by ccpwebteam | Dec 17, 2019 | Culture
New Testament scholar James Edwards relates this story: In January 1982 I asked [German theologian] Helmet Thielicke if he could identify the worst evil he experienced in the Third Reich in Germany. His answer: “The unredeemed human...
by ccpwebteam | Dec 11, 2019 | Spiritual Life
Calvin, on Romans 6:12 (“Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.”)— He does not say: ‘Let it not be,’ but ‘Let it not reign.’ So long as you live, sin must needs be in your members. At least let it be deprived of...
by ccpwebteam | Dec 10, 2019 | Practical Spirituality, Spiritual Life
Unity is something people in Christian circles discuss a lot. And for good reason. Consider, for instance, what Paul wrote in his letter to the Ephesian church (chapter 4, verse 3), that we must be”endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of...
by ccpwebteam | Dec 3, 2019 | Spiritual Life
Most of us who have walked with Christ for more than a few days are familiar with the experience of an inner struggle. We want to follow Christ. But we also find things in us which seem to press in the opposite direction. So I feel comforted when I read things like...
by ccpwebteam | Nov 27, 2019 | End-Times, Theology
On Monday we studied Revelation 20:11-15, which records John’s vision of the judgement at the Great White Throne. Here are some further thoughts from Thomas Oden, answering this question: Why must the ultimate judgement for humans happen at the very end of...
