The Tulip Driven Life

This paper is due tomorrow, but I will probably have to shave off 500 words to get under the word count. For now, here it is. REFORMATION BIBLE COLLEGE FINAL PAPER THE DANGERS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE THEOLOGY GOSPEL AND ACTS BY THOMAS BOOHER SANFORD, FLORIDA DECEMBER, 2011                 Social justice is a term thrown around quite often today, in both religious and secular circles. It has recently received nation-wide media attention with Glenn Beck and Jim Wallis sparring with one another- Beck telling churchgoers to leave any church which uses the term “social justice” due to it being a perversion of the gospel, Wallis arguing that many churches, including evangelical and protestant, see social justice as central to the gospel. [1] Few, if any, in this debate deny that God is a just God, nor do many argue that we should not be striving for justice. What Beck sees as comm...

I attended the Passion conference with some friends in Atlanta Jan. 1-4. If you have not heard of the Passion conference, you can check out their website here:  http://www.268generation.com/2.0/splash1c.htm I got sick on the fourth and have not been able to write anything on the conference until now. My mind is still a little fuzzy but I would like to attempt to share my thoughts on the conference as best I can. The Music As many of you know, I am not a huge fan of most Christian music that is being put out today. This is largely due to the shallowness of the lyrics at best and the unbiblical views of God and Jesus and man at worst. There also seems to be a real emotionalism and even romanticism that pervades the Christian music of young people today, and it has begun to infiltrate the church on Sunday mornings. Having said that, many of the songs at Passion I had never heard of before. Apparently Passion's music is pretty well known worldwide, but not to me. I can at least...