Israel’s Feast Days and the Sabbath

The nation of Israel had a liturgical calendar. There was the annual passover, the feast of tabernacles, the feast of trumpets, the day of atonement, and even the less regular jubilee. Special events went on during these times, as these feast days called to memory, both our’s and God’s, the covenant and the [...]

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N T Wright on the Sin Behind the Sin

Ok, so a lot has been said about the problem of Judaizing being either legalism or racism. I’ve tried to suggest that it is actually idolatry and manipulating God’s timing, and it appears that I was thinking Wright’s thoughts after him (only beforehand).
In his latest book, Surprised By Hope (a book that I’m finding [...]

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Covenantal Righteousness

Genesis 30: 33 reads, “So my righteousness will answer for me in time to come, when the subject of my wages comes before you: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, will be considered stolen, if it is with me.”
I’d imagine most of us would initially [...]

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My Apology

Ok, so last night I was in Buford T. Justice mode or something. I should have expressed myself a little more professionally (though I’m not a professional), but alas, there is a little Luther left in us all. How about I try this again?
There are two major problems with the current state of [...]

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Romans 3

I was reading the third chapter of Romans today. This is a section of scripture which many Christians coming out of the Reformation understand to be the core of the gospel. The first half of Romans, at least, is what it’s all about.
And I really can agree with them, though perhaps for different [...]

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No Longer Under Angels

As we saw in the previous Jacob account, angels stood between God and Man in the Old Creation.  Paul tells us that the Law was handed down by angels as well, and thus our no longer being under the law corresponds with our no longer being under angels.
Paul also mentions that we establish law and [...]

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IPO and Baptism in Leviticus 1

(Should I email this directly to Mark Horne first or just let him find it on his own?)

So says Calvin:
This, then, was the first rule of obedience, that men should not offer promiscuously this or that victim, but bulls or bull-calves of their herds, and male lambs or kids of their flocks. Freedom from blemish [...]

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Gnosticism and Judaizing

Peter Leithart makes some good connections:

One part of the connection of Judaizing and gnosticism appears to be this: God did indeed act through mediating beings under the old covenant. They delivered the law, and when Yahweh appeared in the OT, He appeared as an Angel. Judaizing is basically a denial of historical progress, an arrested [...]

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James Breaks All the Rules

Read this and ask yourself, “What was James’ concept of theology proper?”

2: 10- 13

For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.  For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you [...]

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That’s Not What The Commandment Prohibits

It is amazing how easily theologians can read their presuppositions into the text. Notice this post by Dr. VanDrunen where he makes a colossal jump away from the text without noting it:

As the above quotation from the Larger Catechism suggests, most Reformed reflection on the question of visual images of Christ has revolved around [...]

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