"In (the) great redeeming process two stages are to be distinguished. First come those acts of God which have a universal and objective significance, being aimed at the production of an organic center for the new order of things. After this had been accomplished, there follows a second stage during which this objective redemption is subjectively applied to individuals. In both the stages the supernatural element is present, though in the former, owing to its objective character, it appears more distinctly than in the latter. The whole series of redeeming acts, culminating in the incarnation... [read more]

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Here in Ames, Iowa at the BILD International Summit, Steve Best and I were given an overnight assignment to come up with a definition of the church by noting its norms. Here is the result of our brief work....The New Testament local church is the means of Christ’s redemptive work whereby He…calls and gathers his people through regeneration of the Spirit, confession of faith in Christ, and proclamation in baptism (Matthew 16:18, Hebrews 10:19,25, 2 Cor. 3:3, Acts 2:41,44, Col. 2:12, Titus 3:5-6).dwells among his people (Ephesians 2:21-22), a new man/creation that incarnates Christ with t... [read more]

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The revelation that has come from God has not come to us in the form of abstract truth. It has come to us over time and is grounded in history... both in God's speech and God's actions. Its historical character is not due to its origination in the mind of any man or faith community. Revelation's historical character is due to the divine perogative to reveal Himself to His people in time and space. Vos notes this kind of historical progression of God's self-disclosure in his inaugural:"God has not communicated to us the knowledge of the truth as it appears in the calm light of eternity to Hi... [read more]

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“Giants are falling. Banks are bleeding. Stability is wavering. First it was Countrywide, then-Bear Stearns. Then it was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This past week it was Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and AIG and the word on the street is that there is more to come. Large Wall Street financial institutions are failing daily. Icons of America’s prosperity and ability are being brought to their knees at an unprecedented rate. What seemed to be so reliable, trustworthy, prosperous, an icon of our American success story, is dissolving.“Not only were financial institutions wiped out this... [read more]

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"Sciences are not formed at haphazard, but according to an objective principle of division. As in general science is bound by its object and must let itself be shaped by reality; so likewise the classification of sciences, the relation of the various members in the body of universal knowledge, has to follow the great lines by which God has mapped out the immense field of the universe. The title of a certain amount of knowledge to be called a separate science depends on its reference to such a separate and specific object as is marked off by these God-drawn lines of distinction. We speak of ... [read more]

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The Great Googly Moogly's comment about eschatology reminded me of this quote from William Dumbrell who begins his treatment of eschatology in the whole Bible ("The Search for Order") thusly:"Coined in the nineteenth century by a German writer and brought into English about 1845, the word eschatology refers to knowledge of the end. The Oxford English Dictionary defines eschatology as "the department of theological science concerned with 'the last four things: death, judgment, heaven, and hell.'" But the word has both broader and narrower meanings. Some use the word eschatology exclusively i... [read more]

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Not to be outdone by Sonseed, a cult based just north of here near Lima, Ohio has posted a video on their website spouting false teaching with dance moves straight out of the 80's. The moonwalk certainly needs a bit of deprogramming.

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An 80's parody of the 80's? So, the gospel according to lip-synching Sonseed is that "Jesus is like a mountie... he always gets his man, he will zap you anyway he can." Election as zapping? That's one way of spinning the caricature.The controversy around the internet is whether or not this is truly an 80's band or a video viral made to look like an 80's band (my vote is with the hoax... I'm not sure the style of the camera shots and camera switching/cutting were being used in 82-83 -- the purported time of the video). Regardless, someone (either then or now) has some issues with the "pop ... [read more]

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As a follow up to the recent post highlighting the faulty presuppositions behind the Chronological Study Bible, it should be noted that the idea that chronology (history) serves a higher purpose was present in Vos's Inaugural Address at Princeton. Vos doesn't deny the importance of the historical. In fact, it's the opposite: it is God's supernatural work in history through which we are the recipients of absolute truth. But the very fact that this truth first comes from heaven down into history itself warrants chronology's subservient role to the eschatological:"...the historical character o... [read more]

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