Category: Theses
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Heidelberg Disputation (Thesis 2)
The showdown with Aristotle continues. The good, the bad, and the ugly have just been told that keeping the law will not advance them towards righteousness, rather, it will hinder them and make them worse. Luther follows with some more shots in quick succession, with a rifle on loan to him by one Chuck Connors […]
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Heidelberg Disputation (Thesis 1)
Good citizens are those that keep the law right? Those who don’t speed, don’t shop lift, and do look after the property of others. Well that is how we as humans look at each other and judge whether we are good citizens, or ‘righteous’, according to our laws. From a human perspective, there is much […]
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Have you ever wondered why some Christians want to defend free will?…
Many christians want to defend the idea of free will because somehow without it we must turn into some form of Robo Cop style robot rather than a human being. It’s funny, I wonder what the argument would have been before robots were invented? Yet many christian folk are willing to die on the hill […]
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Thesis 5: A fake sinner will only merit a fake saviour. A true sinner will, by faith alone, merit the righteousness and forgiveness of a true saviour…Be a sinner!
“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Mark 2:17 ESV) See Luther Quote #5 for the explanation.
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Thesis 4: In the beginning God made them male and female. In the middle mankind made male female and female male. In the end God will make them ashamed and judge those who, in their rebellion, made God a liar.
This is self-evident to any one with eyes on the natural world, or who can plainly read the Scriptures.
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Thesis 3: Sacrificing truth for trendiness, preaching for a Bible talk, worship for a concert, a pulpit for a perspex podium, pastoral care for psychology, the preaching of Christ for mere talk about Christ, and the Word for wokeness; might fill the church, but it will not fill the kingdom of God.
Explanation: The people of God are not entertainers nor professional showmen. They are weak, not woke. Using our wisdom to reach the world might gain groupies but it won’t grow godliness. Paul knew this: “And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or […]
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Thesis 2: The church that uses principles of worldly wisdom to sell the gospel (like an Apple store, i.e an attractive logo and professional website, uniformed ushers and greeters, catchy vision and mission statements, short and shallow talks etc) needs to spend more time on foolish things like preaching the Word.
Explanation: when churches use worldly principles to reach the ‘unchurched’ they are inviting spiritual malnutrition among Christians because these principles overwhelmingly address the perceived needs of the perishing, rather than conducting the fullness of worship for those who are being saved. “For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but […]
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Thesis 1: If you cannot preach without using a powerpoint presentation during your sermon, you cannot preach!
Explanation: Always relying on a picture to explain a sermon illustration either means the preacher is lazy, or he does not have the vocabulary nor the grasp of the English language he needs to explain and express the point. The whole auditory vs. visual learner distinction behind the justification of using pictures is questionable and over blown in its importance. […]
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