Archive for December, 2009
A “carnal christian”? – No Such Thing!
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Despite dispensationalism’s teaching regarding two kinds of Christians, one spiritual and one fleshly (resulting in a “great mass of carnal Christians,” Charles Ryrie), the Scripture makes no such class distinction, noting that Christians “are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you,” so that “if anyone [...]
The Essential Nature of God
Monday, December 7th, 2009God is Spirit “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24) “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” (John 1:18) “Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the [...]
The Hereisy of Kenotic Theology
Monday, December 7th, 2009The Heresy of Kenotic Theology See http://kenosis.info “Kenosis” is a Greek term taken from Philipians. 2:7, where Christ is spoken of as having “emptied himself” (RSV) and taken human form. Kenotic theology can be said to have begun as a serious form of reflection on Christology in the works of Gottfried Thomasius (1802 – 75), [...]