Below is a guest post from a friend who has exposed the multiple traits characterised by those who have willingly or unwittingly bought into the ideology of what is now called Wokism. Woke culture is a much used term these days and for good reason. It derives from the neo-Marxist left of the political spectrum... Continue Reading →
QUESTION: In the area of discovering God’s will how do you and how should we distinguish between what we want and what God wants? Do you regard the Bible as the inspired word of God and if so how should the Bible influence our decision making? RESPONSE: The Bible is ‘useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting,... Continue Reading →
Telling our cultural stories is one thing; interpreting them is quite another. In the highly acclaimed '12 Rules for Life' by Jordan Peterson, in the chapter (or 'Rule 5') entitled 'Do Not Let Your Children Do Anything That Makes You Dislike Them' (ahem - note to self), Peterson offers a compelling hermeneutic for the classic Fairy Tale... Continue Reading →
Christians hold a very high regard for the notion of 'The Word of God' and rightly so. But it does seem to me at least, that we confuse categories and blur boundaries. There are three Words: The Word that is Scripture The Word that is Christ The Word that is Preaching Evangelicals (and I count... Continue Reading →
In yet another excellent sermon published in 'Descending on Humanity and Intervening in History' (ed. Jason Goroncy), P. T. Forsyth skillfully exposes, by force of logic, the poverty of ignorance in understanding Christian things in general, and specifically in this section of the sermon, Creeds in particular. He calls these contemporary interpreters of Christian things... Continue Reading →
J. John interviewing the brilliant Tom Wright, asks a question from the audience (the Youtube video can be viewed at the end of the post): [Warning: Long sentence alert]! Question: "How do you understand the specific scriptures concerning God's promises to the Jewish people today and also concerning the actual land of Israel?" Tom... Continue Reading →
In many places within the Bible, names are highly significant, and aid interpretation of the text. I'm about to start a mini preaching series on Ruth as part of a wider preaching series, and Ruth is a book I've never preached on before, mainly because it is the chick-flick book of the Bible.....girl-meets-boy sort of... Continue Reading →
I came across this wonderful reference from a 12th century sermon in the excellent book 'The Art of Reading Scripture', page 208. The quote is by Guerric of Igny, Liturgical sermons, vol. 2, translated by 'Monks of Mount Saint Bernard, CF 32, 1971, page 81. “What I have placed before you brethren, is like an... Continue Reading →
Anyone who opens up their Bible becomes an interpreter. The task of an interpreter is to correctly interpret, to separate the Word for all time over and against that which is merely cultural or temporary. For example, on Saturday I had a rare steak and it oozed with blood, contrary to Acts 15:29. I have... Continue Reading →
Any doctrinal study of any kind must be thorough. Beginning with the Old Testament, via the inter-testamental period (if necessary) and progressing through the ministry of Jesus in the Gospels, and concluding with Acts and the Letters. Every study must work through the whole of what every text is a part! Of course, this approach... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 