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What does it mean to say that Jesus “emptied himself” … or how to avoid committing heresy
One of the things I picked up on in my Bethel Deep Dive was concerning a tendency towards kenosis theory in Bill Johnson’s teaching. This is the belief that Jesus some how laid aside his divinity, or aspects of it in his incarnation. Johnson has argued that this is in order to set an example…
Against Christianity: Christendom and Christian Nationalism in Peter Leithart’s thought
As mentioned previously, there is a diversity to Federal Vision with differences between key proponents, just as you might identify differences among the early reformers, Calvin, Zwingli and Luther disagreeing on the nature of the sacraments among other things. Some have talked in terms of a Federal Vision, dark and a Federal Vision, light. Take…
The Quiet Revival? Is the Culture changing?
As I reported recently, The Bible Society have now acknowledged that their “Quiet Revival” report was based on faulty data from You Gov. It is important to be clear that the responsibility for the failure lies squarely with You Gov. However, I think there are lessons still to be learnt in terms of how we…
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Recent scandals have put Bethel, Redding, CA in the news. However, our greater concern should be with the underlying theology and how that affects culture. In Bethel: The Deep Dive I look at some of the significant issues and encourage Evangelicals to reflect not just on how that theology and culture may influence us through direct partnership but also how our own movements and networks may have incubated the same problems.
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