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Francis Schaeffer on T.D. Jakes…err…I mean Karl Barth

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:01:09 -0500

In recent years it has often been said that Karl Barth changed his views toward the end of his life. If this was so, then all could have been easily cared for by his writing one more book amongst his many books and, while he was yet living, making it known that his views of Scripture, his lack of a space-time Fall, and his implicit universalism had been publicly repudiated. In the light of his crucial influence as the originator of the new theology and his wide publication, it would seem difficult to think that anything less would have met his responsibility before God and men. If he had done this, many of us would have truly rejoiced. Note p. 78 for a consideration of the deficient concept of justification and the place of universalism in the new theology.¹

Francis A. Schaeffer, The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer : A Christian Worldview. (Westchester, Ill.: Crossway Books, 1996). ↩

"For Christianity is not romantic; it is realistic. Christianity is realistic because it says that if..."

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:42:15 -0500

“For Christianity is not romantic; it is realistic. Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope; and there can be no truth if there is no adequate base.”

- Francis Schaeffer in The God who is There.

"Exegesis is not the finished product but rather a servant to it. It is not th end of the road but..."

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:01:16 -0500

“Exegesis is not the finished product but rather a servant to it. It is not th end of the road but the road to the end — the preached sermon.”

- Murray, _How Sermons Work), p. 39.

"To withhold discipline is neither a compliment nor a kindness; and the opportunity passes."

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:13:39 -0500

“To withhold discipline is neither a compliment nor a kindness; and the opportunity passes.”

- Derek Kidner in his TOTC commentary on Proverbs. (Via Paul Wegner’s article “Discipline in the Book of Proverbs” in JETS 48/4.

"[Jesus] would go to Jerusalem not to wield the spear and bring the judgment, but to receive the..."

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:30:05 -0500

“[Jesus] would go to Jerusalem not to wield the spear and bring the judgment, but to receive the spear thrust and bear the judgment.”

- Edmund Clowney via D.A. Carson’s Pillar Commentary on John, 273.

"Preaching, he says, “may be slow work; it often is; it is a long-term policy. But my whole..."

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:38:19 -0500

“Preaching, he says, “may be slow work; it often is; it is a long-term policy. But my whole contention is that it works, that it pays, and that it is honoured, and must be, because it is God’s own method.””

- D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in Preaching and Preachers.

Spurgeon: No Doubt as to what we believe and teach

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:30:06 -0500

Spurgeon: No Doubt as to what we believe and teach:

Read it…live it!

The problem of not using icons by espinr on Flickr.Better learn...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:05 -0500

The problem of not using icons by espinr on Flickr.

Better learn the language, or it could get awkward!

WC=water closet

"See the book as profoundly God-centered, reading the whole in light of the book’s beginning (where..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:06 -0500

“See the book as profoundly God-centered, reading the whole in light of the book’s beginning (where God interacts with Satan) and the end (where God interacts with Job). At the end of the day, Job never gets answers, he just gets God, and, as it turns out, God is all he needed from the beginning. As you read Job, allow the book to lead you to God.”

- Guidelines for Reading/Listening to the Book of Job — George H. Guthrie

air slovenia #6 by deepres on Flickr.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:00:06 -0500

air slovenia #6 by deepres on Flickr.

"Almost every doctrinal error starts with the desire to affirm or to protect some important doctrine...."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:30:06 -0500

“Almost every doctrinal error starts with the desire to affirm or to protect some important doctrine. But without careful thinking and delicate nuances, working hard to avoid one mistake will simply lead us to another. Maybe even worse.”

- Nuance Is Necessary – Kevin DeYoung

"It’s painful, expensive, time-consuming, stressful and ultimately pointless to work overtime..."

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:05 -0500

“It’s painful, expensive, time-consuming, stressful and ultimately pointless to work overtime to preserve your dying business model.”

- Seth Godin

"Hopelessness destroys moral conviction by making it look ludicrous. And therefore it destroys almost..."

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:17:33 -0500

“Hopelessness destroys moral conviction by making it look ludicrous. And therefore it destroys almost everything that is beautiful and precious.”

- John Piper in Bloodlines

"And he who created all things in the beginning with this goal in mind will consummate his work of..."

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:30:06 -0500

“And he who created all things in the beginning with this goal in mind will consummate his work of re-creation on the final day when he brings all things together in unity in his Son, the Lord Jesus (1:10).”

- Peter Thomas O’Brien, The Letter to the Ephesians, The Pillar New Testament commentary, 244 (Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1999).

Julian Alps by Gruenemann on Flickr.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:35:05 -0500

Julian Alps by Gruenemann on Flickr.

Sad Irony

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:52:27 -0500

Yesterday: I began reading John Piper’s Bloodlines which is now available for free in pdf format.² While there are many areas of theology and practice where I would disagree with Pastor Piper, I have been encouraged by the first four chapters. Racism is absolutely and unequivocally incompatible with the Gospel.

Today: One of the occupational hazards of being on deputation is discovering disturbing information on church websites. This evening I happened upon the worst type of racism on a Independent Baptist church website–contorting Scripture to attempt to legitimize racism.

We Baptists still have a long way to go on the issue of race, but I thank God that many are moving in the right direction. I thank God that there are some old paths that were not good paths that we are finally moving away from. (Just so you know, Jeremiah 6:16 does not say that all old paths are good paths.) May we by God’s grace continue to move closer to Him.

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons, the National Archives, and the US Army. Click the photo for a link to the source. ↩
Where you can find the pdf. ↩

"The Word was with God, God’s eternal Fellow; the Word was God, God’s own Self."

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:30:05 -0500

“The Word was with God, God’s eternal Fellow; the Word was God, God’s own Self.”

- Edmund Clowney on John 1:1.¹

D. A. Carson, The Gospel According to John, 117 (Leicester, England: W.B. Eerdmans, 1991). ↩

"I doubt that putting right-wingers in their place is the most pressing issue in Seattle."

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:35:05 -0500

“I doubt that putting right-wingers in their place is the most pressing issue in Seattle.”

- Does Jesus Hate Religion? Kinda, Sorta, Not Really – Kevin DeYoung

"Whenever Slovenians speak positively or negatively of Church or religion, they really mean..."

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:00:05 -0500

“Whenever Slovenians speak positively or negatively of Church or religion, they really mean Catholicism, since Slovenia is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic in terms of religious affiliation, cultural tradition, and influence.”

- Jason Blake in Slovenia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

"While the modernist imagines herself a perfectly fit arbiter and neutral judge of any gospel claim..."

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:30:05 -0500

“While the modernist imagines herself a perfectly fit arbiter and neutral judge of any gospel claim put forward, it is a truism for postmodernism that we know or judge nothing neutrally.”

- Jon Hinkson and Greg Ganssle in Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns