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Defining Open Theism
Thursday, 06 September 2007 18:46
Defining Open TheismHere is a good definition I found of the unbiblical movement called "Open Theism":
Open theism teach that God is not above time, that he does not control all of nature and history, that he does not know the future exhaustively, that he sometimes makes mistakes and changes his plans, and therefore is in someways dependent on the world.
Thick Gospel vs. Thin Gospel
Friday, 08 June 2007 04:52
Thick Gospel Vs. Thin Gospel
Growing A God-Centered Evangelism
When one things about evangelism and reaching people with the Gospel one must look to the Centrality of sovereign, saving grace because the quickening grace of God in salvation completely exalts God. Grace is God-honoring and humanity-humbling. We must see the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a "Thick Gospel" and not a "Thin Gospel. "
You may be asking, What in the world is a "Thick Gospel"? We all know that God initiates grace and that this grace frees us from the rejection of others in Evangelism. We know that evangelism is impossible without grace, for grace is what frees nonbelievers from their enslavement to sin. The problem with our understanding of the Gospel is that we stop our understanding of its relevance at the point a person profession Christ. For many Christians the Gospel is only for unbelievers because believers need to go beyond the Gospel in the the deeper-life.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The source of all grace is the Cross of our Savior Jesus Christ. The fact that "grace" continues its effect beyond our initial liberation from unbelief and continues to energize Christians should show that the Gospel of the Cross needs to be preached to Christian and non-Christian alike. What Christians need to understand is that after their salvation, the gracious power of the Holy Spirit upholds them through their Christian Journey. Saved under God-Centered and grace oriented evangelism, they have a wonderful framework for a Christian life of God-centered, grace oriented sanctification. And the basis for this grace in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. All grace was purchased for us at the Cross and that is why the Cross is the center of preaching is the early church and should be the basis of every Sermon we preach to people today.
