tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36309582007-03-30T14:25:23.182-04:00pduggieBlogger5001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3630958.post-81155611088223223762007-03-30T14:19:00.000-04:002007-03-30T14:25:23.576-04:00

1. Some Christians, because of their great faith or piety, are more effective than other Christians in begging God's favors, say for healing the sick. 2. Since some Christians are of that sort, it is a good idea to ask them, in particular, to pray for you, say, if you are sick. 3. It is ok to think, in the back of your mind, "that man is righteous: his prayer will be partciularly effective for

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Jonathan Coulton sings: "Code Monkey very simple man With big warm fuzzy secret heart: " LOL!

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There are probably a lot of things I don't get about the FV debate. One thing is the way final justification and initial justification are treated. I blame Wright for drawing this to our attention with his claims that justification right now is the verdict of the future brought forward in time, but also that the verdict of the future is "based on" the whole of the life lived. Its all stuff

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So in this debate about imputed active righteousness, the claim is made that eschatological life demands a perfect meritorious life. You can't have that without active obedience. You only get forgiven with passive obedience, but not full eschatological life. Ok, but aren't we talking about justification. Why is eschatological life a part of justification. Wouldn't that actually be glorification?

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All presbyterians should agree that water baptism is absolutely required for people to go to heaven. Being baptized by the Spirit is also necessary, but noone can receive eschatological life without the work of water baptism. How do I know this is the true and presbyterian doctrine? Becauase presbyetrians prove that Jesus fulfiled the works of obedience we had to do because when Jesus was

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I note with interest a discussion on baptism on the Warfield list. (Part of my interest is to guess how long it will be before Mrs Taylor is removed from the list.) The rest of my interest is to note that one area of the dispute is "dueling Reformed theologians". We have Gibson citing Fisher's catechism (which I usually like) to the effect that baptism doesn't really admit anyone to the visible

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R. Scott Clark writesBy making a national covenant with Israel, our Lord re-instituted a picture of the covenant of works that he had made with Adam. Just as Adam was called to obey the law and enter into glory, so national Israel was called to obey and remain the national people of God.The bolded text (mine) is a very strange construction, don't you think? I can imagine God re-instituting the

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Doug Wilson writes Notice that Reformed Baptists cannot have a federal vision controversy.

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So I've been trying to make sense of Kline lately. I actually started out supposing that, hey, if the FV is wrong about meritorious lawkeeping being the task of the Covenant of Works, I better read up on the alternative so that I can defend orthodoxy. So I started reading Kline, who is supposed to be the ablest defender of the covenant of works as a system of pure and simple merit. Buy what I

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Tim Wilder gets it:The Federal Vision is the legitimate firstborn child of the OPC, and its deviant theologies that have been tolerated throughout the entire existence of the denomination.

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Who said this?In our justification in this life by faith, Christ is considered as our propitiation and advocate, as he who has made atonement for sin, and brought in everlasting righteousness; but at the last day, and in the last judgment, he is considered only as the judge.And whoever said it, if it's true, how is it that at the last judgment the imputed righteouness of Christ can as the sole

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An interesting coda to some of the FV discussion was recently raised. The link is to an article by Bob Wilkin [!], of the Grace Evangelical Society, who are against what was known as "lordship salvation". Wilkin takes Chantry to task for the followingSince we read of self-deceived hypocrites like Judas, it is an imperative question. “What must I do to be saved?” is an altogether different

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Carl Trueman questions some of the claims about postmodernismAgain I’m told that postmodernism has rejected the optimistic belief in human reason and progress that characterized modernity. Questions that come to mind: If `moderns’ had so much confidence in reason, how does one explain great chunks of the literary canon of modernity: the plays of Ibsen and Strindberg; the novels of Joseph Conrad;

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Doug Wilson has some interesting questions about children in the covenant. A commenter responds to the general question about what we could say about temporary forgiveness or covenantal propitiation. He saysInvariably FV critics re going to ask "So does Jesus decide to stop interceding when the covenant member falls away?" They feel that if you answer "Oh he never was interceding." that you've

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More fun from the search engine list paul husband?yes, yes I am.Arc of the Covenant - biblical picturesTry "Ark"!is it ok to for brothers to kiss on the cheeks um, no. Only on the mouth.Gaffin resurrection centralI'm tellin' ya, it's like Gaffin Ressurection Central around here!"the rcus"+"weekly communion"Not to my knowledgemodern reformation and beth mooreHave they interviewed her yet? Because

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A while back I asked what it is precisely we are talking about when we say we are cleansed from our sins by the blood of Christ. Sometimes in discussing baptism, we say that the "water" can't wash away our sins really, only the blood of Christ, which the water represents, can wash them away. But then what do we mean theologically when we say that we have been washed by the blood. How does the

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Watched bits of House with the wife last night. I'm not glued to it like I am to Heroes, but its interesting. I liked what the show did with the pregant raped woman, in that they have House, the guy who is crass and insensitive, making all the pro-choice arguments against the girl. Something about that makes me at least hopeful it would make people sit up and think. I do think, though, that the

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If the WCF teaches that God expects a certain amount of merit to be accrued in a covenant of works by Jesus keeping of the law, and then that merit is imputed to believers for their justificaion, the WCF does not seem to have a defender in Kline's Kingdom Prologue, at leastOur finding is that under God’s covenant with mankind in Adam attainment of the eschatological kingdom and Sabbath rest was

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S. M. Hutchens of Touchstone has also reviewed Stackhouse's Finally Feminist. With wit, if not charm. Genesis again is at the root of the controversey, Stackhouse seeming to see Adam as a being created "male and female" at least at first.

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Vladimir Putin's Bible (from inside his gold-plated personal jet). It doesn't look very used.

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I was pleased to note that the Origins Game Convention held around July 4 in Columbus Ohio, has extended it's "Teacher's Hall Pass" free registration to homeschoolers as well. A regular membership is about $70. The site says for proof of your homeschooling status they'll acceptcopy of your state or town registration letter, HSLDA receipt or membership card (Homeschool Legal Defense Association),

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So Adam had to have a certain amount of merit to merit eternal life in the Covenant of Works. Jesus came and merited that merit by his works. Were his works only of equal value to those demanded of Adam under the CoW? It would seem odd that the works of the Divine Son would only be equal to those of Adam in the garden. But if they were of greater value, then is that greater value imputed to us

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I think a better area of discussion in applying the bible's perspective to the modern world than questions of a) women's ordination or being in the workforce, or of b) what place slavery had in the Bible or nowadays is labor relations. Ok, we don't have slaves and masters anymore. But then is Paul a dead letter on that? But I've frequently heard those texts applied to labor relations: we should

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I think the best argument against women's ordination or preaching is the liturgical one, which Presbyterians are loathe to make: The minister stands in the place of Jesus as husband to the bride when performing his office in preaching the word and administering the [Marriage] supper. Women can't do this. So I wonder if Stackhouse deals with those kinds of questions. If its all 'analogy with

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Mayor Street attributes part of the cause of increased violence in Philadelphia to IraqI believe the fact that we are a country at war has something to do with the attitude of people in the streets. Let me tell you, it's not just this city. I have seen it everywhere and I've talked to people a lot about itBut also note:Street said an administration goal this year is to train 1,000 clergy members

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