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Biblical Horizons

Let Each Esteem the Other Better

Having spent time in a number of different kinds of churches/denominations over the years, it has been my observation that in every group there are those with a healthy catholic attitude toward other Christians and also those with a proud and condescending attitude toward others who call themselves Christians. If…

by James B. JordanJanuary 23, 2008
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Biblical Horizons

The Invisible Church Contains Hypocrites

The BHrethren might be interested in this post I wrote on my personal blog which disagrees with John Gerstner’s understanding on the Church . Amid all the discussion of eschatology and hypercalvinism and how the visible church may properly be called the body of Christ, I completely overlooked how Gerstner’s…

by Mark HorneJanuary 23, 2008
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Biblical Horizons

On Becoming a True Judge

How does one become a true judge? There are two trees in the Garden. One must first eat of the Tree of Life, which is purely a tree of grace, a gift. This is a tree that one has done nothing to deserve, and one must eat perhaps for a…

by Richard BledsoeJanuary 23, 2008
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Biblical Studies

A Reply on the Nature of the Psalter

I just put up that first essay (#29 in a series) because I’d made some math goofs in the version mailed out, and I thought some other people would be interested. If this kind of study does not interest you, that’s fine. The Kingdom is a big place. Also, as…

by James B. JordanJanuary 21, 2008
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Leviticus

A Wrong Word Here, an Inappropriate Term there. . .

. . . and the whole thing gets muddled. The words we traditionally use to translate Hebrew terms in the “sacrificial” system are confusing and often convey the wrong ideas. If we are going to understand Leviticus and the old world system of sacrifices and offerings, the first thing we…

by Jeff MeyersJanuary 14, 2008
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Luke

Is Rome an Enemy? Is Israel “occupied”?

I’ll start things off here. This year I’m preaching through the Gospel according to St. Luke. Over the past ten years I’ve preached through the Gospel according to St. Mark, St. John, and St. Matthew (in that order) in our morning services at Providence. It’s been eye-opening for me; and…

by Jeff MeyersJanuary 14, 2008

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Korah’s resurrection

1 Chronicles 6:31-38 traces the genealogy of Levite singers backwards from those appointed by David to Jacob. There are some interesting names along the way. Heman the singer’s grandpappy was Samuel son of Elkanah, whom you may remember from 1 Samuel. Further back, Samuel’s great, great . . . .grandpappy…

February 1, 2007
History

Common Law

Rosenstock-Huessy emphasizes the importance of the Chancery for the functioning of English Common Law and the integration of England into the realm of Christendom. Chancery was instituted as a counter-balance, in a sense, to Parliament. During the middle ages, Parliament was dangerous, expensive, and burdensome for the MPs to attend.…

February 1, 2007
Science

Metabolism of Science

Rosenstock-Huessy’s essay “The Metabolism of Science” shows him at his deconstructive best. He doesn’t analyze postcards, but he does something similar, finding significance in the most marginal of glosses, in the repetitions of a book title, in the handwriting style of a lab worksheet. It’s all very playful, but produces…

January 31, 2007
Politics

Christ’s Rule

Readers interested in Christian political theory might be interested in the De Regno Christi web site (http://deregnochristi.blogspot.com). The site is managed by Bill Chellis, a pastor in the RPCNA, and contributors include Daryl Hart, Richard C. Gamble, and myself.

January 31, 2007
Politics

Christ’s Rule

Readers interested in Christian political theory might be interested in the De Regno Christi web site (http://deregnochristi.blogspot.com). The site is managed by Bill Chellis, a pastor in the RPCNA, and contributors include Daryl Hart, Richard C. Gamble, and myself.

January 31, 2007
Literature

Melancholy of Beowulf

Tolkein captured the feel of Beowulf more accurately than anyone: “Beowulf is not an ‘epic,’ not even a magnified ‘lay.’ No terms borrowed from Greek or other literatures exactly fit: there is no reason why they should. Though if we must have a term, we should choose rather ‘elegy.’ It…

January 30, 2007

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