I had an interesting conversation with my son recently. He’s 18, and was telling me he was dissatisfied with the church we are attending. Now, the reasons of his dissatisfaction aren’t relevant here, because I want to focus on an amazing remark he made. Continue reading “Knowing too much”
Author: skipper
Hitching up to the Old Testament, part 2
In part 1, I pointed out that not only did the apostles not “unhitch” their new faith from the Old Testament, but they looked to the OT to explain and inform their actions. But just what did happen in Acts 15? Did the apostles really change the law? Continue reading “Hitching up to the Old Testament, part 2”
Hitching up to the Old Testament, part 1
I know I’m late to the game here, but I was recently made aware of Andy Stanley’s recommendation that we unhitch ourselves from the Old Testament. I haven’t listened to his sermon, but according to this article, Stanley taught from Acts 15 and claimed,
“Peter, James, Paul elected to unhitch the Christian faith from their Jewish scriptures, and my friends, we must as well.”
This bothered me, but something which bothered me just as much was a panel discussion from a few months ago, featuring Dr. William Lane Craig. I respect both men, but I really do think they both got it wrong. Continue reading “Hitching up to the Old Testament, part 1”