Entries from January 2008

January 31, 2008

Evolution of the Creeds

Recently some of us have been engaged in conversation on a message board about the Trinity. Often we face a very smug attitude that says, “the church already dealt with this question and if you don’t agree with the church then you are a heretic.” This rhetoric comes from Protestant and Catholic alike [...]

January 28, 2008

Exegetical Insights - “my God” - Jesus Has a God

Episode Two. From the mouth of Jesus we learn he has a God. Could Jesus have one he calls “my God” and yet he himself also be God? An overview of the “my God” statements of Jesus with the purpose of learning more about who he really is.
 

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January 27, 2008

Sketch of the Kingdom of God (not heaven)

by Sean Finnegan
The Old Testament predicts a glorious future of the people of God. The following is a brief sketch of the Hope painted across the canvas of the Jewish Bible. Notice that going to heaven is not at all in view here.
In the last days, the mountain on which Jerusalem sits will be raised [...]

January 26, 2008

The Sluggard Says, There Is a Lion Outside! I Shall Be Slain

This is one of the entries of John Piper’s Book “Taste and See” which I was reading recently.  I thought that this entry was particularly helpful and inlighting.  I know I often struggle with laziness and Piper emphasizes the battle that is going on our minds at times when we are lazy.  This might be helpful [...]

January 25, 2008

Stop Going To Church

Well said. Worth the read.
by Kevin A. Beck , Nov 28, 2006
Jesus was radical. After all, the powers-that-be don’t kill nice compliant people. Jesus spoke a message that shook people to their core. He announced the imminent arrival of the kingdom of God. He shunned religious dignitaries and associated with societal outcasts as proof of [...]

January 24, 2008

No kiss, no sex till marriage - Good for you!

Saw this article on the news page of klove.com after reading it, I was proud of this guys commitment to purity and holiness. It is sad that he was mocked on national television and will probably not get anywhere near the exposure for his reasoning and response than the other side will get for mocking [...]

January 24, 2008

Only The Father Is God

by Sean Finnegan
Jesus knew that this was his last time with the disciples before he would be taken into custody. He prayed just before he made his way across the Kidron Valley to the Garden of Gethsemene. The disciples listened earnestly; they were probably still in shock because Jesus had just washed their feet. As [...]

January 23, 2008

The Kingdom of God in Paul

I recently listened to this teaching by N.T. Wright, the Bishop of Durham in England. I find it incredible how much he emphasizes that the biblical destiny is not going to heaven at death but rather resurrection when Jesus comes to establish the kingdom (or in his words, “put the world to rights”). Often, those [...]

January 22, 2008

Metanoeo - Repentance

“The predominantly intellectual understanding of metanoeo as a change of mind plays very little part in the New Testament. Rather the decision by the whole man to turn around is stressed. It is clear that we are concerned neither with a purely outward turning, nor with a merely intellectual change of ideas.” - Colin Brown, [...]

January 17, 2008

Exegetical Insights - What is the Kingdom of God?

 
What is the hope of the Christian?  Floating on a cloud in the sky by and by?  A surreal existence as a spirit?  Living in Paradise?  A look at this important topic from the Scriptures.  Episode One of our video series.