Category Archives: Biblical Theology

Living and Ancient-Future Faith in Babylon (5)

Posted on February 22, 2013 by John Armstrong

The words of Jeremiah 29:6 are rather shocking if you get the context and historical moment right. God is telling his people that they will be in this state for a long time thus they should become active in the … Continue reading →

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Living an Ancient-Future Faith in Exile (4)

Posted on February 21, 2013 by John Armstrong

Before I proceed with my response to the question of living in exile I would like for you to read Jeremiah 29:1–23. Please pay very careful attention to the italicized portions of the text that I have added. 1 These are … Continue reading →

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Living an Ancient-Future Faith in Exile (3)

Posted on February 20, 2013 by John Armstrong

Conservative evangelical leaders are generally comfortable discussing doctrine and faith. Most evangelical pastors were taught to expound the Scripture in their formal education. This is our strength, generally speaking, even though I do not think we realize some of our … Continue reading →

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How to Criticize the Culture – Living an Ancient-Future Faith in Exile (2)

Posted on February 19, 2013 by John Armstrong

Is our response as Christians, living in Babylon culturally, to drop out of all attempts to shape and form a new and better culture? Should we “shake the dust off our feet” and move on. Or should we deduce that … Continue reading →

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Living an Ancient-Future Faith in Exile (1)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by John Armstrong

Over the last several weeks I’ve tried to lay out a call to the church, and to leaders of the church, that would summon us to courage and clarity with regard to our role in the world of our time. … Continue reading →

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The Tragic Sense of Life

Posted on February 15, 2013 by John Armstrong

I remember when I first heard the Spaniard’s name – Miguel de Unamuno. I was driving my car to speak in Iowa in the summer of about 1998 and the esteemed founding president of Regent College (Vancouver), James Houston, mentioned … Continue reading →

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The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (4)

Posted on January 24, 2013 by John Armstrong

The representative worshipper that we’ve seen in Micah 6, the person I wrote about yesterday, is actually trying to buy God off, even as cheaply as possible. What an effrontery to such a mighty and gracious God.  We see this when … Continue reading →

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The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (3)

Posted on January 23, 2013 by John Armstrong

Last Saturday evening I preached at the Focolare Movement’s gathering in Hyde Park (Chicago) from the theme text for this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Micah 6:6-8. This gathering was held in the gorgeous main sanctuary of the KAM … Continue reading →

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The Church’s Mission: Faithful Presence and Extending God’s Grace to Outsiders

Posted on October 24, 2012 by John Armstrong

One of my Top Ten books, at least over the last five years, is James Davison Hunter’s masterful social and theological critique: To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (Oxford, 2010). … Continue reading →

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Why Do Millennial Christians Read the Bible So Differently Than My Generation?

Posted on October 23, 2012 by John Armstrong

As I read Jonathan Merritt’s A Faith of Our Own I asked, “Why do younger Christians read the Bible so differently from my generation?” Jonathan Merritt correctly believes that they have “reflected on the Bible” and take it very seriously. … Continue reading →

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