"The more I read the New Age literature, the more I am struck by several facts. Almost none of it seriously wrestles with the historical and textual arguments put forward by serious Christians. New Age thought is insufferably fuzzy and inconsistent. Anthing it likes or can use, it rips out of its historic context and redeploys with new content, often made out of whole cloth. It almost never deals with evil, because it is most commonly pantheistic -- and religions that do not wrestle with the problems of human evil are blind beyond words. Worse, almost all of this multiplying thought is irremediably selfish. The aim of the exercise is self-fulfillment, self-actualization, serenity, productivity, power. God, if he/she/it exists, exists for me. And from a biblical perspective, it is this profound selfishness that lies at the heart of all human sin."
- D.A. Carson
Monday, March 11, 2013
I never before noticed this juxtaposition between what happened on the first day of the Law versus what happened on the first day of the Church.
And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell. - Exodus 32:28
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. - Acts 2:41
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Comments on "Juxtaposition":
3. Doug
- 03/11/2013 3:24 pm CDT
Also Bill, this is awkward, but I couldn't find your email and it needed to be said. About a year ago, I made a fairly aggressively snarky comment here on a post. It was I think a political conversation, and I was really frustrated, and I lashed out pretty nastily.
The next day, I saw that you had left a comment on one of the darker posts on my blog. You had read it, and you very simply acknowledged that it sounded things were rough for me, and you hoped they'd get better. You could've said so many things, none of them kind, and been within your rights, but you were kind to me. That meant much to me, and began to serve as a reminder of God's grace following me through some really awful stuff.
So, thank you. Thank you for showing your love for Jesus in how you treated me. It has helped me know Him better. Anyways, random, I know, but figured it was about time I thank you.
5. Karl
- 03/12/2013 8:56 am CDT
Bill has received me with gentle words also on more than one occasion when it would have been easy for our exchange to escalate/devolve into a typical internet argument rather than a respectful discussion. I appreciate the intentionality by all the Thinklings but especially as exemplified by Bill, to make this a place where even those voicing contrary opinions are received with grace. "A soft answer turns away wrath."
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That is interesting. Very interesting.