Monthly Archives: December 2010

Incarnation

Posted on December 31, 2010 by chrisjlbennett

How about this for a summary of the essence of Christmas?  It’s from John of Damascus (The Orthodox Faith, III 6), quoted in Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics, vol. 3, p297: “For the whole Christ assumed the whole me, that he … Continue reading →

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Wide prayers

Posted on December 31, 2010 by chrisjlbennett

How wide are the prayers and the heart of the apostle Paul!  In 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 he talks about thanking God for all of them at all times etc.   Yet he only spent about 3 weeks with them.  He … Continue reading →

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Contextualization

Posted on December 27, 2010 by chrisjlbennett

The biggest issues in church and ministry now are not about denomination or Reformed versus Arminian theology or charismaticism etc; instead the biggest issues are related to the enormous change in culture around us in the past 60 years. Are … Continue reading →

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Persuading the confused

Posted on December 27, 2010 by chrisjlbennett

In his Essays on religion, science and society, p43, Herman Bavinck says we should not berate people whose view of Christ is somewhat defective, if they do have a basic, gut-level bias towards Christ; but we should accept their profession … Continue reading →

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