Continue reading → Paul, Timothy (Keller), and the Making of Good Arguments If these quotes resonate with you, I encourage you to pick up Keller’s excellent book. It’s from this first chapter, I want to share a few quotations that reflect on the pain of marriage, the enduring goodness of marriage, the perversion of marriage (i.e., how redefined expectations for marriage have twisted God’s original design) and way the gospel brings hope and meaning to marriage. He recognizes the way in which marriage has been assailed by the culture, and he makes a cogent argument for the enduring goodness of marriage in a secular age. Importantly, he spends the first chapter considering the state of marriage today. Aimed at marrieds and singles considering marriage (and singles who have sworn off the institution), Keller provides a helpful look at God’s design for marriage. With his characteristic biblical insight and cultural engagement, Tim Keller’s book on marriage, The Meaning of Marriage, is filled with wisdom and encouragement. Continue reading → The Enduring Goodness of Marriage: What the Gospel Has to Say to a Culture of Cohabitation Clearly, and thankfully(!), they are not attuned to the latest tirade on Twitter. As I learned Sunday night, more than a few members of our community group had to look up the word.
Admittedly, I overshot many in my congregation in addressing the problems of winsomeness-a good reminder that what happens online does not best capture what happens in real life. (If you read any of these articles, start with DeYoung’s.)įor my contribution, I simply want to point to the sermon I preached Sunday, which engaged with the word winsome. In all of this kerfuffle, I have found Kevin DeYoung’s non-specific and biblical response and Doug Wilson’s earlier appraisal of Renn’s article most helpful. And these two articles set off a firestorm of other articles variously critical of Wood. It continued with James Wood’s two posts on his critical appreciation for Tim Keller. This all started with Aaron Renn’s article outlining evangelicalism into positive, neutral, and negative worlds.
In the last few weeks, the word winsome has generated lots of discussion as various Christians have considered various ways the church has or has not properly engaged culture. Winsome win(t)-səm : generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence cheerful, lighthearted.
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