Think Wink.

Michael F. Bird plans to present the following paper at the Evangelical Theological Society this month. By looking at Galatians 2:11-21 and the key terms of “works of law,” “faith of Christ,” and “righteousness,” Bird tries to present a middle ground between the traditional Reformed view of Paul and the New Perspective on Paul that seeks to correct the Reformed view where needed and to reinforce what needs to stay. I found this paper very informative and enjoyed it tremendously. I especially liked his call to read Paul in a more redemptive-historical approach, which needs to be done. This online edition is not the final draft that will be presented at the ETS in Boston, so it isn’t his final word for this topic. But it is informative so read it.

What if Martin Luther Read the Dead Sea Scrolls?

“A Dead Sea Scroll in Stone”

Faith: Created or Wooed

Luther on Ingratitude and Thanksgiving.

I am moving on in my musings on family. This post will focus more on the text of Ephesians 5, specifically that of the husband since that applies most directly to me. In this post I am just going to focus on some observations that will set up what I will say in my next post.

Before I get to these observations I want to make some opening statements. A lot of what I have to say in this series came after long and hard thinking during my mornings at UPS. But by that I mean how I want to put it down in writing, not my beliefs on these issues. My convictions have come after much meditation and study. They haven’t been carelessly formed. I must express my thanks to my fellow blogger at MassTheology for his series on Egalitarianism for getting me to challenge the traditions that were passed on to me and develop my own understanding of the roles of men and women in the church, specifically family. Also, I am going to ask some questions of Egalitarians but I am in no way demanding they answer these questions. Rather I am asking and am open to any and all answers. If an egalitarian feels compelled then comment, but do not feel forced to answer. This is just me putting my thoughts down for all to read. That said let me get to Ephesians 5:15-33. Read more

Division on Baptism

Top Marvel Replacement Character

I guess I’m not a man…

It is amazing what will go through a person’s mind when s/he works for UPS. Imagine 5 hours of extremely repetitive motion consisting of sort four to six packages; look at the label that says what package car the package belongs and where on the car it goes; re-write the truck ID and shelf number on the packages. Then take packages out of the cage and place them on the correct trucks with the scanning label facing a certain direction that makes it easy for the driver to find while keeping what has just been written on the package facing the aisle of the truck for easy reference. Really repetitive but it allows for eight hours of work to be done in five. Seriously it does. But this becomes so routine that the mind can wonder to places. I have written up entire sermons/Sunday school lessons here. I have practiced Greek and Hebrew here. This past week I have planned out what I am going to get my soon-to-turn-ten year old sister for her birthday at the end of the year in December.

What is even more weird was that about a month ago, I thought through how I would propose to a girl that the Lord had led me to wed. Right now Jesus has not seen fit for me to even be in a courting relationship so I don’t know why I was thinking about this. Honestly, some days I’d like to skip the whole wedding and engagement and go straight to being a daddy. Lightsaber fights and comic books with the boys and/or tea parties and shopping with my little girls–I’d even play dolls or watch some rediculous TV that I don’t have to watch as a brother. I actually look forward to that some days. But last month it was how to propose. Not going to spill the beans on that because I wouldn’t want the archives to come back and bite me. Read more

Division on Baptism

Top Marvel Replacement Character

I guess I’m not a man…

Michael Bird reviews an audio address by D.A. Carson to the 1998 ETS gathering. I look forward to hearing Dr. Carson speak. Allow Michael Bird to give a couple of reasons why

I agree that evangelicalism must be defined theologically (as opposed to defining it sociologically or as a post-enlightenment religious renewal movement). For me the centre of evangelicalism must be the evangel, rather than things like inerrancy or complementarianism, while a number of theological corollaries follow from the evangel, nothing must displace the evangel as the theological center. In fact, I would go so far as to say that the distinctive element of an evangelical theology would be the setting out of the gospel as part of it’s prolegomena…

I could not agree more with the importance of biblical theology as something that needs to be taught in order to provide an over-arching meta-narrative for evangelical students and scholars. The sad fact is that it is not taught in a number of institutions and it desperately needs to be.

I eagerly await Carson’s address.

About Think Wink

My Theological Worldview

Wow…..

Here are six video interviews with D.A. Carson, Tim Keller, and John Piper that were really good. They discuss some good issues like balancing mercy ministries and preaching the true gospel of salvation from the wrath of God against sin through faith in Jesus Christ and his atoning work on the cross.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

H/T: Between Two Worlds: A Conversation: Tim Keller, John Piper, D.A. Carson

Justification

Evangelical Training

Preaching is a Means not an End.

The following video is an interview that many might have seen by Mark Driscoll where he speaks with my favorite contemporary pastor Dr. John Piper (well except for my own pastor, Paster Tim Junhke). In this video you will learn things about Piper that really bring him down to planet earth and show that he has warts, ugly warts. And I love it. One can never see a preacher’s struggles from the pulpit or in a book. But being given the opportunity to peer behind the curtain and into his own life shows the ugliness and really helps put the person in perspective. Thank you Mark for the interview and thank you Dr. Piper for being so open. I hope the readers enjoy seeing this video as much as I did.

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When I preach a sermon, I have to have a full manuscript in front of me. I don’t read it to the congregation but I have to get my thoughts down and then memorize them. It is the way I am and that is how God has wired me to preach. I don’t have shorthand notes or anything like that. The following two links are the sermon notes for Mark Driscoll and James White. Wow.

Mark Driscoll on John 17

James White on John 3

H/T: Alpha and Omega Ministries: The Great Sermon Notes Controversy

My Favorite Sermon

Voddie Baucham and Sardis

The Great Privilege

Here are two great articles to close out Labor Day Weekend.

Voddie Baucham weighs in on John McCain’s VP pick in Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. As a pro-family conservative, I am really forced to agree with Baucham. I suspect some of my friends who lean more liberal or secular, which ever is least offensive, will not like what Rev. Baucham has to say. I say right on Voddie.

Bill Mounce shows just how important a semi-colon (aka ; ) in translation really is and the meaning it can carry. Wow is all I can say.

Enjoy.

Eschatology and Antichrist

Justification

Some Interesting Bits

I haven’t written on eschatology in a fairly long time. Sure I have written a brief post linking to anonther post but I haven’t really blogged at length on the subject in some time. Recently I watched Ken Gentry’s presentation on preterism, more specifically partial/moderate preterism, The Beast of Revelation Identified, and I enjoyed the video. For a partial preterist like myself, it was really good. For a person (like my roommate–that’s right I moved over the Fourth of July and I now live in KC-KS) who either doesn’t know what he/she believes or isn’t a partial or even a full preterists this video gives a good overview to get some questions asked and answered. In that dvd Dr. Gentry talked about how since the martyrs who are in heaven are said to reign with Christ, we must rule out the notion of a literal 1000-year millennium. That has intrigued my thoughts so I think I am going to put down here in the next post or two. Read more

The Nature of Prophecy

The Temple, the Trinity, and the Apocalypse

A Thunderous, Roaring, Crushing Voice?

Here is an interview at Between Two Worlds with Andreas J. Köstenberger on the second edition of Women in the Church: An Analysis and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9–15, most specifically the essay entitled “A Complex Sentence: The Syntax of 1 Timothy 2:12.” I haven’t read all of it but what I read was very interesting.

Between Two Worlds: Interview with Andreas J. Köstenberger on 1 Timothy 2:12

Another Tangent

Sunday Morning Drive

Do Calvinists or Arminians Limit the Atonement?