John Piper explains that people in our culture face a particular challenge in understanding the Gospel. It is an aspect of truth that we resist. But if we would only embrace this truth, we would find great comfort. If you…
C.S. Lewis and His Last Hurdle to Belief
One of the final steps in C.S. Lewis’s conversion was for him to accept the truth that Christians can truly be united or “Bound Together” with Christ. In his excellent new biography of C.S. Lewis, Alister McGrath does more than…
Reviews of Bound Together
Two major reviews of Bound Together: How We are Tied to Others in Good and Bad Choices have recently been published. First, Dr. Greg Forster wrote a review for The Gospel Coalition web site. Forster is program director at the…
Penn State Solidarity: A Double Edged Sword Illustrating a Biblical Truth
For decades, Joe Paterno was one who brought victories to many in State College. Now, Penn State solidarity and identification with Joe Paterno is bringing State College down. The Penn State debacle illustrates the truth that corporate solidarity is a…
Inheriting the Joplin Tornado
Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart. Proverbs 11:29. My mind still can’t quite grasp the devastation of the Joplin Tornado. The destructive force is mind numbing.…
Individualism does not agree with the Gospel
If what you do is your own business, then what Christ did on the Cross is His own business. See also, The Principle of the Rope and Individualism is Fundamentally Misleading
The Principle of the Rope
One of the things we talk about at our church is something called the principle of the rope. The principle of the rope is that there exists an invisible link, a figurative rope if you will, between people. Whether you…
Contra Individualism, No Man is an Island
Individualistic Americans, including many Evangelicals, would do well to reflect on this illustration. Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai taught: There is a story about men who were sitting on a ship, one of them lifted up a borer and began boring…
The Principle of the Rope in the Negative (Achan’s Sin)
Scot McKnight (The Jesus Creed) has an interesting thread going on Achan’s sin (Joshua 7). A mother asked Scot how she should respond to her eleven year old daughter who asked her mother, “How can it be fair that Achan’s…