Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Absurdity of the 'Seeker Sensitive' Movement Illustrated

From the Sacred Sandwich:

[caption id="attachment_697" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Is it the duty of pastors to make God and His Holy Word more palatable to the masses? This satirical ad demostrates the inanity of the concept."]Is it the duty of pastors to make God and His Holy Word more palatable to the masses?  This satirical ad demostrates the inanity of the concept.[/caption]

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The Justice of God

In my last post, Are We Justified by Actions or by Beliefs? which was in response to the post prior to it, Will Atheists go to Hell? I received further comments from a couple of atheists questioning the goodness and justice of God in sending people away to eternal punishment.  I will attempt to answer their objections here.

I wrote, "If my justification depended on my actions I (and everyone else) would be doomed to damnation."

Morsec0de wrote, "Doesn't that suggest too high of a standard?"

My response:

Yes! That's the whole point of the biblical tension between  law and grace.  Logically, one leads to the other.  Here are a few biblical facts about the law of God: