[CS-FSLUG] Theological Position?

[Timothy Butler]

On Sep 21, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Jason Franklin wrote:

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> On Sep 20, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Micah Yoder wrote:
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>> On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Jason Franklin <jpfagapeu at mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Does anyone know if there's a website that lists Christian authors,
>>> speakers, etc. and categorizes their theological positions (e.g.
>>> Reformed, Armenian etc.)?  I hate buying a book or listening to some
>>> speaker and half way through realizing he comes from an entirely
>>> different perspective.  Feel like I've wasted money.
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>> Such a site could be interesting, but don't you think it's possible  
>> to
>> learn from authors of different persuasions? I've been blessed by
>> pastors and authors whom I may disagree with on some issues.
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> I knew someone was going to bring that up.  In some areas yes, but not
> in others.


	I've found categorization of certain types of books, but not a broad  
index. Generally, I don't worry about it all that much. For example,  
I. Howard Marshall takes the Historical-Critical view of the  
Pastorals, but is Grammatical-Historical sounding in other places.

	And, I'd echo Micah's note. I think I'd probably just look at an  
author on Amazon. That often reveals either the author's bias or the  
readers' bias, and you can discern from there.

	-Tim


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