Gavin, Author at Truth Unites

Stott versus Calvin on the Saving Efficacy of Christ’s Resurrection

I’m a huge fan of John Stott’s The Cross of Christ, but I think a weakness of the book is its relative neglect of Christ’s resurrection. Not only does Stott have very little treatment of...

January 9, 20101 Comment

Quotes on Christ’s Resurrection (4)

I Corinthians 15:45: “Thus it is written, ‘The first man Adam became a living being;’ the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” Richard Gaffin unpacks the meaning of “life-giving S/spirit” here: “Resurrection is here nothing...

January 8, 2010No Comments

Quotes on Christ’s Resurrection (3)

George Eldon Ladd: Jesus’ resurrection was not a return to physical, earthly life; it was the emergence within history of the life of the world to come. I Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus (Eerdmans,...

January 6, 2010No Comments

Quotes on Christ’s Resurrection (2)

Here is a great one from Lesslie Newbigin: The resurrection cannot be accommodated in any way of understanding the world except one of which it is the starting point. Some happenings, which come to our...

January 5, 2010No Comments

Quotes on Christ’s Resurrection (1)

I am also going to be compiling helpful quotes that I come across in my resurrection study. Here is one of many great ones that I have come across in my reading Richard Gaffin: The...

January 5, 2010No Comments

Christ’s Resurrection

I am conducting a study on the theological significance of Christ’s resurrection, looking at it in relation to others areas of Christian doctrine – so far, Christology, soteriology, creation, eschatology, apologetics, and good vs. evil....

January 2, 20103 Comments

Literature

If I have an afternoon to kill, one of my favorite things to do is to go to Borders, buy a large coffee, and then find a new section or topic to explore. There is...

December 31, 2009No Comments

Favorite Narnia Moments (10): Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time

I am catching up today on a lot of blog post ideas I have been too busy to do over the last several months. Here is another Narnia quote from The Lion, The Witch, and...

December 30, 2009No Comments

Christocentric Anthropology

“Not only do we only know God through Jesus Christ, but we only know ourselves through Jesus Christ; we only know life and death through Jesus Christ. Apart from Jesus Christ we cannot know the...

December 30, 2009No Comments