Ok, so the bible is not God. But then, what is the relationship between God and the written word? I’ll devote quite a big proportion of next week to that question as I blog about preaching. But for now let me explore an analogy with the sacraments. Marc can shoot me down – he’s doing [...]
Archive for May, 2009
The Bible and God
Posted in bible, pastoral theology, sacraments, tagged bible, pastoral theology, sacraments on 30 May, 2009 | 9 Comments »
“My Body Hell”
Posted in culture, pastoral theology, tagged culture, pastoral theology on 29 May, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last night I caught the end of a wonderful documentary about Marlie Casseus from Haiti. She suffers from a rare disease called Polysostotic Fibrous Dysplasia. A 16-pound growth overwhelmed her whole face to point she could barely breathe and was about to go blind. She was ostracized by her community – many considering her to [...]
Christ in OT video
Posted in covenant continuity, videos, tagged covenant continuity, videos on 29 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you heard about this guy Paul Blackham? Apparently he’s into the whole Jesus in the OT thing too. ;-) Check out the body language as he switches between talking about the two views. The first half is a brilliant impression of Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. The horror… The horror… Watch here. .
The bible is God, apparently
Posted in awful, bible, videos, tagged awful, bible, videos on 28 May, 2009 | 7 Comments »
There are many problems with saying that the pre-flesh Word of John 1 = the Scriptures. Here’s one of them… h/t Bobby.
Summary post
Posted in covenant continuity, other blogs, tagged covenant continuity, other blogs on 27 May, 2009 | 17 Comments »
These are my concluding thoughts for a blog discussion here. So for the three of you who know what I’m referring to… Here’s what the discussion is not about: It’s not about progress of knowledge. It’s not about trust in Messianic prophecies. Those are important questions for another time. Here’s what I am [...]
What real men look like…
Posted in gender, humourous, videos, tagged gender, humourous, videos on 27 May, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’ve discussed many times on this blog what real masculinity looks like. Here it is… I’m not even joking.
John Owen – Communion with God
Posted in christology, covenant continuity, trinity, tagged christology, covenant continuity, trinity on 26 May, 2009 | 5 Comments »
John Owen’s masterpiece On Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost was written at a time when Socinianism (a form of Unitarianism) was infiltrating England. Their belief (as expressed in the Racovian Catechism) was that Jesus was essential for salvation. He was manifestly predicted and prophesied in the OT. The Hebrew Scriptures were indeed a word [...]
The classical reformed position
Posted in Calvin, covenant continuity, tagged Calvin, covenant continuity on 25 May, 2009 | 15 Comments »
In this comment on another blog Mo has claimed that classical reformed theologians were not interested in identifying which Person of the trinity is talking in the OT. When it comes to appearances of the LORD and when it comes to the Angel of the LORD, that couldn’t be further from the truth. I could [...]
My new favourite word…
Posted in bible, hermeneutics, tagged bible, hermeneutics on 24 May, 2009 | 2 Comments »
…Are you ready? It’s really particularly awesome. Here it is: exeJesus How cool is that? What do we want from our exegesis? ExeJesus that’s what! Nice one Dave Ingland. .
He Rose Up – with tune
Posted in creative, poetry, songs, tagged creative, poetry, songs on 23 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s the audio. There’s a harmony too, but I’ll have to add that when I get some recording software. He rose up among us, as told. He rose up as promised of old. My Brother in strife Assuming my life Exalted, the Father’s Decree He rose up, He rose up for me. He rose up [...]
Song – He rose up
Posted in creative, poetry, songs, tagged creative, poetry, songs on 22 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this while working on my kids ascension song. I’m working on the tune. I’ll put up a rough mp3 at some point. He rose up among us, as told. He rose up as promised of old. My Brother in strife Assuming my life He rose up, He rose up for me. He [...]
Some convictions of mine
Posted in covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, mediation of Christ, trinity, tagged covenant continuity, Doctrine of God, mediation of Christ, trinity on 22 May, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The OT is not functionally unitarian Christian revelation cannot be functionally unitarian God simply is trinity Functional unitarianism can in no sense be a preparation for trinitarianism The oneness of the triune God is nothing like the oneness of the unitarian god. Trinity is not a nuance There is no way to shove ‘Trinity’ in [...]
Steve Levy speaks
Posted in covenant continuity, other blogs, tagged covenant continuity, other blogs on 21 May, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The issue is not progress of knowledge but object of faith. Amen! Amen! Go and enjoy this post but I dunno – maybe comment here rather than there. Your call. But some blogs aren’t as much free-for-alls as Christ the Truth. Both kinds of blogs have their place and it’s good to respect the differences. [...]
Acsension Day Kids Song – NEW EDIT
Posted in ascension, creative, songs, tagged ascension, creative, songs on 21 May, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Here is my (NOW EDITED) attempt at a kids song for the ascension. It views the ascension first from heaven (Psalm 24 perspective) and then from earth (Acts 1 perspective). Audio here. FROM HEAVEN: Here He comes – Here He comes Open up - Open up It’s the King - It’s the King of [...]
Ascension sermon – Dev Menon
Posted in ascension, sermons, tagged ascension, sermons on 21 May, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It should become an annual Ascension Day practice to listen to Dev’s incredible sermon. Sit back and enjoy. You’ve never heard anything quite like it. Unless you know Dev! .
What’s the point?
Posted in covenant continuity, theological debate, theological debates, tagged covenant continuity, theological debate on 20 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A flurry of recent blogging on Christ in the OT. A whole swathe of posts written in the past. Why? I write on this the same reason I write on pastoral theology, on doctrine of God, on evangelism, on preaching, on everything: KNOWING JESUS IS CRUCIAL! KNOWING JESUS IS EVERYTHING! DON’T MESS WITH KNOWING JESUS! [...]
Ascension Day kids songs
Posted in ascension, creative, songs, tagged ascension, creative, songs on 20 May, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Anyone know any ascension day kids songs? EDIT: Just written one here if anyone’s interested.



