An Arresting Metaphor
J. Gresham Machen, in “Christianity and Culture,” Princeton Theological Review, Vol. 11, 1913. The elimination of the supernatural in Christianity—so tremendously common today—really makes Christianity merely natural. Christianity becomes a human product, a mere part of human culture. But as such it is something entirely different from the old Christianity that was based upon a direct revelation from God. Deprived thus of its note of authority, the gospel is no gospel any longer; it is a...
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Ripping Off Moisés Silva
I’m stealing brazenly from Moisés Silva (see my previous post quoting him at length), but perhaps this post may still amuse and inform you. Silva provides the set-up, I the made-up text and exegesis. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Silva: "It is approximately the year 2790. The most powerful nation on earth occupies a large territory in Central Africa, and its citizens speak Swahili. The United States and other English-speaking countries have long ceased to exist, and much of...
Romans 12:3–21
My good pastor has been urging his congregation with more heart even than usual to read their Bibles this year. As part of his exhortation to do that, he gave some practical examples from his own Bible reading of what he does to study. I think that was an excellent idea because I, for one, struggled for a long time to know just what to do during my Bible-reading times. I wish I could say those struggles are all over. What I can say is that I have discovered a few little methods which really do...
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love,” Romans 12:10.
Leon Morris makes an interesting note on φιλόστοργοι (philostorgoi—a combination of φίλος [philos] and στοργή [storge]) in Romans 12:10: KJV has “Be kindly affectioned”, where “kindly” is used in its original sense, “referring to kin.” —The Epistle to the Romans, Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988), 445. If he’s right, I can add one more to the list of verses I never understood in the KJV because of the changes English has undergone in the last 400 years. I...