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Pietism: Private Faith and Public Witness
by Sally A. Johnson
“Pietism is not privatism,” writes Peter Sandstrom in Pietisten
(spring 1989), in “Spener’s Proposals, Part III.” Citing “the
establishment of benevolent work” by early pietists and “the
widespread development of active mission societies,” he says,
“it is this emphasis upon practice that helps make pietism a
‘life movement.’”
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Romans 5:6-8 with Comments by Rosenius and Luther
Verses 6-8: While we were yet helpless, at the right time
Christ died for the ungodly. Why, one will hardly die for a
righteous man—though perhaps for a good man one will dare
even to die. But God shows his love for us in that while we
were yet sinners Christ died for us.
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Tributes
Walker Percy
by Phil Johnson
Walker Percy died today I hear. Oh no. Maybe it’s not true.
If it is, no more of his great novels, no more of his interesting,
penetrating, life-helping essays or whimsical writings. I
wonder if he has written something not yet published. That
would be great.
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Tracing the Roots of a Denomination
by Michael Hardin
If there is one thing we know about the modern world, it is
this: what we know is always changing. As access to
information increases, and as disciplines become more
specialized, our general theories and paradigms are put to the
acid test more frequently than we would like. The theories of
history have been tested by more vigorous discipline. Newer,
comparative methods of research have uncovered what
historians of earlier periods could not have dreamed possible.
The sources already available have not changed, but the
integration of disciplines has brought about a change in our
understanding of the sources.
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Beautiful Christianity
by Erik Hawkinson
Christian teachers throughout the centuries have recognized this
as the classic text which portrays the beautiful Christianity. I
need not tell you there is such a thing as beautiful Christianity.
It is the Christianity that has, through the years, actually
propagated itself and has had the power to carry the burdens of
life. And whenever Christianity has ceased to become
beautiful, it has always had a hard time.
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Practical, Therapeutic, Theological Thought
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
by Penrod
“I wonder who’s in church this morning?” he thought as
he paid his fare. He looked around. There were only a few
souls on board. He found a seat, pulled out The Moviegoer,
and began reading.
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Out and About
by Phil Johnson
Chicago Weekend; Philosophy at North Park; Pastor Norbert Johnson’s Farewell; Wanderings; William Coffin at Plymouth Church; The Authorized Version—Northrup Frye; The Gospel of Mark; Epcot Center
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Sport Report
by Phil Johnson
Many persons want to play games but sometimes it takes a lot
to keep a game alive. If you have tried to get a game going or
keep one going, you know what I mean. It is not hard to keep
highly organized games, like a high school basketball game,
going after much work and planning have been done to provide
for them. But less-structured games are often a challenge to get
going and to keep alive because they depend upon the will and
resources of the moment.
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Sport Prophecy
NBA—NFL All-Stars
by Eric
Here are the NBA players I would like to see at these football
positions
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Passing It On
by Arthur W. Anderson
A plaque bearing the hymn title showed up among the wedding
gifts for a couple about to be married. It was a very informal
wedding and the beaming bride, on the spur of the moment,
asked the groom to sing it. So square in the middle of the
ceremony, the obliging groom sang: “Abide with me, fast
falls the eventide; The darkness deepens, Lord, with me
abide; When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the
helpless, O abide with me.”
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Post: Readers Respond
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Requiem For A Heavyweight
by Sandy Johnson
An hour’s time is all it took to shave half a century and more
of life off the big elm in front of our house this morning.
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Poetry
Somebody’s Always Stealing Swede’s Shoes
by Ed Mampel
