The Bible and God

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 [...]

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“My Body Hell”

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 [...]

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Christ in OT video

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. .

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The bible is God, apparently

There are many problems with saying that the pre-flesh Word of John 1 = the Scriptures.  Here’s one of them… h/t Bobby.

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Summary post

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 [...]

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What real men look like…

I’ve discussed many times on this blog what real masculinity looks like.  Here it is… I’m not even joking.

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John Owen – Communion with God

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 [...]

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The classical reformed position

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 [...]

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A parable

Nice huh? .

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My new favourite word…

…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. .  

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He Rose Up – with tune

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 [...]

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Song – He rose up

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 [...]

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Some convictions of mine

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 [...]

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Steve Levy speaks

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. [...]

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Acsension Day Kids Song – NEW EDIT

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 [...]

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Ascension sermon – Dev Menon

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! .

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What’s the point?

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! [...]

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Ascension Day kids songs

Anyone know any ascension day kids songs? EDIT: Just written one here if anyone’s interested.

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