Author: Jonathan Dodson

Resurgence Conference 2007 Where the Hand of God Meets the Hands of Men Dr. Bruce Ware

In the shifting sands of churches today the doctrine of God has taken the back burner to more cultural hot buttons. This should alarm the church, as many of the debated issues center on the doctrine of God. If you trace back one of the more prevalent disagreements of today you begin to realize it started with the shaky doctrine of God being held by that group. Resurgence is glad to bring in Dr. Bruce Ware from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to Mars Hill Church’s Ballard Campus. Dr. Ware is an accomplished professor and writer in this field and will encourage the church in three messages on the providence of God. This conference is starting just after the Acts 29 Network boot camp in Seattle. As well, Dr. Ware will be preaching on Sunday, March 25th at Mars Hill Church. The price of the Resurgence Conference 2007 is $25 To register click here. Also, view the Welcome Packet for more details.

See the interview by Cathleen Falsani here.

Barak makes some good points about the fluidity of the term “evangelical,” points that Emergent folk will likely gobble up. Furthermore, he points out his reservations about certain passages of Scripture in McLaren style, something that distinguishes evangelicals from post-evangelicals. Evangelicals have always stood by the inerrancy and accuracy of Scripture (in the original autographs), grounding thier knowledge of God, themselves, and the world in a revealed epistemology. On this point McLaren waivers: I can not know that the records of Jesus are accurate with “absolute, undoubtable, unquestionable certainty.” (The Church in Emerging Culture, 201).

Is forgiveness sufficient to enter the new heavens and earth, to spend eternity in peace and fellowship with the triune God and the future he has prepared for his people? What, exactly, is the connection between forgiveness and new creation? It is not like a damaged part, which once it is repaired, may properly perform its function. Forgiveness is for more than function and sin more costly than the time and energy of repair. Forgiveness is required because Someone has been offended. Forgiveness reminds us that salvation is not merely a theo-logical process where by the ordo salutis is executed. Instead, it is intensely personal. Read more…

Here is an interesting discussion we started a while back, that deserves more attention.  Check out the conversation on “What is the Gospel?” at From Eden to Heaven.