Heidegger’s influence penetrated every aspect of society. As a rector, his revolutionary thought dominated the university,[1] but he was also a popular author whose books were found in countless rucksacks of fallen German soldiers across Russia and Africa.[2] Heidegger continues to rule philosophy from the grave, but here will be a discussion of two schools of thought that are in superficial conflict with each other even though they are ideological cousins that trace their roots to Heidegger.
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New Book! Moving Forward
We’ve got a new book coming out! Its title is Moving Forward: Essays on Soteriology, Missiology, and Eschatology.
Moving Forward is a compilation of three essays that I have written for other projects. I brought them into one volume which we will be distributing soon. Here is the preface of the book:[Read More]
Linguistic Problems with Lordship Salvation in James 2:14–26
Last month, I posted the text and a translation of James 2:14–26. Since then, I have modified the translation and written some commentary that emphasises the article. You can read it below or download the pdf here:
pmiles James 2 translation and commentary
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Retranslating James 2:14–26
People make James 2:14–26 harder than it should be. I think that the main problem is that man naturally wants to earn his own righteousness, so there is a tendency for men to misread biblical texts to make their salvation dependent on themselves.
There are some particularities to the English language that have become difficult in James, so I am offering a retranslation with a few oddities that I think are justified. This translation is part of a soteriology class that I am taking and I will include a commentary in a paper for that class (in other words, I want my professor to poke holes in the commentary it before I share it publicly).[Read More]
The False Gospel of Woke Evangelicalism
If you are a Christian, then you are almost certainly concerned about the underprivileged. Nobody wants any minority group to suffer, but Christians want much more for minorities than the secular world could possibly hope for. Since everyone is born spiritually dead and on a path to hell, Christians want people to receive eternal life. Unfortunately, the world has an ideology of wokism that is in conflict with the Gospel. What is worse, some evangelicals have fallen for wokism. Woke evangelicals keep people on the path to hell in two ways: first by distracting the church from evangelism thereby preventing the unbeliever from hearing, understanding, and believing the Gospel and second by distorting the gospel itself. This second problem, the woke perversion of the Gospel, is the topic of this post.[Read More]
The Danger Triangle of Doctrinal Drift
Our theology develops as we grow in our understanding of Scriptures, so doctrinal shifts are healthy. Perhaps to be more precise, we could say that a lack of doctrinal shift is unhealthy. Every Christian should dedicate his life to the study of Scriptures, so if his theology is not changing, then something is wrong. This is particularly relevant to the clergyman, whether it be a pastor, a missionary, or a volunteer Sunday School teacher.[Read More]