On abortion. This is one of the most serious sins committed today. As Christians we should and must go against this evil. In his book on the orthodox church, Timothy Ware writes on abortion:

"Abortion [...] is unambiguously condemned in Orthodox moral teaching. We do not have the right to destroy human life." (The Orthdox Church, page 296).

Only God is Lord of life and death.

Both natural philosophical reason and revelation teaches us that abortion is wrong. I have the basic structure of an article on abortion in my head.

So what about those who have committed this crime? If they repent, God's grace will meet them. In fact, remember that the Lord first appeared to Maria Magdalene, who had seven demons before she met the Lord. He built his church on Peter, but also on this woman.

So God's grace is enormous. In fact: Those who have been forgiven much...love much.

Grace and truth came with Jesus Christ. (John 1:17). We need both, and the case of abortion shows this clearly.

Philosophy and spiritual warfare. People might tend to think that philosophy is just philosophy, not really dangerous or perhaps just a neutral activity. I don't agree. Postmodernism, poststructuralism, empiricism, classical foundationalism, rationalism -non of these ideologies are compatible with Christianity. But of course -I do believe in credo ut intelligam. Swinburne being a good example of a man combining faith and reason.

A wise man wrote a paper called "Beware of philosophy". Think of Hume, Kant, Wittgenstein and others -how much confusion this has created for humanity. I do appreciate some of Wittgenstein's remarks, and to some extent what Kant said about the moral law. But basically -philosophy can be confusion -think about transcendental idealism, Berkeley's idealism, or Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion.

It comes down to this: There is only one real Rabbi: Jesus Christ, God's Son and the Logos incarnated. That's why I love the Bible and philosophical theology in the Christian tradition.
I have a Christocentric view of philosophy.

The previous essay was written a few years ago. It has never been published. I no longer believe in all of what I wrote. But I do believe: Christianity does involve suffering. We must be prepared to suffer for Christ. 1. Peter is a letter in the Bible dealing with this. It's a beautiful and prophetic letter that speaks to us today, perhaps more than ever is this wonderful piece of literature important to study.

Those who really love Christ will be given the hidden manna. But they are also willing to suffer for him.

So why the name? From a church father who fought heresy!

So are we standing in front of a new big move by God? Yes, I think so. Many people think so.

A revival like Toronto and Pensacola? Yes, I believe we are.

The mug of sin is full. It's time for God's Son, Jesus Christ, to be lifted up.