“Indeed, redemption through Christ represents a reaffirmation of the creation mandate, not its annulment. When people are saved by God through faith in Christ they are not only being saved from their sins, they are saved in order to resume the tasks mandated at creation, the task of caring for and cultivating a world that honors God and reflects his character and glory.”
― To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World
― To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World
“judgement has been postponed so that the people of God might witness to God's kingdom and all might repent and enter the kingdom of
God.”
― Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview
God.”
― Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview
“The idea of salvation cannot be reduced to a personal relationship with Jesus. God's plan is much more encompassing. God intends for salvation to be a community-creating event.”
― When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus' Vision for Authentic Christian Community
― When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus' Vision for Authentic Christian Community
“For Christians, this renewing orientation is particularly important, since severe social oppression and injustice can easily seduce them into identifying the whole social order ("the Establishment," the "status quo," or "the system") with the "world" in its religiously negative sense. When this fatal identification is made, Christians tend to withdraw from all participation in societal renewal.
Under the guise of keeping itself from the "world," the body of Christ then in effect allows the powers of secularization and distortion to dominate the greater part of its life. This is not so much an avoidance of evil as a neglect of duty.”
― Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview
Under the guise of keeping itself from the "world," the body of Christ then in effect allows the powers of secularization and distortion to dominate the greater part of its life. This is not so much an avoidance of evil as a neglect of duty.”
― Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview
“We typically admire the intellectual abilities and accomplishments of those who understand the intricacies of physics. Physics, however, is only the study of the world that God has created. Theology is the study of God, who is creator and redeemer. Therefore, even with the revelation of God in Scripture and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we should not be surprised that the work of theology calls for the very best that we have to give. And we should be thankful for the theologians we study, who have gone before us to understand the God in whom we believe.”
― A Primer for Christian Doctrine
― A Primer for Christian Doctrine
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