Frames of Reference

Post-modern philosophy may be the latest fad in “Christian” circles (emerging-this, post-that, beyond-whatever, neo-something, social justice, etc.), but when an author complains about what he calls “neo-fundamentalism”, he actually reveals why post-modern philosophy fails so spectacularly (although he probably didn’t mean to).

Rachel Held Evans reviews “The Bible Made Impossible”, what appears to be a fairly liberal book (stay-tuned for the stunning—if honest—goal of the author).

I’m not a big fan of resolutions because very few people manage to keep them, as can be seen by the glut of used exercise equipment around February each year.

We’re continually amazed at attempts by “Christians” to subvert the clear Word of the Bible. Well, not really, as heretics have attempted to deceive Christians since the founding of the church. Rather we’re amazed the church won’t recognize these false un-Biblical ideas for what they are, perhaps because many Christians are Bible illiterate.

At the end of the year it’s popular to do a year-end review, so for the benefit of new subscribers who missed some postings we present popular ones from the last 12 months.

For our email subscribers, a special tip of the hat to say thanks for reading.

One danger these days involves the use of feelings instead of facts. If you’ve been in a public school you’re quite aware of the problem (John Loeffler says we’ve gone from being right to feeling good about being wrong). Unfortunately, that disease infects the church as well, and it’s not a new problem.

Tim Tebow stirred up some controversy without doing much, just by living his life as he likely always has. As always, you’re free to ignore him if you wish … to paraphrase the (in)famous pro-abortion saying “Don’t like Tebow? Then don’t watch him”.