Sublime

Keller’s apologetic model for politics was perfectly suited for the “neutral world.” But the “negative world” is a different place. Tough choices are increasingly before us, offense is unavoidable, and sides will need to be taken on very important issues. Recent events have proven that being winsome in this moment will not guarantee a favorable hea

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Bonhoeffer might have argued that a true theological conception of persons that creates a community of persons allows for a resonance that is encountered as the revelation of Jesus Christ.

True otherness is always elusive and beyond our control (it’s an event).

hollowing out the rudiments of democratic culture, especially the skills and habits of accountable association.

Denominational dystopia is an issue of resources.

What made Warren’s perspective both genius and problematic is that he offered Jesus at the level of the nova effect. Jesus was another third option amongst the thousands of others. Of course Warren was not shy in claiming that Jesus was the best option, a third way that could actually deliver in providing purpose and individual flourishing. But onc

The pastor may have been a heretic or the devil in disguise, but apathy was not an option—demons and devils roamed too close to the self.

claim that you are beyond needing a minister, that you are too strong for ministry. And therefore you refuse the gift of faith that is to be transformed into the likeness of Christ. Faith can only be Jesus’s own because it is only Jesus who completely and fully lives from the ministry of the Father. Faith is found only in Jesus because only Jesus t