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Jesus Christ Our Lord Has A Name |
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Written by Rey
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Monday, 06 November 2006 |
Our Lord is known by many names throughout scripture and countless pictures and in each of those we can see a different aspect of him. Looking at these aspects we see the multifaceted glory of our Lord and the lengths by which he saves.
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Allow Some Alls to Mean All |
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Written by Rey
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Thursday, 02 November 2006 |
In an effort to prove that God’s atonement is limited to elect individuals some Calvinists have taken to highlight the context of enemy camp proof-texts to show how the “all” contained in those verses refers to a limited group. That’s fine to do; context always defines a word so when I shout at the guests who have overstayed their welcome with “all people in my house; get out” I am not referring to all the people in the world nor am I including myself or my immediate family in the statement—I’m referring to the guests. The context restricted the meaning of the words and the fact that Calvinists point that out is to be applauded.
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Reflecting On Reformation Day |
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Written by Rey
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Tuesday, 31 October 2006 |
Traditionally, on October 31st, 1517 Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the doors of the Castle Church in Wittenberg—I guess that was his blog. The document is concerned with the authority of the pope in regard to indulgences and most of us Protestant Children of the Reformation would look back at the thing with a quizzical raised eyebrow—it means little to us today. I and countless believers who hold to the traditions shouted from barrack-tops are grateful for the unearthed truths and even repeat the Sola-statements: By Grace Alone, by Faith Alone, by Scripture Alone, by Christ alone, Glory to only God. But do we remember the price?
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Should A Christian Observe Halloween? |
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Written by Rey
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Monday, 30 October 2006 |
Years ago someone from my old church handed me a Chick tract on the “true meaning” of Halloween; it scared me (and it scared Joe Carter—let him link to it). Mind you, I saw The Exorcist when I was eight and the Lord saved me two weeks later—even so, Chick scared me. But as I grew older I came to see that many of the things Chick said were not sound and with Halloween specifically I had to draw (sorry) my own conclusions. After all, if I was to be a husband and a father I would have to have some solid convictions to share with the family. So should a Christian observe Halloween?
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Jesus Christ Our Lord is Mediator |
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Written by Rey
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Sunday, 29 October 2006 |
Jesus Christ is the only mediator, the one who lays a hand on each side (Job 9:33), between God and Man (1 Tim 2:5), mediating a better covenant than that found in the Law (Heb 8:6; Heb 12:24) which was mediated by Moses (Gal 3:19; Heb. 3:2–5). He has attained this exalted position by means of His full status as man (Heb. 2:17, 18; 4:15, 16), His authority by the Father (Matt. 28:18; John 5:22-27) and His atonement (Eph 2:13-18; Heb 9:15).
Of course, more can be inferred by His role as mediator throughout Scripture (as in his priestly work, his propitiatory work, his work in eternity past and the future glory)but I sought to look only at the direct references to his role as Mediator.
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Becoming All Things To All Men (1 Cor 9) |
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Written by Rey
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Friday, 27 October 2006 |
In my experience urban Teens have usually appealed to 1 Corinthians 9 for supporting the way they dress, act and use modern vernacular: Apparently adults are thinking the same thing about how to approach society in general. “To preach the gospel to those bar hoppers—I have to go to the bar and have a drink with them!” Centurion’s post on TeamPyro that circumstantially deals with Driscoll but really is concerned with the vehicle for the Gospel sparked this post so I wanted to look at this: Does Paul’s statement of becoming all things to all people mean becoming just like them so that we can preach to them?
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