Barefoot no more
By Aaron Lord
My personal barefoot revolution is over.
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Law & Gospel
By Aaron LordOne of my favorite books. Two of the things that have really helped me grow up spiritually in the last few years have been coming to an understanding of covenant theology as a framework for interpreting the Old Testament, and a right understanding of the relationship of Law and Gospel.... [Read More] -
Attributes of a Healthy Church
By Aaron LordI jotted down a couple thoughts during a recent worship service at the local Presbyterian church: Tiny church: you feel alone, like it's you vs. the world. Big church: you worship God in community, gathered, hundreds of voices together. You don't feel like it's "us vs. world". Driving around downtown... [Read More] -
The Marks of an Abusive Church
By Aaron LordBefore I discuss the marks of a healthy church, which I will do in my next post, I need to go into some background a little bit. I have a lot of baggage when it comes to churches. Through several years of chaos since experiencing a painful church split a... [Read More] -
Historic Confessions vs. the Contemporary Statement of Faith
By Aaron LordA page in the PC(USA) Book of Confessions “[W]e do not approach God's Word as if we were the first people to read and interpret it. In fact, we draw upon 2,000 years of study, exegesis, reflection, and interpretation that testify to the truths of Scripture.” —Daniel R. Hyde The... [Read More] -
Diversity and the Nature of the Church
By Aaron Lord“The great strength of Presbyterianism is its uncanny knack of fostering a fellowship in which people of different viewpoints continue to dialogue.” —David Robert Ord Here is a very concise statement on the nature of the true church: “The true church is one where the Word is rightly preached and... [Read More] -
Why not “Mainline”?
By Aaron LordMore than a decade ago, I was part of a church that sent “missionaries” to Scotland to try to show the Presbyterians how to do church, and I went on two such mission trips myself. In the years since, I have come to see that it’s all the rest of... [Read More] -
No Christian had any notion of a secret rapture before 1830
By Aaron LordIn keeping with the theme of refuting dispensationalism, I wanted to post this link to an article about the secret rapture theory from a Reformed Baptist perspective, written by Brian Schwertley in 1999. He writes, Whenever a Christian encounters a doctrine that has not been taught by anyone in any... [Read More] -
BlogPress iPhone app review
By Aaron LordDownloading BlogPress was my last-stitch effort to save my Blogger blog. So much of my online activity revolves around my iPhone that my blog has suffered in recent years, since Blogger doesn’t have a mobile version. I can post drafts via email, but they always end up with funny line... [Read More] -
Against Dispensationalism
By Aaron LordThere’s a whole lot of eschatological fervor out there, with the civil war in Libya, the earthquake in Japan a couple months ago, Harold Camping’s yet-another-failed-prediction of the date and time of Judgment Day, and Obama’s speech on Middle East diplomacy. [Read More]