The Drama of Doctrine

This morning I have been reading The Drama of Doctrine by Kevin Vanhoozer. Tough sledding at some points, but well worth the investment of concentration. Here is one of many quotes worth thinking about. In it, Vanhoozer is describing the power that is resident in godly behavior.

Doctrine deals with energies and events that are as real and powerful as anything known in chemistry or physics, energies and events that can turn the world we know upside down, energies and events into which we are grafted as participants with speaking and acting parts.

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Chris Castaldo

Chris Castaldo is the Lead Pastor at New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois, and is a fellow at the Center for Pastor Theologians. Whether it’s through his writing, speaking, or his bi-weekly Vlog, "A Brief Word from Pastor Chris," he desires to see the gospel of Jesus Christ proclaimed and lives transformed for the glory of God.