Book 2/Chapter 13 True manhood (section 1) 1. In this part of the Institutes, Calvin is answering three groups. Who are they? 2. What were the two options suggested by these groups for the “body of Christ”? Emptied Himself (section 2) 1. What does Calvin say Paul is not doing in Phil. 2:5-7? 2. What …
Just So Many Moo Cows
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 165 “He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor” (Prov. 28:8) Usury is a big subject, but in this case we can limit our treatment of it. …
Running on All Pauline Cylinders
I am listening to Ken Myers’ interview of William Cavanaugh on Mars Hill Audio. I get lots of book purchase ideas from listening to Ken’s stuff, and so I commend it to you. This interview with Cavanaugh was concerning his book Being Consumed, a book I have already read and reviewed here. But listening to …
Foolish Speculation?
Book 2/Chapter 12 A necessary Incarnation (section 4)? 1. What “speculation” does Calvin address next? 2. What does Calvin think of those who “leap over these bounds”? Whose mistake is it (section 5)? 1. Who is Calvin addressing in this section? 2. Does Calvin believe that Adam’s fall precedes God’s decree in time? Osiander’s doctrine …
No Tar, No Feathers, No Nothing
Suppose I had a very strange experience with some of my neighbors on two successive evenings. The first night a group of my neighbors showed up at my door with a bucket of tar and a bag of feathers, and they wanted me to join them as they headed down the block to find Murphy …
No “Trick My Truck” Campaign Bus
I have been pretty busy since the tea parties of last week, and haven’t had a chance to comment on them. And as my comments have been slow-cooking in this crock pot brain of mine, a few extra carrots have gotten thrown in. First some observations and then some editorializing. So I went to see …
The Immanuel Necessity
Book 2/Chapter 12 Bridge the gulf (section 1) 1. What was of the greatest importance? 2. Where did this necessity come from? 3. Why did God have to descend to us? Children of men (section 2) 1. What were the children of men to become? 2. The heirs of Gehenna were to become what? 3. …
Musical Consistency
Music is far more central to our lives than we perhaps assume. We come into contact with music all the time—sometimes explicitly as in worship, and sometimes implicitly as with the background music in restaurants that you scarcely notice, and other times explicitly but still thoughtlessly, as with the music that many have loaded on …
Interpreting Our Lives
The Lord spoke to the people of Israel through Moses when they were on the threshold of the land they were about to inherit. He told them, as part of a series of exhortations to remain faithful to the covenant, that the secret things belong to the Lord our God, but that the things revealed …
Real Worship Music
Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Father, as we read these words of confession from the prophet …