Posted in preaching, tagged preaching on 31 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve promised Missy a post on engaging with non-Christian beliefs and I’ll definitely get to that. But Dan’s recent post made me think again of this quote from Steve Holmes:
‘Our task is not to tell people that they must believe in Jesus, but so to tell them of Jesus that they must believe in Him.’
I’ve [...]
Posted in faith, other blogs, tagged faith, other blogs on 30 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Making faith about anything other than [the Word of God] is to turn faith into a work, and making it perilous ground for Christian assurance
Really very good post by Dan.
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Posted in ethics, grace, theological method, tagged ethics, grace, theological method on 28 August, 2008 | 9 Comments »
An interviewer once suggested to Barth that he followed a christo-centric principle in his theology. Barth was not impressed. He insisted that he had no interest in a christo-centric principle. He was interested in Christ Himself.
Whether Barth always achieved that is another matter (who does?). But at least he identified the danger with which all [...]
Posted in other blogs, tagged other blogs on 27 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As Tim’s allegory amply (and alliteratively) affirms
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Posted in grace, sin, tagged grace, sin on 27 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Back from holidays now. While away I was very tickled by this from Saturday’s Guardian.
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One Million Tiny Plays About Britain by Craig Taylor
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Two old women finish their tea at a cafe in Lichfield. One holds the bill…
Anna Oh, you. Now don’t be so utterly ridiculous.
Eva I insist. I insist, my dear.
Anna Absolutely not and I [...]
Posted in humourous, tagged humourous on 26 August, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Some people get their friends to guest post while they’re on holiday. My blog is my friend. So it will automatically post silliness at regular intervals. If you are at work or doing something important, resist the urge to click. You may be mired in mirth for quite some time. Enjoy.
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And here’s my favourite Flight [...]
Posted in humourous, tagged humourous on 25 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Some people get their friends to guest post while they’re on holiday. My blog is my friend. So it will automatically post silliness at regular intervals. If you are at work or doing something important, resist the urge to click. You may be mired in mirth for quite some time. Enjoy.
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Flight of the Conchords rock. [...]
Posted in humourous, tagged humourous on 24 August, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Some people get their friends to guest post while they’re on holiday. My blog is my friend. So it will automatically post silliness at regular intervals. If you are at work or doing something important, resist the urge to click. You may be mired in mirth for quite some time. Enjoy.
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Mitchell and Webb are good. [...]
Posted in humourous, tagged humourous on 23 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some people get their friends to guest post while they’re on holiday. My blog is my friend. So it will automatically post silliness at regular intervals. If you are at work or doing something important, resist the urge to click. You may be mired in mirth for quite some time. Enjoy.
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Bill Bailey’s Love Song.
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Posted in other blogs, tagged other blogs on 22 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I feel terrible that I haven’t linked before to Jacky Lam’s tour de force in the making. Check out this christological commentary on the whole bible (3 books down 63 to go!). He’s taking a break from blogging while in mainland China, so now’s your chance to catch up on Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus. Hugely [...]
Posted in sacraments, tagged sacraments on 22 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Just watched The Tudors (episode 4, series 2). Baby Elizabeth was baptized.
Now here’s my question. The triune name was pronounced over the child and it got wet. Was that baby (the ‘actor’ not the historical figure) baptized? I’m not hugely up on sacramental theology. What would the Roman Catholic Church say? Luther? Calvin? What about a covenant [...]
Posted in humourous, tagged humourous on 22 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some people get their friends to guest post while they’re on holiday. My blog is my friend. So it will automatically post silliness at regular intervals. If you are at work or doing something important, resist the urge to click. You may be mired in mirth for quite some time. Enjoy.
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Dylan Moran is my very [...]
Posted in humourous, tagged humourous on 21 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some people get their friends to guest post while they’re on holiday. My blog is my friend. So it will automatically post silliness at regular intervals. If you are at work or doing something important, resist the urge to click. You may be mired in mirth for quite some time. Enjoy.
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Steve Martin was once very [...]
Posted in humourous, tagged humourous on 20 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Some people get their friends to guest post while they’re on holiday. My blog is my friend. So it will automatically post silliness at regular intervals. If you are at work or doing something important, resist the urge to click. You may be mired in mirth for quite some time. Enjoy.
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Demetri Martin is extremely funny. [...]
Posted in humourous, tagged humourous on 19 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some people get their friends to guest post while they’re on holiday. My blog is my friend. So it will automatically post silliness at regular intervals. If you are at work or doing something important, resist the urge to click. You may be mired in mirth for quite some time. Enjoy.
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Surely you know Jack Handey’s [...]
Posted in humourous, tagged humourous on 18 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Some people get their friends to guest post while they’re on holiday. My blog is my friend. So it will automatically post silliness at regular intervals. If you are at work or doing something important, resist the urge to click. You may be mired in mirth for quite some time. Enjoy.
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The screen writers strike had [...]
Posted in sermons, trinity, tagged sermons, trinity on 18 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a Trinity Sermon of mine on Galatians 4.
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Posted in Doctrine of God, theological method, trinity, tagged Doctrine of God, theological method, trinity on 18 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Off on holiday now for 9 days. Some frivolity is about to be posted automatically by the blog. If you want something more theological to chew on, here’s a few older posts on the trinity issues that have been coming up recently.
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Avoiding a Fourth
No (good) trinitarian theologian wants to have a fourth thing – a [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, theological method, trinity, tagged Doctrine of God, theological method, trinity on 18 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Off on holiday now for 9 days. Some frivolity is about to be posted automatically by the blog. If you want something more theological to chew on, here’s a few older posts on the trinity issues that have been coming up recently.
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Oneness and Threness
I remember a friend asking me what I thought God was doing before [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, christology, theological method, trinity, tagged christology, Doctrine of God, theological method, trinity on 18 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Off on holiday now for 9 days. Some frivolity is about to be posted automatically by the blog. If you want something more theological to chew on, here’s a few older posts on the trinity issues that have been coming up recently.
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God is not revealed in His Twin
This should be very obvious, but we easily [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, revelation, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, revelation, trinity on 14 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In response to my Christ in the OT posts, Pete Myers posted this. We then interacted here and here.
I then posted these ten propositions on Trinity, revelation and the Old Testament:
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1. Revelation in Christ is revelation in the distinct Person of the Divine Mediator
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2. Our doctrine of God goes awry if we begin without a conscious [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, revelation, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, revelation, trinity on 14 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You may know that I (sporadically but vigourously!) bang the drum for Christ the eternal Mediator being the deliberately revealed, consciously known object of faith in the Old Testament. Here are some posts on the issue.
Pete Myers read it and posted this. And our further discussions are here and here.
By way of some kind of response, here [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, revelation, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, revelation, trinity on 14 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You may know that I (sporadically but vigourously!) bang the drum for Christ the eternal Mediator being the deliberately revealed, consciously known object of faith in the Old Testament. Here are some posts on the issue.
Pete Myers read it and posted this. And our further discussions are here and here.
By way of some kind of response, here [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, revelation, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, revelation, trinity on 14 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You may know that I (sporadically but vigourously!) bang the drum for Christ the eternal Mediator being the deliberately revealed, consciously known object of faith in the Old Testament. Here are some posts on the issue.
Pete Myers read it and posted this. And our further discussions are here and here.
By way of some kind of response, here [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, revelation, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, revelation, trinity on 14 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You may know that I (sporadically but vigourously!) bang the drum for Christ the eternal Mediator being the deliberately revealed, consciously known object of faith in the Old Testament. Here are some posts on the issue.
Pete Myers read it and posted this. And our further discussions are here and here.
By way of some kind of response, here [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, revelation, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, revelation, trinity on 14 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You may know that I (sporadically but vigourously!) bang the drum for Christ the eternal Mediator being the deliberately revealed, consciously known object of faith in the Old Testament. Here are some posts on the issue.
Pete Myers read it and posted this. And our further discussions are here and here.
By way of some kind of response, here [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, revelation, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, revelation, trinity on 14 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You may know that I (sporadically but vigourously!) bang the drum for Christ the eternal Mediator being the deliberately revealed, consciously known object of faith in the Old Testament. Here are some posts on the issue.
Pete Myers read it and posted this. And our further discussions are here and here.
By way of some kind of response, here [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, revelation, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, revelation, trinity on 14 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You may know that I (sporadically but vigourously!) bang the drum for Christ the eternal Mediator being the deliberately revealed, consciously known object of faith in the Old Testament. Here are some posts on the issue.
Pete Myers read it and posted this. And our further discussions are here and here.
By way of some kind of response, here [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, revelation, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, revelation, trinity on 14 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You may know that I (sporadically but vigourously!) bang the drum for Christ the eternal Mediator being the deliberately revealed, consciously known object of faith in the Old Testament. Here are some posts on the issue.
Pete Myers read it and posted this. And our further discussions are here and here.
By way of some kind of response, here [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, revelation, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, revelation, trinity on 14 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You may know that I (sporadically but vigourously!) bang the drum for Christ the eternal Mediator being the deliberately revealed, consciously known object of faith in the Old Testament. Here are some posts on the issue.
Pete Myers read it and posted this. And our further discussions are here and here.
By way of some kind of response, here [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, revelation, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, revelation, trinity on 14 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You may know that I (sporadically but vigourously!) bang the drum for Christ the eternal Mediator being the deliberately revealed, consciously known object of faith in the Old Testament. Here are some posts on the issue.
Pete Myers read it and posted this. And our further discussions are here and here.
By way of some kind of response, here [...]
Posted in culture, gospel, tagged culture, gospel on 11 August, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Channel 4 screened the first of Make Me a Christian last night. Haven’t seen it yet. But here’s one reviewer’s reaction:
The infuriating thing will be if some of the group think happier lives can only be achieved through Jesus, rather than, say, empathy and courtesy and not being fat / crying / shagging all the [...]
Posted in preaching, revelation, tagged preaching, revelation on 9 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Check out this Bonhoeffer quote. H/T Ben Myers.
“It is wrong to assume that on the one hand there is a word, or a truth, and on the other hand there is a community existing as two separate entities, and that it would then be the task of the preacher to take this word, to manipulate [...]
Posted in ministry, pastoral theology, tagged ministry, pastoral theology on 9 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Had to chuckle at this from Jonny Long’s Grace4Life webiste:
In case you can’t quite make it out, it’s
The Helmet of Pride
The Sword of the Tongue
The Shield of Defensiveness
The Belt of Self-Protection
The Breastplate of My Own Righteousness
The Shoes of Busyness
Which is your favourite?
Any to add?
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Posted in other blogs, pastoral theology, sermons, theological debate, tagged other blogs, pastoral theology, sermons, theological debate on 8 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bobby writes here about the dangers inherent in confessionalism
I particularly liked this phrase:
I’m not saying that our various traditions and confessions aren’t important, but that “our” stake in those confessions is unimportant.
It’s so true that we have a stake in our theological positions and Christian labels. We find identity in the alignments we make within the body.
This [...]
Posted in ethics, pastoral theology, sin, tagged ethics, pastoral theology, sin on 7 August, 2008 | 6 Comments »
How should we respond to sin in our lives?
One response is to think ‘Come on Glen, I’m better than that.’
Another is to think ‘Come on Glen, Christ is better than that.’
The first may produce a very moral life. But the devil is more than happy to concede to you a Christ-less morality. Self-righteousness is a [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, covenant continuity, other blogs, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, Old Testament, other blogs, trinity on 6 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking ‘Where’s Glen been the last few days? Why has he abandoned us? For where else can we go to find such pithy and incisive theological tid-bits??’
Where else indeed dear reader!?
Unless of course you’ve been reading here and here where I’ve been responding to some thoughtful critiques of my [...]
Posted in Old Testament, creative, songs, tagged creative, Old Testament, songs on 4 August, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m preaching through Jonah this August. Every service is all-age so I’ve dredged up a song I wrote a couple of years ago. Here’s how it sounds (click here for a rough recording). And here are the words – the kids sing (shout!) all the bolded words:
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Verse 1:
God said ‘GO – to Nineveh
All those baddies I [...]
Posted in Doctrine of God, Old Testament, christology, covenant continuity, hermeneutics, tagged christology, covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, hermeneutics, Old Testament on 2 August, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Dave K has asked some excellent questions of my last post on this issue. Here they are in full. Afterwards is my attempt to address them.
I’ve been musing on this post over the last day. This is what I have been wondering:
This is clearly right, in many passages NT writers read Jesus in OT passages [...]
Posted in preaching, sermons, tagged preaching, sermons on 1 August, 2008 | 3 Comments »
No other preacher has had a bigger impact on me. Not only theologically but also in terms of what preaching actually is.
The sermon invariably begins ‘In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.’ The preaching of the Word of God is the Word of God.
Immediately he states the passage. It’s [...]
Posted in Old Testament, christology, theological method, tagged christology, Old Testament, theological method on 1 August, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Just a brief point about my recent posts on the tribal deity of Israel (here, here and here).
In those posts I assumed that the LORD of the burning bush was the very One who became incarnate of the virgin Mary. Just to say, that wasn’t sloppy grammar or fuzzy thinking (I don’t think!). To many of you [...]
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