Keeping our balance

It's that time again, and for at least the time being it's the last time.  C3 Academy has ended and so to commemorate I present my last paper for the systematic theology class, this one on the ever-popular subject of eschatology.  For the record, I don't necessarily consider myself firmly set in any of the camps, as I can see the arguments for and against the various positions, and would like to study the issue more.  But the paper isn't necessarily about any particular position, but rather it's about an issue that's been on my mind lately as I've seen one inane internet debate after another over issues that distract from Gospel centrality: what's really most important to our theology as Christians?  Read on:

Pressures of church and state

Apologies for the long delay again.  But: I have a good reason!  I have started a podcast with the help from a friend at church, and I would direct you all to check it out.  It's called Spurgeon Audio, and I am reading through the sermons and writings of Charles Spurgeon, works that have served as great inspirations to me in my walk as a believer.  I hope you will all be edified and share it as you see fit.  It is on iTunes, and the link to subscribe is at the website.

This is another entry publishing a paper I've written for the still-ongoing C3 Academy, the classes my church is putting on to help raise up leaders within the laity.  This paper is on the subject of the relationship between the church and the state.  If you are a theonomist, you may not care for this paper, but then I am not trying to please theonomists.  Read on:

Anthropology matters

It's been very quiet here, but at long last I'm going to share a bit of what's kept me away.  I've been doing a class through church that has kept me very busy both studying and writing.  There are other things I want to spend time writing, including a review of one of the books I just finished, The Heresy of Orthodoxy, but for right now I want to share one of the papers I wrote for this class.  In italics is the question I based my writing on, and you may judge for yourself if I responded to it effectively.  Check it out below the fold, if you are so inclined.