Archives for 9.8.08

now, this is legalism…

I get kind of tired of the charge of legalism often laid at the feet of fundamentalists. Then I read stories that give me some relief. Today’s National Post gives me one today. (Unfortunately, no longer available online to the general public… not sure why.)

Here’s the headline:

Kosher gadgets grab the spotlight

When it comes to legalism, leave it to the Pharisees.

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the death of systematic…

biology!

A blog entry at The Scientist magazine bemoans the decline and literal ‘dying off’ of expertise in the area of systematic and taxonomic biology. While I am not too worried about the future of human civilization if this concern is true, the article may give us some thoughts concerning the value of systematic theology.

I think it is well known that I consider biblical theology to be superior to systematic, but systematic theology does have some value.

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