Larry Hurtado’s book God In New Testament Theology is a discussion of how the New Testament handles “God” (Hurtado uses quotes in the book). In this book Hurtado is most interested not in the veracity or implications of who God is, but rather in what the text portrays as the belief and experience of the … Continue reading Review – God in New Testament Theology by Larry Hurtado
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Hello world, take two
In 2008 I started posting to a blog on WordPress. For a while, I wrote a post about once a week, and people were reading it. A few years later I quit my job and started a business, and work took over. The personal blog fell off the priority list. Looking back at some of … Continue reading Hello world, take two
Promotion or Prevention
My reading list this morning included a post that mentioned the idea that some people think of goals and decisions in terms of an opportunity, and some people see them as threats. The idea in the post was that if your perception is "promotion focused" you will pursue the goal as an opportunity to advance … Continue reading Promotion or Prevention
Does God speak?
There were a couple of posts on Reformation21.org about whether God speaks to people today. I think that these two posts are great examples of a key failure of modern reformed thinking. Does God exist? Is he an actual person? Could he speak to people if he chose to? Has he ever spoken to anybody … Continue reading Does God speak?
Yes, we’re broken. God makes it straight
Recently I read a book that said that the modern church is broken, and we need to get back to how the first Century church did things. Our weekly meetings should be how they did it then. Our sacraments and worship should be like theirs. Our leadership should be like their leadership. The problem with … Continue reading Yes, we’re broken. God makes it straight
Dancing upon grace
I wandered through the room this afternoon where my kids were watching the Narnia movie. It was on the scene where Aslan makes the deal with the witch. When Aslan and the witch come out of the tent and announce that the witch has renounced her claim on Edmund, there is celebration in the camp. … Continue reading Dancing upon grace
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