Nihilism Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
It is often associated with extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns existence. A true nihilist would believe in nothing, have no loyalties, and no purpose other than, perhaps, an impulse to destroy. While few philosophers would claim to be nihilists, nihilism is most often associated with Friedrich Nietzsche who argued that its corrosive effects would eventually destroy all moral, religious, and metaphysical convictions and precipitate the greatest crisis in human history. In the 20th century, nihilistic themes--epistemological failure, value destruction, and cosmic purposelessness--have preoccupied artists, social critics, and philosophers. Mid-century, for example, the existentialists helped popularize tenets of nihilism in their attempts to blunt its destructive potential. Table of Contents 1. 2. What I relate is the history of the next two centuries. What Happens When Christianity Doesn't Work by Michael Horton - White Horse Inn. What Happens When Christianity Doesn't WorkA Funeral Sermon for Dr.
Timothy Brewerby Michael S. Horton© 1995, White Horse Inn The story of Job has come down to us as the catch-all for moments like this one, with spin-off phrases such as, "the patience of Job," "Job's counselors," and the like. And yet, we come to this moment and to this place because we are scandalized by the suffering that brought Tim Brewer--husband, father, pastor and friend--to the end of his rope. We find ourselves filled with a variety of emotions: pity, sorrow, rage, puzzlement, resentment and despair, and we wonder how things could possibly have ended this way.
Our culture has come to value only things that are practical, things that work. Excommunication (Matt. 18:17) « The Reformed Reader. Many Christians rightly look for a church that preaches the word.
This is a fundamental “must” of a biblical and apostolic church: to preach the word – the full counsel of God, both law and gospel – in and out of season (Matt. 28:19-20, 1 Cor. 9:16, 2 Tim. 4:2, etc.). And, of course, Christian churches must also administer the two sacraments Christ has lovingly given us (Matt. 28:19, 1 Cor. 11:20, etc.). These two things are non-negotiable; if a church does not do them, it isn’t a church at all. So the Reformers called preaching the word and administering the sacraments two marks of a true Christian church (BCF 29). But there’s a third mark that many Christians don’t think about as much when they look for a church: Christian discipline. Why should Christian churches discipline those unrepentant among them who live an unbiblical life or believe an unbiblical doctrine? When someone in a church is unrepentant, how should the elders deal with him or her?
What is excommunication? Shane lems. Worship: Evangelical or Reformed? Written by W.
Robert Godfrey | Sunday, October 20, 2013 One great difficulty that we Reformed folk have in thinking about worship is that our worship in many places has unwittingly been accommodated to evangelical ways. If we are to appreciate our Reformed heritage in worship and, equally importantly, if we are to communicate its importance, character, and power to others, we must understand the distinctive character of our worship.
One of the challenges of being Reformed in America is to figure out the relationship between what is evangelical and what is Reformed. Protestantism in America is dominated by the mainline Protestants, the evangelicals, and the charismatics. Some observers argue that the confessional Reformed are a subgroup in the broader evangelical movement. One area in which the differences between evangelical and Reformed can be examined is the matter of worship. The Presence of God in Worship The presence of God in worship may seem a strange issue to raise. Conclusion. Creativity is Subtraction – truth from Austin. Coursekit is now Lore.
What’s the Story? Art & DesignCreativity & Innovation Creativity is Subtraction – truth from Austin Kleon, part of his brilliant Newspaper Blackout project. #advice.