I was researching several sources concerning the study of Scripture, and I came across this great quote by R.C. Sproul. It is said in a way only Sproul can say it. "The preponderance of boredom that people experience with the Bible came home to me several years ago when I was hired to teach the …
Ridderbos and N.T. Wright on Future Justification
Wright on future justification: "This declaration [justification] will be made on the last day on the basis of an entire life (Romans 2.1-16); ...the means of...present justification is simply faith" (Tom Wright, Paul For Everyone: Romans Part One [Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2004], 169). See also page 31: "Sometimes Christians have imagined that Paul's doctrine of 'justification by …
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Worship always…
"Worship...is not something done lightly or without serious consideration. In worship, Christians profess and honor the character of the God whose presence they enter and who has brought them out of an estate of sin and misery. Worship always reflects a people's conception of God. True theology yields true and acceptable worship. Impropor or erroneous …
H. Bavinck and N.T. Wright
Wright compares Romans 4.9-12 and Genesis 17.11 and says that "being in the right," "righteousness," and "membership in the covenant" are "essentially the same thing" (Tom Wright, Paul for Everyone: Romans Part I [Lousiville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004), 69). He also translates Romans 1.17a like this: "This is because God's covenant justice is unveiled …
Bavinck and (Re)Interpretation Part II
While I was dreaming in Dutch yesterday, Herman Bavinck came to mind concerning the helpful Poythress quote I posted a few days back on science and re-interpretation. Check out what the "giant mind" (J.I. Packer's terms) of Bavinck had to say: "...Scripture indeed always speaks geocentrically and also explains the origin of things from …
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