Articles - 09/2007

Yesterday the bloggers shared what they loved about the current generation of Christians—and there was a lot to be thankful for. Today they share potential concerns for the current generation of Christians.

Justin Taylor: One of the things I’m most concerned about is our lack of understanding biblical doctrine and then how to apply it and communicate it in a winsome and humble manner. We can talk about…

Justin Buzzard’s recent article got us thinking so we asked our bloggers to continue the conversation and share things that encouraged them about this current generation of Christians and things that concerned them. What we got was a great roundtable discussion.

Today: Encouragement.

Justin Taylor: One of the things that I think is most encouraging among this current generation of Christians is the recovery of the…

“Orthodoxy” is one of those words that, for me, used to conjure up images of stodgy, dry, boring, impassable old men in suits telling me what God’s will is without explaining how to do God’s will.

But I’m grateful to God that this former perspective of mine has been forever shattered by the humble, passionate, and caring demonstration of orthodox truth believed and lived out by the members…

Social justice is a popular catchphrase these days. Everyone knows that it’s right to care for the poor, the oppressed, and the marginalized. And beautiful people like Brad & Angelina make it more fashionable by the day. This is a wonderful evidence of common grace that deserves to be celebrated, but social justice without orthodoxy is just watered-down niceness. As disciples of Christ, our longings for justice and mercy are…

I’ll be brutally honest: I’m not always committed to humble orthodoxy. Far too often my inclination is toward “proud orthodoxy,” or to my own (supposedly humble) ideas or proposals or doctrines. But I want to be continually growing in my understanding of and commitment to “humble orthodoxy"-because I love Jesus, and that’s what I see him practicing; and because I seek to follow God’s Word, and that’s what I see…