» News: Alumni of BTS Start Blog
Stephen Hague and John Ronning, alumni of Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, PA, have put together a blog site designed to bring attention to what they characterize as a departure from BTS's previous commitments. They explain:
Newcomers might ask, what is the basis for raising these serious questions? Broadly speaking, we can say that first, there was the publication of Beyond Foundationalism in 2001, co-authored by BTS theology prof. John Franke, with its view of Scripture clearly outside of evangelicalism. Secondly, the Seminary's newly chosen constituency, the emerging church, is moving in a post-evangelical direction, naturally raising questions about the Seminary's direction.
The site contains posts since January of 2007, along with comments by BTS defenders as well as those who agree with the perspective of the site owners.
Labels: bts, citizen journalism, emerging, franke, hague, news, post-evangelical, ronning
1 Comments:
Keller wrote that traditional evangelism assumes that people want to be good.
Actually, I believe the opposite to be the truth. Traditional evangelism has always assumed that people want to be bad.
I have never evangelized people and suggested that by believing in Christ they could become good. I have told them that by believing in Christ they could be SAVED from the penalty of sin.
Evangelism TODAY should be exactly what it should have been 2000 years ago. There is a righteous God whom you have offended by your sins. You are lost, and you will be judged by God, and you will die and go to Hell if you cherish your sins and refuse His remedy. This righteous God is also a loving God, and He sent His Son to the cross to pay for your sins. Repent and Believe, and you shall be saved.
You may object that the younger generation no longer believes in truth or good and evil, etc. Nonsense. Their hearts convict them of sin, and creation speaks to them that there is a God of love and justice.
Furthermore, the success of evangelism does NOT depend on us getting exactly the right method. Rather, it depends of the Lord of the Harvest, sending us to one of His elect, and as we present the Gospel, the Holy Spirit does the work of conviction, and repentance and faith.
In short, I believe it is a mistake to remodel our presentations of the Gospel to be more attractive. The Gospel is not attractive to anyone of any generation, until the Holy Spirit miraculously makes it so. Let's not forget our Reformed doctrines of unconditional election, and irresistable grace.
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