Jesus Christ
Designer Furniture & Monks
I recently read an article about designer furniture on a domestic flight in China. In summary: 1) The wealthy in China have property and technology, 2) Furniture will be the next status symbol, and 3) Buying furniture from China is unacceptable (this is ironic considering where the rest of the world buys its furniture…). The [...]
Insights For Easter
This time of year is a great opportunity to reflect on Jesus’ death and resurrection. Here are some insights gleaned from John Stott’s The Cross Of Christ: “In the Christian theology of history, the death of Christ is the central point of history; here all the roads of the past converge; hence all the roads of [...]
Face to Face with the New Testament
See this morning’s post for the context of this post. I wanted to give you the information for Dr. Don Barker’s seminar Face to Face with the New Testament. You can get the information on the web here (go down to #4). The following information is taken directly from the pdf brochure which Dr. Barker [...]
John Stott: The Cross Of Christ
I’m currently enjoying John Stott’s great work The Cross of Christ, which is full of helpful insights on the cross as the New Testament’s dominating theme. (A good survey for initial study is Leon Morris’ The Cross In The New Testament) Here’s a couple examples: “Our substitute, then, who took our place and died our [...]
False Messiahs
Even believers entertain false messiah’s from time to time. A messiah is a deliverer, a saviour. Literally it means the anointed one. For Christians we believe that Jesus Christ was the Messiah of God and came not only to fulfill the Jewish law but also to rescue Jew and Gentile alike from sin. For a [...]
On the atonement
Leviticus 12, 13 “I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me” ( Pss. 51:5 KJV). From the beginning of my life my contact has been with the unclean—how than can a man become pure? The atonement blood that cleanses my mother must avail also for me. O Lamb of God, [...]
Jason, what does “imputed” mean?
A friend asked me recently “Jason, what does ‘imputed’ mean?” No, she wasn’t a Christian. And no we weren’t studying the Bible. We were studying for an accounting exam at uni. The reason she asked is that one of our questions had a factor called “the imputed interest rate.” “I can’t really think of how [...]
On inspiration and apologetics… and an ulcerous moon
Letter from Fritz… today. Most encouraging. Lead him on, Lord. Inspiration From Gaussen’s work Theopneustia [the Greek word which the King James Version translates "is given by inspiration of God"] I have been stimulated to define my view and reasons for inspiration of the Scriptures. Here are jottings: Gaussen defends the Old Testament as inspired [...]
Thursday afternoon
ednesday had been a difficult day in the city, so he was glad to spend the evening at a friend’s house in a small town a few kilometres outside the city. Thursday morning he sent some friends to prepare for the evening in the city. But after that, we have no record of what he [...]
Tuesday meanderings
Warning. This is a chit chat post. If you value your time, just move on to something else. Broken people We live on a broken planet. I’ve been reminded so many times in the last several weeks about just how broken the world really is. We must be passionately pursuing the gospel of Jesus Christ [...]
Why your “good testimony” might be keeping them from Christ
“Before you can get someone saved, you first have to get them lost.” The primary need of our day is to help lost people realise they are sinners. And that is difficult in a society of relative morality. There is a school of thinking in Fundamentalism that focuses on “guarding your testimony with the lost.” [...]
The Gospel Lifestyle
One bad habit of a Christian is to think of the Gospel only as a decision — a commitment which was made years ago. So when he hears the Gospel mentioned, he thinks “I’ve done that already,” almost as if God’s message of salvation has no further bearing on his life today. Paul saw the [...]
