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John Frame and the “two Kingdoms”

Posted in Bible, Tradition and Interpretation, Church Practices, Discipleship, Links, Random Ramblings, Worldview on October 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I am pleased to find out that I am in good company in critiquing the “two kingdoms” view (see previous blog entry, below).
Check out John Frame’s “In Defense of Christian Activism“.

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Giving God what is God’s

Posted in Bible, Tradition and Interpretation, Church Practices, Discipleship, Worldview on October 30, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Luther explained this tension by making the helpful distinction between our “person” and our “office”. It was part of his teaching about the”two kingdoms” which has, however, been justly criticised. He derived it from the text “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s”. He saw in [...]

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CJ Mahaney and his conversion

Posted in Random Ramblings on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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Dumbrell part II: The Nature of Paul’s Gospel

Posted in Bible, Tradition and Interpretation, Books, Worldview on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

More Dumbrell, from the introduction of his Romans Commentary. (See previous post) The emphasis are mine, although the footnotes belong to the original text.
“Jesus came preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom (Mark 1:14, 15). Immediately, this had in mind in terms of prophetic expectation Israel’s restoration to be the spiritual force in the world, [...]

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Dumbrell: Covenant in the New Testament

Posted in Bible, Tradition and Interpretation, Books, Worldview on October 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »

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I am currently reading William Dumbrell’s Romans commentary. In his introduction he writes in part, about the role of “covenant” as a key concept in New Testament theology. Here are some thoughts of his, that really caught my eye (emphasis mine).
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“Covenant theology in discussion of New Testament theology has not been given the high profile [...]

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Guiding Principle of the English Reformation (again)

Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Fr. Peter continues to blog on this subject here and here. See Part 1 here.

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Vindicating the Sabbath and avoiding legalism

Posted in Bible, Tradition and Interpretation, Church Practices, Discipleship, Links, Worldview on October 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Some interesting thoughts from Kyle, here. I believe that the sabbath “principle” carries over into the New Covenant, enriched by its association to Christ’s Resurrection and the inauguration of God’s New Creation.

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“Anglican Use” parishes

Posted in Links, Liturgy, Random Ramblings, Roman Catholicism on October 23, 2007 | 4 Comments »

I am absolutely perplexed by this. It bothers me, especially taking into account that Anglican Liturgy, while fully Catholic, is not Roman catholic in any way, and this is particularly clear when it comes to the sacramental liturgy -where I believe, the BCP takes the Calvinist position (James help me here if I’m wrong).

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The Guiding Principles of the English Reformation

Posted in Links on October 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Peter Matthews (alias The Guitar Priest) blogs on this subject here.
For more information on Fr. Matthew’s ministry, check out this article.

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Devotion and Emotion must go together

Posted in Discipleship on October 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Beautiful lyrics, from the band “Foolish Things“. Lets not merely say the words. Lord spare us from empty piety.
Forgive me

Forgive me when my prayers have come to you,
Grosser than the things confessed,
Reeking with emptiness.

Forgive me when religion’s been my god,
And all that I do, that denies you are there,
But you’re there.
 

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