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Hebrews and Supersessionism

Markus Bockmuehl helpfully points out that the alleged supersessionism of the early and middle chapters of Hebrews is seriously tempered by the later chapters, and particularly chapter 11, with its appeal to old covenant believers...

March 8, 2010No Comments

Hebrews: Commentary on Psalm 110?

“The extent to which the argument of Hebrews is structured as exegesis of Ps. 110, with other texts cited to aid this exegesis, is such that more than one scholar has called Hebrews itself a...

March 8, 2010No Comments

The Law of Grace

Saw this great John Owen quote in a friend’s email signature: “We do not have the ability in ourselves to accomplish the least of God’s tasks. This is a law of grace. When we recognize...

March 5, 2010No Comments

Quotes on Christ’s Resurrection (13)

“The parallelism between Christ and the believer is not simply one of similarity. It is that, but more than that. The resurrection of the believer is regarded primarily as the effect of the resurrection of...

March 2, 2010No Comments

The Danger of Light and Joy

Gimli to Legolas while they are sailing away from Lothlorien: “Tell me, Legolas, why did I come on this Quest? Little did I know where the chief peril lay! Truly Elrond spoke, saying that we...

February 28, 2010No Comments

Yellow as a Cat’s

I also love how vividly Tolkien portrays evil in The Lord of the Rings. He makes you feel how seductive, how terrifying, how oppressive – how truly evil – it is. For example, I love...

February 28, 2010No Comments

Home and Holiday

As I am working my way through The Lord of the Rings and entering into the world that Tolkien created, I find it makes me long for heaven. Sam’s description of Lothlorien to Frodo really...

February 28, 2010No Comments

Quotes on Christ’s Resurrection (12)

Jonathan Edwards: “That justification that believers have at their conversion is as partaking of the justification that Christ had in his resurrection; and so all the benefits that believers , their comfort and hope and...

February 25, 2010No Comments

Quotes on Christ’s Resurrection (11)

Charles Spurgeon on the neglect of the resurrection: “It has been set down as a well known truth, and therefore has never been discussed. Heresies have not risen up respecting it; it would almost have...

February 24, 20101 Comment