“At the same time, a theology seduced by nomism (all too often the case in the church) is ill equipped to do battle with antinomianism. Since it has already compromised the eschatological gospel, it can fight only from the position of law and charge its opponents with the ‘terrible heresy’ of being anti-law. Thus, the […]
Why say “No” to “a preferential option for the poor”
“To sympathize with those who are less fortunate is honorable and decent. A man able to commiserate only with himself would surely be neither admirable nor attractive. But every virtue can become deformed by excess, insincerity, or loose thinking into an opposing vice. Sympathy, when excessive, moves toward sentimental condescension and eventually disdain; when insincere, […]
Forde got out of Biblicism; you can, too (1)
“For faith in the end of the law leads to the view that its purpose is to take care of this world, not to prepare for the next. That means that we do not possess absolute, unchangeable laws. If the law no longer takes care of this world, it can and must be changed. As […]
We have to give God a leg up
“Since Adam was sent away from paradise we are always looking for back doors, as it were, in order to realize our aim to be able to boast of participating in God himself and his thinking! I’d prefer Adam, for he was honest and did not try to hide his aim! What answers the question: […]
No Islamic “Golden Age” Ever Existed
Why don’t Muslims want us to know their history, their “hidden” history? Because it is far different from the Islamic Infomercial of our day. “…the entire concept of an Islamic Golden Age, the three centuries between the seventh and tenth centuries during which the Muslim world enjoyed an altogether higher level of culture than Europe, […]