Like many others I have observed a lamentable tendency to divorce biblical doctrine from Christian practice. People want to improve their lives, so they ask for -practical- lessons to give them concrete solutions for their problems. Certainly the word of God is filled with specific prescriptions for behavior, but the strength to carry them out does not come from the commandments themselves. As the Apostle Paul noted, the law of God does not give life; it kills (Romans 7:9-11). It is the Spirit of God alone who enables us to live a new kind of life. He does this by reorienting our thought...
Like many others I have observed a lamentable tendency to divorce biblical doctrine from Christian practice. People want to improve their lives, so th...
This is my PhD dissertation done under Dr. Samuel T. Logan, Jr. at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in 1985. It examines the controversy over mental images of Christ that erupted during the Great Awakening of the 1740s. The study explores mental idolatry and the appropriate use of vivid images in preaching-both essential topics for today.
This is my PhD dissertation done under Dr. Samuel T. Logan, Jr. at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in 1985. It examines the controver...
