The big theme we see consistently playing out over and over again like a broken record in the Scriptures is the cycle of Israel going through apostasy to oppression to repentance to deliverance…and back to apostasy again. What’s interesting is while in the midst of their apostasy stage, they were always in denial about it. […]

In response to the Enlightenment, the church did the one thing they should have never done. They compromised. They tolerated the demands of an increasingly elitist and arrogant Enlightenment society who held up science and the human intellect as the new idols of worship. It was quite an intimidating presentation to say the least. And the […]

So we’re continuing our discussion about Christianity’s battle against the Enlightenment. It was an intense battle. The church’s long held doctrines and teachings were under serious attack. Since they couldn’t provide some kind of “scientific test” to prove God’s existence, they were helpless to defend themselves against some very disturbing questions that assaulted the very […]

In the 18th century the notion of Orthodoxy & Heresy found a new expression in what is today called Systematic Theology. Systematic Theology was the gentile church’s response to the European Enlightenment. If you’ve ever taken a basic philosophy class in university, no doubt you were exposed to names such as Hume, Voltaire and Kant. […]

Following on the heels of yesterday’s discussion about the concept of “Orthodoxy & Heresy”… What’s important to understand is this notion or the lack thereof represents the BIGGEST difference between Christianity and Judaism. See, here’s the thing. Judaism doesn’t operate within the notion of orthodoxy and heresy. You’ve heard the expression “two Jews, three opinions”, […]