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Category Archives: Theology
“Hallelujah to Jesus, who died on the tree, to raise up this ladder of mercy for me”: Jacob’s vision as a prefigurement of Christ
I love this song from Dave Eggar’s 2010 album Kingston Morning. Featuring the vocals of Dr. Ralph Stanley and with Eggar on cello, “Jacob’s Vision” is a hymn that praises Jesus for his mediation between God and humanity. It interprets … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Theology
Tagged jacob's dream, jacob's ladder, jacob's vision eggar, jacob's vision skaggs, jacob's vision stanley
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J. I. Packer on putting God in a box
In this excerpt from his 1987 essay “Theism for Our Time,” J. I. Packer urges Christians to acknowledge God’s ultimate incomprehensibility on this side of eternity and the limitations of human language to describe him. As valuable as theology is, … Continue reading
Saying “yes” to the angel in the room
When Gabriel announces to Mary that she is to bear a son, there is a choice for her to make, said Barbara Brown Taylor (in her sermon “Mothers of God,” published in Gospel Medicine): whether to say yes to it … Continue reading
Why I call myself a Protestant
This week a reader commented on my bio page, and I thought it best to redirect the conversation over here, where I can respond in greater detail to what is a great question. Here is his comment: You mentioned that … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
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Does Jesus bind himself to Christianity?
Last week I posted the trailer for the new book Selling Water by the River by Shane Hipps, former teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church in Michigan. In the video (view it here), Hipps provocatively states that Jesus does … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Theology
Tagged emergent christianity, new covenant, selling water by the river, the bride of christ
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What’s wrong with this picture?
In the book trailer below for Selling Water by the River, author Shane Hipps offers an analogy that seems lovely at first and does have some truth in it but which I believe is problematic in several ways. The … Continue reading
Culture is God’s idea
My favorite essay in the collection For the Beauty of the Church is “The Gospel: How Is Art a Gift, a Calling, and an Obedience?” by Andy Crouch (pp. 29-43). He packs so many insights into fifteen pages, with two … Continue reading
Posted in Theology, Western Art
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The “inclusive exclusivity” of the gospel
“The universal religion of humankind is: We develop a good record and give it to God, and then he owes us. The gospel is: God develops a good record and gives it to us, then we owe him. In short, … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged brimstone for the broad-minded, faith vs. works, tolerance
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“Looking for Jesus” by Kate Campbell
The above song by country/folk singer-songwriter Kate Campbell was performed at the Baptist World Alliance Congress in Honolulu on July 30, 2010. (The song also appears on her 2008 album Save the Day.) Perceptive and judgment-free, the song moves through … Continue reading
Citylife to co-host TGC conference in October
The Gospel Coalition’s New England Regional Conference is coming up, and this year it’s in Boston! (Not only that, it will be co-hosted by my church, Citylife Presbyterian.) The plenary speakers are Tim Keller, John Piper, D. A. Carson, and … Continue reading
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