Some of you are following conversations over theology today. You may not have a dog in the fight, but more & more you're seeing people mock, malign, and misrepresent others.
Disagreement is fair game. But reviling fellow believers exposes a serious heart problem--a sin problem.
If we disagree over theology, even in serious terms (as we will), we should do so carefully and respectfully.
But there is a foul spirit at play in evangelicalism today. It is worldly & poisonous. Satan is encouraging us to revile one another.
I urge you: have no part in this!
Feb 21, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The wrath of God—like the love of God—is anything but an anthropomorphic state.
The wrath of God—second only to the love of God—is the strongest force in existence.
By “force,” I mean the expression of God’s divine & non-creaturely emotions. There are no parts in God. But neither is God a God of plastic love & fake wrath; he loves his people with the purest love, and out of the overflow of his holiness he hates sin with the purest wrath.
Jan 8, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
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It’s increasingly common to construe the gospel not in legal terms but in “oppressor/oppressed” terms.
Sinners wickedly oppress one another. The gospel demands repentance for such sin.
But gospel is not fundamentally anthropocentric. The gospel is theocentric.
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The biblical gospel is intrinsically legal (Rom 4-5; Gal 1-2).
Once our legal problem resolves, our ethical problems (progressively) resolve.
Biblical gospel: trade your guilt for Christ’s righteousness.
Cultural gospel: cease oppressing others, empower the weak.
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