The Desire of Nations – Sermon Series

Rich Owen’s preached a corker of a series on Christ’s return: 1. The Desire of Nations 2. Face to Face with Jesus 3. Judgement Confirmed  4. Jesus the Firstfruits  5. Jesus the Bridegroom  6. Waiting for Jesus Other sermons from City Evangelical Church, Leeds here.

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What does it look like for God to show up?

Dev points us to Peter Leithart reflecting on nature and super-nature.  It’s reminded me of some diagrams I’ve been meaning to draw for a while… Maybe it’s been since the Enlightenment and/or maybe it’s come through Aquinas with his Aristotelian nature/grace divide, but either way… Today we tend to imagine the interaction of nature and [...]

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The End of the World… and I feel fine

 Thanks to Harold Camping, today is pretty much the one day I don’t expect Christ to return.  What a shame!  Never mind eh.  Begin again tomorrow.  Sunday would be a better day for it anyway – the Lord’s Day does mean “Day of the Lord” after all. Of course, through the gospel, Christ’s return is [...]

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“The delay of the parousia”

The myth of the ‘delay of the parousia’ has largely grown up in the modern world to fill the vacuum left when scholars insisted that the resurrection didn’t happen. For the early Christians, God’s new world – the world where God’s writ runs – had already begun, and they were living in it by the [...]

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Christ’s government no longer increasing

Also… The new NIV has Isaiah 9 saying: 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. This departs from the traditional translation: “of the increase [...]

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How to wait? [repost]

The Christian is expectant.  We wait for Christ our Bridegroom. But how do we wait?  Like this? I recently read Sam Harris quoting this statistic: 44% of Americans believe Jesus will ‘certainly’ or ‘probably’ return in the next 50 years.  That’s not 44% of American Christians.  That’s 44% of Americans! Now I think Jesus could [...]

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Waiting

[A repost] Ever noticed how much the theme of waiting comes up in the Scriptures? . Two examples from the OT. People waiting for Jesus: . In Genesis 49 we see the kings from Judah promised as throne-warmers for the Universal King (v10).  In the midst of Jacob’s many prophesies he says: “For Your Yeshua I will wait [...]

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Everyone has their armageddon

It’s just a question of which armageddon btw it’s a spoof!

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How can I be sure of climate heaven?

Imagine you’re in a conversation with someone of another religion.  At some point you might ask them: “Are you sure of heaven/Valhalla/getting beamed to the mother ship?”  (delete as appropriate). This is a good question because no other god actually saves.  They might talk a big game but they can’t be counted on to do [...]

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Two questions regarding Piper on Wilson

1) How does Piper square his love of Jonathan Edwards with his own pre-mill and credo-baptist theology?  Is there anywhere where he talks about parting company with Edwards? 2) Does anyone see the irony of two young guns bumping fists behind Piper just as he lays into the dumb guys that surround Wilson?  Or was [...]

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How to wait

The Christian is expectant.  We wait for Christ our Bridegroom. But how do we wait?  Like this? I recently read Sam Harris quoting this statistic: 44% of Americans believe Jesus will ‘certainly’ or ‘probably’ return in the next 50 years.  That’s not 44% of American Christians.  That’s 44% of Americans! Now I think Jesus could [...]

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Left behind

Now this is just cruel. UPDATE:  There used to be a youtube video here where a girl was “pranked”.  They ‘raptured’ her Christian friends and made her think she was left behind.  On second thoughts, I’ve considered that posting the video participates in the prank.  So I’ve deleted it. . Would I be correct in thinking pre-millers [...]

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