by Brett Williams | Sep 12, 2019 | Central Blog, Textual Criticism, Tradition, Worship
Leigh Ann Thompson, of CSNT (Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts) reminds us of the importance of memory and visualization in our liturgy. Memory, Liturgy, and Illustrations in Lectionaries Both the physical worship space, the reading, and the...
by Brett Williams | Feb 22, 2018 | Central Blog, Church History, Culture, Evangelicalism, Evangelism, Fundamentalism, History, revivalism, Tradition
Few deny that the modern American religious landscape has been shaped by revivalism. From Whitefield to Finney, Wesley to Sunday, revivalism has played a vital role in the formation of evangelicalism. In fact, one cannot understand North American evangelicalism...
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 5, 2017 | Argumentation and Debate, Theology, Tradition
Doug Wilson considers the role that tradition plays, particularly for those who think they don’t have one. The observation is part of a larger question about the relationship between biblicism and assumptions. Now given that absolutely everyone has controlling...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 10, 2017 | Conservatism, Manners, Modesty, Sacred and Mundane, Tradition
South African Pastor David DeBruyn draws a comparison between what Titus found in the holy place and what lies behind forms, customs, and manners. He even includes an extended quotation from Weaver. Here’s DeBruyn: What the sincerity-junkie cannot see is that...
by Kevin Bauder | Jun 26, 2017 | Accountability, Argumentation and Debate, Culture, Epistemology, Logic and Argumentation, Our Alumni, Tradition
Central Seminary alumnus David DeBruyn notes, “The Internet has not only granted full democracy to all ideas, it has tended to flatten out all judgement, and scrap a sense of hierarchy of trustworthiness.” He adds, “The democracy of ideas is...
