Theology

Tony Jones and Steve Brown on the Radio

By Chris Case ⋅ May 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Having started seminary at a very liberal school, then ending up at RTS and having Steve Brown as a professor, I definitely connect with his perspective. In my experience, I’ve had a hard time connecting with a lot of PCA folks… while I appreciate the systematics, the practical theology just doesn’t play itself out [...]

The Aplotetos to Christ

By Chris Case ⋅ February 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

“Take me back to the time//When I was maybe eight or nine
And I believed
When Jesus walked on waters blue/And if He helped me, I could too
If I believed
Before rationale, analysis and systematic thinking
Robbed me of a sweet simplicity
When wonders and when mysteries//Were far less often silly dreams
And childhood fantasies
Help me believe”
Nicole Nordeman’s Help me Believe
“But [...]

The “ER” of Liberalism

By Chris Case ⋅ February 18, 2008 ⋅ One comment

When I started seminary, I was connected to a fairly liberal denomination. I thought that I could just jump through the hoops of my seminary experience in order to go out and be cavalier within the denomination and be part of the change. That is all well and good except for how overwhelmingly [...]

Jesusanity: He Still Was Human

By Chris Case ⋅ January 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

In one of his more recent posts, Albert Mohler tells of how post-modern culture has the tendency to ‘dethrone’ Jesus, often presenting Jesus as simply a great teacher, but not acknowledging his divinity. Although I understand Mohler’s critique of those who do wish to present him as a great teacher, I do not see [...]

The Box Effect

By Chris Case ⋅ October 16, 2007 ⋅ 5 comments

Maybe there’s just two kinds of people. Two kinds of people that lead to two different versions of epistemology. Two kinds of epistemology that leads to (what Doug Pagitt calls) two versions of Christianity.
In a recent Christianity Today article on Mark Driscoll, regarding the differences between himself and Mark, Doug says “I think [...]

My Church Would Be Bigger Than Jesus’

By Chris Case ⋅ October 12, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

I recently attended the Catalyst conference here in Atlanta. The conference is made for Christian leaders, both in vocational ministry and in secular vocations, and attracts a slew of well-known speakers and authors such as Rick Warren, Andy Stanley, Shane Claiborne, Erwin McManus and others. The conference was an entertainment spectacle, with North [...]

Why ‘Reformergent’?

By Chris Case ⋅ October 9, 2007 ⋅ 7 comments

Simply put, reformergent is a blog interested in the interaction between Reformed theology and the Emerging church movement. As our society moved out of modernism into post-modernism and beyond, the church has sought ways to interact with contemporary culture. In the recent decade, the emerging church has rose to popularity and some controversy [...]

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