mother’s voice is heard
grow to trust in the unseen
birth day - a familiar face
Father’s care is felt
life giving presence so strong
faithless until profession
Archive for June, 2007
A Discussion With an Arminian
Published June 24th, 2007 in Means of Grace, Covenant and Baptism. 1 CommentI just read a good post over at Water From A Rock. The author, Trey, talks about how Neo-Calvinism (what I call psuedo-reformed) is essentially hyper-Calvinism because it seeks to see everything from a decretive standpoint. He has some great insight about the relation between hyper-Calvinism and the rejection of FV. His post reminded me about a discussion […]
Spirits of Just Men Made Perfect
Published June 24th, 2007 in Resurrection, Kingdom of God and Conditional Immortality. 3 CommentsHebrews 12:23 is frequently quoted to support the ideas that 1) we go to our eternal dwelling place immediately after death, and 2) the souls of the righteous are immediately glorified at death. The passage reads as follows:
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, […]
“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.” - Luke 13:24
“Strive” teaches that a man must use means diligently, if he would have his soul saved. There are means which God has appointed, to help man in his endeavours to […]
I just got a news letter from Chuck Colson’s BreakPoint wherein he addresses secular society’s fear of theocracy as can be seen in the recent uprising of anti-Christian books. He assures the atheist authors of these books as well as his readers that theocracy is not Christianity’s intention.
I know of not one Christian leader, theologian, or […]
The True Lovers of Ritual
Published June 21st, 2007 in Satire, Means of Grace and Covenant. 2 CommentsPerson 1: Do you believe that the sacraments convey grace?
Person 2: By no means, they are merely acts of remembrance.
Person 1: Oh, then you won’t mind if my three-year-old remembers Christ’s death?
Person 2: Noooo! You can’t let a child partake of communion.
This is why I loathe systematic theology. Here is the case Wayne Grudem makes for the necessity of immersion in his doctrine of believers-only baptism.
Second, the sense “immerse” is appropriate and probably required for the word in several New Testament passages. In Mark 1:5 people were baptized by John “in the river Jordan” (the Greek […]
rosso on the shelf–
grillo aroma supplements
friendly laughter
David Roth deals with the statement “formless and void” in his essay, “Genesis and the Real World.” When I was young, someone used the Bible’s statement to try to convince me that the earth is billions of years old. I find it helpful to know what the phrase really means.
First of all then, the earth was “formless and void”. At least, this is how […]
man overboard–
shivering laughter
fills the river valley
King of the Ages, Immortal, Invisible
Published June 18th, 2007 in Resurrection, Conditional Immortality and Theology. 2 CommentsNot many God-fearing people would ever describe another human being as “omnipotent” or “omniscient.” This is because these are holy words that can only be used to describe God. These adjectives can not be applied to any other being. To apply them otherwise would detract from God’s holiness and trivialize a very important aspect of his being. I […]
playtime over –
men in suits
follow the leader
stock is down –
federal vision is
bad for business
steam rises from
the wet summer streets –
gracious provision
Stripping Grace From the Sacraments
Published June 4th, 2007 in Means of Grace and Baptism. 0 CommentsMatt, over at The Bound Dragon, has just posted on baptism. In it, he has pointed out where a fellow blogger argues that baptism establishes us as a new creation through Christ’s death and resurrection rather than bringing us under the covenant obligations required of the new creation [original post]. Matt says that he immediately […]
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