Monthly Archives: February 2010

28
Feb

Are our hearts in our control?

As someone who has dwelt long in the land of experiential pietism, to speak of “the heart” is code for the inner part of a person’s nature that no one can affect except God himself.  God gives a good heart … Continue reading →

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28
Feb

Revisiting Abraham’s Character

Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house. For Jesus … Continue reading →

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25
Feb

RePost: “Do you even remember the day that you sold out?”

I remember (imperfectly, I’m sure) that line from the protagonist in a John Grisham movie adaptation. The young lawyer sat across the table from an older lawyer. The older lawyer was defending a health insurance company that had deliberately refused … Continue reading →

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25
Feb

Destroying limits is self-destructive

This conversation reminded me of an episode of Buffy.  To be clear, the portrayal of magic on the show is problematic (along with many other things), but I find it interesting that the writers dabbled in similar principles about good … Continue reading →

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25
Feb

The 5 paragraphs of Romans 2 in the ESV

Romans 2 + Romans 2.1-5 Jews are just as much provoking wrath as Gentiles are, so Jews have no reason to believe they are better. JEWS ARE IN NO POSITION TO JUDGE THE NATIONS = Romans 2.6-11 God judges both … Continue reading →

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25
Feb

Not just the hearers of the law, the merely circumcised.

He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness … Continue reading →

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24
Feb

Israel’s failure to keep the law

Paul’s argument that Israel has not kept the Law does not begin in Romans 2.17 or even in Romans 2.1.  Romans 1.18ff has Scriptural allusions that show that Israel’s sin is involved in the sin of the Greeks.  The Gentiles … Continue reading →

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24
Feb

Page 170 of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot

Continuing A clear Romans-like trajectory has been revealed (from the secret thoughts of a priest, no less).  The banality and universality of small evil will be “solved” by the appearance of Real and Pure Evil which can be dealt with … Continue reading →

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24
Feb

RePost: Repentance and Grace

We know the passage well: Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? … Continue reading →

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24
Feb

God values his reputation with a drop in a bucket?

And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them? I will strike them with the … Continue reading →

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