Real regeneration

Jeff Weddle is writing about regeneration. As he is wont, Jeff pulls no punches in describing current thinking on the matter. Here's how his blog post begins:

Self-help has overrun Christian thinking. We’ve replaced Biblical teaching with 8 ways to improve your marriage and 5 ways to pay off the mortgage for Jesus.

This has led to biblical illiteracy amongst professed Christians. Incidentally, it has not seemed to help professed Christians’ marriages or finances either. Go figure.

The real problem is that we’ve cancelled out one of the central tenets of Biblical Faith: regeneration.

Professed Christians are not remotely aware of the fact that they can have new life in Christ. To the extent they are aware of this, they chalk it up to mind games, vision coaching or something. “Think happy Jesus thoughts and you will become a happy Jesus.”

Too true. There is a positive side to Jeff's article, but I've already quoted quite liberally from it. You can read the whole essay here.