Posted in Book Reviews, tagged Christianity, church, doctrine, emergents, emerging church, postmodern, Scriptures on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be)
By Kevin DeYoung & Ted Kluck
Reviewed by Jonathan Leeman
Foreword by David F. Wells
Moody Press, 2008, 256 pp, $14.99
“They just don’t get it.”
I predict that’s what the naysayers of Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck’s new book Why We’re Not Emergent will say.
“They don’t understand me” is one [...]
Posted in Method of Interpretation, Think on These Things, tagged Scriptures, theology, Old Testament, interpretation, typology, Christocentric, redemptive on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Outline of G. K. Beale and Sidney Greidanus — See Below *
The Basic Presuppositions of the Redemptive Historical Christocentric Interpretation of the Old Testament
A. The assumption of corporate solidarity or representation.
B. That Christ is viewed as representing the true Israel of the Old Testament and true Israel, the church, in the New Testament (Isa. 49:3-6; [...]
Posted in Quotes, Think on These Things, tagged doctrine, Jesus Christ, prophecy, revelation, Scriptures on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by John Calvin, from the Institutes of John Calvin and Calvin’s Commentary on Hebrews
“For in [Christ] ‘all treasures of knowledge and wisdom are hid’ (Colossians 2:3) with such great abundance and richness that either to hope for or to seek any new addition to these treasures is truly to arouse God’s wrath and provoke him [...]
Posted in The Life of A Justified Sinner, tagged born again, grace, identity, new birth, new life, Scriptures on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Foreword: This is the 4th installment on the series from Modern Reformation issue of 1996. For other articles uploaded earlier, go to the sidebar – Categories – and choose ‘The Life of a Justified Sinner’ to take you to all articles under this heading.
The exposition below provides a good and clear exegesis of the [...]
Posted in Biographies, tagged arminian, christian, faith, God, grace, heart, Jesus Christ, Lord, pray, preaching, Scriptures, truth on October 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Well can I remember the manner in which I learned the Doctrines of Grace in a single instant. Born as all of us are by nature, an ‘Arminian,’ I still believed the old things I had heard continually from the pulpit, and did not see the Grace of God. When I was coming to Christ, [...]
Posted in Think on These Things, tagged bible, bibliophiles, book, christian, Christianity, disciples, reformation, Scriptures, well-read on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THE WELL-READ CHRISTIAN: Why Bible Lovers Should Be Bibliophiles
by Rick Ritchie
His accusing questions to the Pharisees begin with the words “Have you not read…?”, suggesting that his hearers were readers who should have read with more diligence.
The well-read life was the aspiration of bygone saints. No, not the life that was read by everyone (That [...]
Posted in Think on These Things, tagged Berean, faith, Pelagianism, Scriptures, tradition on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Foreword
The article appended hereunder originally entitled ‘Assumptions, Traditions and a Biblical Filter’ by pastor John Samson was posted yesterday at Reformation Theology (RT) website (click here). I realize that not everyone may be able to get the chance to read the article through my RT’s RSS feed at the right sidebar of my webpage, so I posted it here for [...]
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