Confessions of a Seminarian

Around the Wire…

It has been a slow wee for us over here at COAS, so I thought I’d bring some attention to some excellent writing and dialog in various places across the globe….
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emergent laughs

I’ve heard that one of the ways one can gauge the strength of Christianity is how well Christians are able to poke good fun at themselves.  So it is with great joy that I present to you this gem of a find.

I submit this satirical article here, from Lark News.  It’s hilarious, and awfully indicative of some of what I hear in seminary.  Let’s face it, the Christian sub-culture can be pretty silly sometimes, but it’s pleasing that we can afford to laugh about it in good fun.

Enjoy!

A Contradiction in Scripture

This week I was reading Romans 7 at a Bible study. As we read and discussed, I became frustrated. Paul seemed so clearly to contradict himself. Paul first argues that the law is dead to Christians, and that the Christian is now united with Christ instead of the law. Paul says that the law “aroused” sinful passions within him, and thus the law brings death. So it sounds like the law is bad, even evil, right?

But Paul says, “What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin” (v. 7). The law is not sin, it is through the law we become aware of sin. But then why does Paul say, “apart from the law, sin lies dead” (v.8)? It just doesn’t seem to make sense how something that produces sin can be good.

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