nuance

You are browsing the archives of post-reformed.

This will be the last installment in this series, and probably the most concise.
Among the many mottos of the Reformation, one stands out as particularly poignant.
Semper reformanda: always reforming.
While no doubt liberal theologians and even atheists have hijacked this phrase to denote some kind of general cultural progress, the meaning of it stands at the [...]

Rejection
So far this series has dealt with the rejection side of being post-Reformed; we reject an emphasis on systematic theology and the resultant tendency to shun community with other-minded believers. We reject preaching that takes a side instead of finding the greater truth, the middle way. We reject the idea that right theology is the [...]

Something More
The “something more” I mentioned last time is really at the heart of what I mean by “post-Reformed.” In the incessant debates over 5 points and 3 words and 1 variant and various -isms, there are a couple of possible outcomes that maintain general Christian unity. One is for the two sides to retain [...]

One letter, lots of meaning
Here’s what you might be thinking: Sure, it’s a one-letter variant in a simplified acronym, but that one letter stands for a lot of meaning. And you might be right to a degree. While I might have simplified the debate between Calvinists and non-Calvinists, I haven’t solved it by any stretch.
An [...]

The “post”
One of the initial questions to tackle is what “post” means in “post-Reformed.” We all know that it’s trendy for Christians to be post-anything: postconservative, postmodern, postfoundationalist, postcolonial, etc. But cool factor aside, there is something really useful about this prefix, a meaning that is very specific to a way of thinking about the [...]

When I started this blog last year, I tried to throw down a series about being post-Reformed - and found myself rambling. I eventually deleted the posts. Now, I think I’m ready to give it another go, especially in lieu of our teaching series in Romans which is (very slowly) approaching the ominous chapter 9.
This [...]