Friday, March 31, 2006
Poached theology
Poaching shamelessly from another's blog, I submit to you this article regarding the way Keswick theology has crept into American Christianity. To give credit where it is due, the article is linked through the blog of its author, Camille Lewis. I found it thought-provoking. It touches a lot of things I'm uneasy about in American Christian culture. It's like we're afraid of grace because we feel like we need the "guilt bat" to keep people in line. Smells a little like a lack of faith in the effectiveness of grace to produce "the fruits of the Spirit" on its own.
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Have you read any of Jerry Bridges's stuff? (Particularly _Transforming Grace_ and _Disciplines of Grace_ -- sorry for the lack of italics or real underlining!) It's been a while since I've read either, but they were both eye-opening for me. As you could guess from the titles, they're both on the topic of grace. _Disciplines_ focuses more on how grace interacts with whatever efforts we put forth to become more like Christ.
Hmm. Sounds like stuff I need to read. It's a little bit of a paradox to go from reading Piper to Ryle and back. From the titles, those books promise to reconcile the two.
Bridges also wrote The Pursuit of Holiness. After that and Transforming Grace, he wrote Disciplines of Grace to explain how the two fit together.
Oops, sorry, it's Discipline of Grace.
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