Articles - Humble Orthodoxy

The Apostle Paul spent a lot of time teaching. He taught in the synagogues, in the streets, in the markets, with women by the river, at all night Bible studies where people fell out of windows, and from house to house. The center of his ministry was the proclamation and explanation of the truth about God.

As a teacher of truth, the apostle was an astute observer of…

What is the “orthodoxy” in our “humble orthodoxy” anyway? What do we mean when we say “orthodoxy?” It’s a question that we often explore in parts on the Na blog, but this week we wanted to pause and define the most essential of the essentials.

Mark Dever answered this question recently in his message on doctrinal discernment last May at New Attitude. We…

“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…

“Orthodoxy” is the a commitment to the teaching and application of the established, proven, and cherished truths of our faith—the most central of which is the message of salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

But I want more than just my facts straight. I want a posture of heart that reflects the incredible nature of this message. I want to be humble. I want to…

It feels like yesterday that a group of friends and I sat around a small table at a Baltimore Barnes & Noble. We’d been spending a couple days praying and studying together and beginning the process of planning New Attitude 2006. The goal for the weekend was to do our best to hear the voice of God through his word and prayer to answer the question, “What should New Attitude…

In my recent post on why I think humble orthodoxy is important, one person left the following comment:

“Is it just me or does Humble Orthodoxy birth an upside down thinking? It seems that the more growth you experience, the more you learn to distrust your own knowledge. As if the more Orthodoxy you obtain, the more you learn Humility is the only way and the key mark…

I am committed to humble orthodoxy because I have a great tee shirt that has “Humble Orthodoxy” across the chest.

Honestly, I am committed to it because I think Jesus Christ is most honored when I am humbled by his death for my sins and when I believe right things about him.

Besides that, what are the alternatives?

1. Proud Non-orthodoxy - This is…

Why am I committed to a humble orthodoxy?

Well there are two parts to this answer.

The first is positive.

I want people to know God truthfully and experience the presence of God fully. That is why I am committed to humble orthodoxy. My passion and burden is to do all that I can to lead and direct people to a richer, fuller, grander,…

As I write this today, August 31st, is my 16th wedding anniversary. Which can only mean two things: (1) I asked and received special dispensation for writing this response, and (2) humble orthodoxy is important enough that I needed to ask permission to give it attention.

“Humbly accept the word planted in you.” That’s the command James writes to his audience and to us who follow Christ.

I’m committed to humble orthodoxy because orthodoxy isn’t enough.

Mere orthodoxy, mere correctness of doctrine, mere mental knowledge of biblical truth, isn’t enough to drive what I’m called to do as a man, husband, father, pastor, and missionary to the San Francisco Peninsula. Let me explain.

James 2 gives one of Scripture’s sharpest statements that God wants his people to operate with something more than mere…

We asked Bob Kauflin some questions about worship and humble orthodoxy.

1. Why is holding truth so important in worship?
Jesus said in John 17:3, “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” We can’t worship a God we don’t know. That’s why biblical doctrine and theology are so important in the songs…

My apologetics should have started with an apology. Sometimes you get revelations like this sitting in a coffeeshop arguing with your friends.

I love apologetics, mostly because I love arguing, so when I heard that an apologist of another faith was coming to town, I couldn’t pass it up. Two of my apologetics loving friends, Bobby and Tim, came along too.

For the past two hours…

Sometimes I argue with my Bible. When I read something I don’t like, my sinful heart immediately reacts. I want to argue. I want to fight. I want to change what’s on the page to something else—to something more comfortable or something that requires less change in my life or suits my preferences.
All of us have truths we want to ignore, even when they are what we…

We love Justin Taylor for walking out humble orthodoxy with his unique blend of wisdom and humility. Justin is currently the ESV Bible Project Manager at Crossway and writes a blog called Between Two Worlds. We asked him 11 questions about Humble Orthodoxy and church trends...

Question #1: Can you give us your definition of Humble Orthodoxy and why we need it in the…