Words wither and blogs fade away…
Forgive me if you’ve heard this song before, but I've decided to stop blogging at He is Sufficient. I truly appreciate all of the wit, wisdom and words of faith that you have shared with me over the past few years. I wish you well in all of your endeavors, whatever they may be and wherever they may lead you. “God is sufficient for the needs of His people”. Amen!
Author Archives: ElShaddai Edwards
Are you a 4-point American Evangelical?
An interesting sermon yesterday, and I mean “interesting” with every bit of passive-aggressive nuance that Minnesotans are famous for. We’ve been on a short summer series called “Unshakable”, looking at stories of the “heros of faith” in Hebrews 11. Not an especially earth-shattering topic, but it’s a chance to consider various aspects of faith. Yesterday [...]
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Meme: The Honest Scrap Award
After getting passed over for a few rounds, I’ve finally been picked tagged with the latest blog meme: The Honest Scrap Award (HT: Kevin and Gary). Here are the rules: share 10 honest things about yourself, and then tag 7 bloggers to return the favor.
My list:
I think that the Bible in translation has as much [...]
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Calminianism and Open Theism
In a recent post on Koinonia (HT: Peter Kirk), Craig Blomberg lays out a mediating position between traditional Calvinism and Arminianism, which he slyly calls “Calminianism” – otherwise known as “middle knowledge”:
Simply put, middle knowledge affirms, with classic Arminianism, that God’s predestining activity is based on his foreknowledge of what all humans would do in [...]
The wine of wrath and the dregs of depravity
One of the most trumpeted visions in Revelation is that of the Word of God appearing on a white horse, followed by the armies of heaven (cf. Rev 19:11-21), waging war on the beast and its followers. Part of this vision are images of a sword and of a winepress of wrath, which John seemingly [...]
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Christian fruit smoothies
In response to a recent comment on Facebook about Greg Boyd’s “Animate” sermon series on imaginative prayer, I commented:
I’d like to throw the fruit of [Greg] Boyd, Rob Bell, Gorden Fee and Eugene Peterson into a big Christian Life blender and see what comes out – that ought to be a big time Spirit-led, prayer-driven [...]
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My pet, God
Too many of our worship songs are more about us than God. [... We] praise God for holding us close, for keeping us secure, for making us feel loved and blessed and forgiven and warm and cozy in our electric blanket of eternal security (with a warm comforter of national security thrown in too). We [...]
Election is not about heaven…
“Election is not about who gets to go to heaven; election is about who God chooses [...] to bring healing to the world.”
– Brian McLaren, Christianity Today (2004)
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Which Modern Evangelist/Theologian are You?
For my friends on Facebook:
ElShaddai took the Which Modern Evangelist/Theologian are You? quiz and the result is Rob Bell
You are the Pastor of Mars hill Bible church in Michigan. You are the author of a number of books including “Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith” and “Sex God.” Despite what many think, you actually hold [...]
Something’s missing from their translation shelf
On the new Biblica (IBS) website, there is an interesting new Bible translation chart:
I’ll leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine which major contemporary translation is not shown on this chart…
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Will Twitter save the TNIV?