would bringing back the vengeful help us to love our neighbors better?

Posted on June 15, 2009 by PaulVK

“Vengeance is mine, I will repay” Romans 12:9 The Bible talks a lot about God taking vengeance. This kind of speech bothers a lot of people. They imagine that their preferred god would simply and immediately look past all offenses … Continue reading →

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Idolatry and Emotional Worlds

Posted on June 14, 2009 by PaulVK

This is a repost from July 7, 2008 Again this was from a CRC Voices discussion continuing the discussion of emotional worlds. Tim Keller has obviously influenced a lot of my thinking along these lines. Idolatry is a large element … Continue reading →

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The Redemption of a history of tyranny

Posted on June 10, 2009 by PaulVK

This was also part of that conversation on enjoyment of the fruits of exploition mentioned in the previous post. This has been a wonderful thread to follow. It seems yet another confirmation of the notion of total depravity. Try to … Continue reading →

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Outline of Keller's Sermon on Cultural Renewal

Posted on June 4, 2009 by PaulVK

This sermon was given in October of 2005 as part of Redeemer’s Vision series. The recordings were free on the web for a long time but now only some of them are available free. The remainder can be purchased at … Continue reading →

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God's Zeal for his Honor

Posted on June 2, 2009 by PaulVK

In the NT Wright / John Piper dustup there is a lot of debate over God’s jealously over his honor. It seems clear that Wright is correct in not allowing Piper’s re-defining “righteousness” as God’s zeal for his glory. Wright’s … Continue reading →

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Growing into Freedom

Posted on June 1, 2009 by PaulVK

I wrote this as a comment on a blog. One of the most precious images Jesus gave us is the father image. Culturally we instinctively define freedom as “absence of external constraint” and we project this definition upon a blank … Continue reading →

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Pentecost

Posted on May 29, 2009 by PaulVK

Jesus is over the top. If you ask someone who Jesus was and what he taught you’ll likely get one of two answers: “Jesus tells us how to get to heaven when we die” or “Jesus, like all other great … Continue reading →

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Free will AND Determinism

Posted on May 27, 2009 by PaulVK

Something I wrote as a response on another blog: http://bit.ly/bxgec One of the areas that Reformed scholars have challenged Driscoll and Piper most on is the level of determinism that they are asserting comes from Calvin and other Reformation scholars. … Continue reading →

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How Grace through Christ breaks the victim to tyrant cycle of oppression

Posted on May 27, 2009 by PaulVK

Repost from December 20, 2006 Tim Keller has been preaching a bunch lately on suffering, just in time for Christmas. In a lecture called Suffering and the Steward-Leader he makes some startling comments on suffering. He states that suffering is … Continue reading →

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God can even change the past

Posted on May 14, 2009 by PaulVK

I have too often said “even God can’t change the past”. Now I’m not so sure. I read Mark 7 for family devotions to the kids. The chapter ends with Jesus healing a deaf man. The text talks about the … Continue reading →

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