Monthly Archives: February 2014

World Harvest Mission’s Sonship Course

I’m still struggling to grasp clearly what a number of dear Reformed Christians, who love John Calvin and Herman Bavinck just as I do, find objectionable about the Sonship Course published by WHM – it’s a discipleship course with 16 … Continue reading

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The conservative Pharisees of Mark chapter 7

In verses 1-23 of ch.7 of Mark’s Gospel we see something scarily relevant to all conservative Christians. The Pharisees’ traditions were replacing Scripture; and the general way  human religion tends to do that is seen here.  They had relatively uncostly … Continue reading

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Dangers of conservative Christianity

Something I began seeing in the mid-90s has come back with renewed force and clarity while teaching from Colossians 1:9-14 – where Paul puts not keeping the law or believing all the right things but living a life worthy of … Continue reading

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