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  • The Death of Death: Purpose Statement

    [This post is part of the Atonement series] “By all which expressions the Lord evidently and clearly engageth himself to his Son, that he should gather to himself a glorious church of believers from among Jews and Gentiles, through all the world, that should be brought unto him, and certainly fed in full pasture, and refreshed by…

  • Brewing Bold

    I watched the sun rise this morning in my side mirror on the way to Panera to get work done/see Ali. Thanks to air quality here in Dallas it was a very large glowing orb at first and then shrunk to normal size as I crested a hill and the angle changed. Mornings like this…

  • The Death of Death: Intro

    [This post is part of the Atonement series] For the 2nd week in a row, one of my students asked me what I was giving up for Lent. I had thought we had gone over it last week, but it get me thinking somewhat. He of course is giving up sweets, and may or may…

  • Transcendence

    Stories are one of the few ways a human can actually transcend time and space. Think about it. You can encapsulate something that took days/months/years in a matter of hours by standing outside of the story and repeating it. I did it on here with the story of Alexandra and I. You do it every…

  • The 3rd Word

    It is interesting to note that in the Old Testament, what we call the 10 Commandments, are not ever referred to as such. In the Septuagint (Greek translation of the OT) they are referred to as the Decalogue, which in Greek would mean the 10 words. The Hebrew comes out meaning “the 10 pronouncements,” so…

  • Adventures in Eschatology

    [This post is part of the Eschatology series] So here’s the deal. While I would like to write about other things in this space, since I am finally taking Eschatology this semester, I know finally have to come to grips with what I think about it. I think that might be why it is the…

  • Divine Aseity and Prayer

    Yesterday, it was announced that the pastor of our church here in Dallas, Matt Chandler, would be having surgery on Friday to remove a brain tumor in his frontal lobe. No word was available yet on whether or not the tumor was malignant, they would find out when they got in there. New traveled quickly on Thanksgiving…

  • Some Things Needed to be Said: Rethinking Velvet Elvis (B)

    I had said in the last post that Rob Bell is rather adept at dropping half truths. This much is true, so accordingly, he does have many insightful things to say in the book. I think in some measure, evangelicals are quick to jump on the bad springs (doctrine) Bell has in his trampoline (both…

  • Some False Teaching Never Gets Old: Repainting Velvet Elvis (A)

    Honestly, at this point, another review of Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith might not be needed. I’ve seen several myself, and heard Mark Driscoll address some issues both in a sermon and in his book Vintage Jesus. That being said, the reason for what you are about to read is more or…

  • Genesis 1: Concluding Thoughts

    [This post is part of the Genesis series] Because of chapter divisions, I’m not going to actually dig too much into to Day 7 here, although we should at least finish the narrative before moving on. Day Seven I find John Walton’s summary of the state of things prior to Day 7 to be helpful,…