Tag Archives: NT Wright

Postmodernity’s Submarine Races

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

Pt. 1 of The Postmodern Logic Behind Emergent Calvinism Defining Postmodernity I first heard the submarine race joke before I was old enough to get it. I remember my grade school brain racing to try to figure out “where in … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes for April 13 2012

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Martin Lloyd Jones Sermons The sermons of Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones are going to be available on mp3 online. NT Wright and Calvin College James KA Smith shares a kvetch about NT Wright’s perceived agenda in one of his latest … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes for April 9

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

Biologos.org is doing a series from NT Wright on the Nature and Authority of Scripture. Here’s pt. 2 which I thought was excellent. This is a nice quote from Part 4 But, once we say that God’s authority is like … Continue reading →

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The Daniel 7 “Son of Man”

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

This too followed a “Calvin in Common” conversation following up on my post on believing the resurrection. What do I mean by this Daniel 7 “Son of Man”? I am indebted to NT Wright for much of this (I think, … Continue reading →

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Patience and Endurance

Posted on October 28, 2009 by

From NT Wright’s small Tyndale commentary on Colossians: great endurance and patience. Paul singles out these qualities as the weapons one needs to live in the world undaunted by its crises and panics. A patient and longsuffering spirit, the quiet … Continue reading →

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What kind of seekers does Jesus receive?

Posted on June 19, 2009 by

I’m working on Luke 11:29-32. It is interesting that Luke connects this to “when the crowds were increasing, he began to say” whereas Matthew does not. The passage is clearly connected to the one that precedes it on the accusation … Continue reading →

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God's Zeal for his Honor

Posted on June 2, 2009 by

In the NT Wright / John Piper dustup there is a lot of debate over God’s jealously over his honor. It seems clear that Wright is correct in not allowing Piper’s re-defining “righteousness” as God’s zeal for his glory. Wright’s … Continue reading →

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Pentecost

Posted on May 29, 2009 by

Jesus is over the top. If you ask someone who Jesus was and what he taught you’ll likely get one of two answers: “Jesus tells us how to get to heaven when we die” or “Jesus, like all other great … Continue reading →

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NT Wright's shocking assertion of what Pentecost means

Posted on May 28, 2009 by

From his Pentecost Sermon of 07 posted here: http://www.ntwrightpage.com/sermons/Pentecost07.htm “The disciples, filled with the Spirit, begin the work of Jesus’ sovereign and saving rule over the world, whose Lord he now is, by their shared common life, their works of … Continue reading →

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NT Wright on the meaning of the Ascension

Posted on May 28, 2009 by

From NT Wright’s Pentecost sermon found at http://www.ntwrightpage.com/sermons/Pentecost07.htm “The early Christians, like their Jewish contemporaries, saw heaven and earth as the overlapping and interlocking spheres of God’s good creation, with the point being that heaven is the control room from … Continue reading →

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