RL DABNEY
In our Confession, Chapter III., Section iii., verses 4 and 7, we have this description of it:
3d. “By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others foreordained to everlasting death.”
IV. “These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably [...]
Archive for June, 2007
4. Five Points of Calvinism – God’s Election
Posted in Calvin, Dabney on June 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
That which I would not do, that I do!
Posted in ANTHEM, Piper, lust on June 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I would love to pretend to be sinless, and think that since coming to back to obedience in Christ after a decae of apostacy that all my wars with the flesh have been won. I would love to pretend that all I really need to do is keep waiting for Jesus to come back in [...]
Does Camel Hair Come In XXL?
Posted in Blogging the New Testament, Matthew on June 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Graciously, my disturbed reader shared with me that the real drive for Matthew in all the genealogical stuff is to prove that the Messiah was indeed descended from David. To me, it seems silly. I mean, those that believed that the Messiah was the Messiah would naturally be happy with a genealogy that went “The [...]
Christmas Recovered
Posted in Blogging the New Testament, Christmas, Gospel, Matthew on June 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jesus: The Early Years.
Matthew 1-2
I don’t understand the obsessive nature of Jewish writers such as Matthew with genealogies. The Bible, however, is replete with them and another one occurs here at the opening of the New Testament. I’m sure there is also some symbolic significance to the observation Matthew makes that the numbers of generations [...]
Blogging the New Testament
Posted in Blogging the New Testament on June 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I recently read a piece in Slate magazine by following a link from Challies. It was by David Plotz, and his desire to blog through the Old Testament in a year. I was captivated by this idea and decided to blatantly steal his idea and blog through the New Testament. Always I start better than [...]
