Here’s an e-mail I received from a friend about a news service being offered by Ravi Zacharias ministries. Their website and daily podcasts are goldmines. RZIM Zacharias Trust and the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics are launching a ‘breaking news’ service aimed at providing up to the minute Christian responses to public challenges to the [...]
Archive for the ‘interpreting Scripture’ Category
Apologetics Resources
Posted in culture, gospel, interpreting Scripture, world view on November 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What to get out of Old Testament characters
Posted in Bible, imitation, interpreting Scripture, quotes on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A little more on Jesus (and us) in the OT. In his commentary on 1 and 2 Kings (abbreviated in the good study notes in the ESV Study Bible), Iain Provan does a great job of illustrating how OT characters point to Jesus, and also point to us: Like Solomon, then, both Hezekiah and Josiah [...]
The Way Home
Posted in Bible, culture, interpreting Scripture, quotes, reading on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Stephen Dempster is one of my favorite OT scholars. In his review essay in the latest edition of Themelios, he concludes with this lovely observation, which he makes in light of the way that ancient Near Eastern literature sheds light on Scripture. (This is IMO not a bad description of our journeys, and God’s intentions [...]
The Relevance of the Book of Judges
Posted in Bible, church, interpreting Scripture, quotes on July 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
[T]he central theme of the Book of Judges is the Canaanization of Israel. Herein lies the key to the relevance of this ancient composition for North American Christianity, for like the Israelites of the settlement period, we have largely forgotten the covenant Lord . . . . Like the ancient Israelites we too are being [...]
“God is not knocked backwards by the massiveness of the need.”
Posted in interpreting Scripture, justice, missional church, Uncategorized on June 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
below is one of the best testimonies i have heard concerning the issues of justice and the people of God. it is the story of elizabeth, a girl who was deceived into a brothel to later be rescued by ijm . you really must take 13 minutes to listen to sharon cohn’s testimony HERE , or at least the last [...]
Slogans (2)
Posted in Bible, gospel, interpreting Scripture, slogans on May 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“The gospel is neither irreligion nor religion, but something entirely different altogether.” This slogan is most commonly associated with Tim Keller, who uses it incisively with nuance and care. As Keller uses it, the gospel is not religion as construed all over the world (i.e., if I’m good enough, God will accept me). Neither is the gospel [...]
Slogans (1): You have to be accused of antinomianism
Posted in interpreting Scripture, slogans, tagged slogans on May 25, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I’m starting a new series tackling slogans used in Christianity. Some slogans can be very helpful rallying cries; others are a bit more mischievous; others are a mix. Slogan 1: “If I am not accused of antinomianism, I’m not preaching the gospel.” This is one of my least favorite slogans, and I hear it at [...]
Bible Snapshots: Faith and Fear?
Posted in Bible, interpreting Scripture on May 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he [...]
God’s Image = Privilege and Responsibility
Posted in Bible, idolatry, interpreting Scripture, quotes on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Idolatry is something of a hot topic right now. Tim Keller, Greg Beale, and Brian Rosner have recently published good books on the topic and its significance for Christians. One of the real tragedies is not just what we do as idolaters, but what is done to us through idolatry. More on that later, but for now, one really thought-provoking [...]
Defining Gospel (5)
Posted in gospel, interpreting Scripture on May 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In the last post in this series, I pointed out some of the OT passages that speak of the gospel. In those passages, “gospeling” is about salvation, but not in “spiritual” terms alone; it’s about victory, enthronement, rule and restoration. This definition applies not just to earthly kings (2 Samuel 18:27, 31; 1 Kings 1:41 [...]
