I noticed a blog post worthy of comment from author Carl McColman on his blog A Contemplative Faith. Last week, he wrote an article called “Concerning Emergence, Contemplation, and the Faith of the Future”, in which he talks about contemplative mysticism and the Emerging Church. First of all, it should be noted that McColman studied…
Author: ELLIOTT NESCH
Earliest Fragment of Mark’s Gospel Discovered
The earliest fragment of Mark’s Gospel has apparently been discovered. Dr. Craig Evans of Acadia Divinity College says that a newly discovered fragment of the Gospel of Mark may be the oldest known fragment of a gospel. Dated sometime before 90 A.D., the fragment was recovered in a mummy’s mask. LiveScience first reported: A text that may be the oldest…
The Role of Obedience in Salvation
Few professing Christians would dispute the fact that salvation is in Jesus Christ alone (John 14:6; Acts 4:12). Few professing Christians would dispute the roles of grace and faith in our salvation (Ephesians 2:4-10; 2 Timothy 1:8-11; Titus 3:4-7). But many professing Christians argue that obedience has absolutely nothing to do with our salvation. One…
More on Rick Warren’s Ecumenical Purpose
In the previous post, it was pointed out that Rick Warren recently spoke on the “Biblical Meaning of Marriage” at a Vatican conference. He was among 30 global religious leaders (including Muslim, Jewish and Latter-day Saints representatives) examining the changing roles of marriage and family in the world. Warren is a champion of ecumenism. He exhorted these inter-religious…