Thanks to Marc Lloyd for this one.
Doug Wilson is very helpful in articulating with clarity a Calvinist view of the Lord's Supper.
In a nutshell: Are the bread and wine that we share just bread and wine? His answer is: Yes... In the same sense in which the words on the page of the Bible are just words on a page.
The comments beneath his post are as worth reading as the post itself, because they clarify precisely what he is and is not saying.
I’m looking again at sermon I gave a little while ago on 2 Peter 1:12-21.
What I’m noticing was the careful precision with which Peter describes the inspiration of the OT (prophets) in verse 20.
Someone recently pointed me to this poem, where each line is associated with a verse of Scripture, entitled The Father’s Love Letter.
One of the things I like about it is (even allowing for several / many misappropriations of Bible verses) that it is a heart-warming exposition of the love of God for his people. God’s love for his people is part of his glorious character, and it is good to see facets of it laid out.
But I have to admit to not being too keen on it as a piece of writing.
I'd like to welcome my friend James Gould to the blogosphere.
James has just started a degree in Biblical Studies at Sheffield, having done a youth-work year-out with us last year. He's concerned to end his degree loving God more than when he began.
So, rather than e-mail all his friends separately with every issue his course raises, he thought he'd start a blog and ask his questions where we can all find them. To start with, they're a bunch of OT questions, often Pentateuch ones.
Welcome, James. And if any readers of this blog ever fancy peaking at his and posting him the odd comment by way of reply - I know he'd be grateful.
http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=43870
Well it got me wrong! Apparently...
One of the members of our church gave me an A5 piece of paper a few weeks ago. A copy of this had gone through the letter box of every house on his estate, and he wanted to know more about it.
The sheet came from an organisation called “Advent Books”, and invited the reader to send off for a free book entitled The Great Controversy and/or to sign up for a free postal Bible course.
The Great Controversy
Picking up, again on this CHN article. The Bible is quite clear that it’s a fair question. Jesus did die for the sins of the whole world. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life”.Just a small exegetical observation.
Now that’s provocative. That’s also one bright seven year old.
What’s wrong with the lolly-bag illustration? Two things come to my mind.
I've just stumbled across this article on paedocommunion.
http://www.paedocommunion.com/articles/lusk_for_the_childrens_sake.php
So, to remind me where to find it in future, I've put a link to it here. Excellent.
(Given he mentions post-mill, presumably if I come back far enough into the future, I will see Bible-teaching churches across the UK that welcome children in this way).
