The most renowned and most quoted experts on Gnosticism, two German scholars, Hans Jonas and Kurt Rudolph (no tender Evangelicals), reject the notion that Gnosticism is a form of Christianity. For Jonas, Gnosticism is an ancient form of modern existentialism. For Rudolph, it is an independent world religion, “a parasite prosper[ing] on the soil of a host religion [Christianity],” which, in its essence, was “monistic,” that is Oneist.
The god of gay marriage and yoga is not the transcendent personal Creator of Scripture, but the divine self within, who creates its own reality and the laws to go with it. So, losing the God of Scripture is not merely a religious event. It means we lose the objective source of law.
On June 26, 2013, the highest authority in the land…
Christian experience derives from hearing the good news of God’s act for us, embodied not in Oneist experience, but in the living Word, Jesus, whose Spirit, works new life in us.
In a recent blog, I contended that “when all relationships…
A wedding is a public event that is part of the fabric of culture to which both the collectivity and God give their blessings.