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I could never be a member of any club that would have Tony Blair as a member:

History is (of course) an essential category to use in describing the Bible.  The Bible has a narrative structure.  What kind of narrative is it?  A theologically-annotated one (see previous post).  Also, an historical one.  It is not enough to…

A friend has written with a seasonal quotation from Bernard of Clairvaux’s sermons on Advent:”Who is this Virgin so reverently saluted by the angel? and so lowlyas to be espoused to a carpenter ? Beautiful commingling of virginity with humility!…

Well, Derek, not even Rick can be wrong about everything (hard though that is to imagine at first glance). Just noticed this interview with Mike Ovey, new Principal of Oak Hill.   As the guard changes and a new generation steps…

Trueman agreeing with Phillips. It must be Christmas. On the resurrection, I noted some time ago the following from J. I. Packer’s response to Anthony Flew: The Easter event, so they affirm, demonstrated Jesus’ deity; validated his teaching, attested the…

Ok, it’s against my religion, but I’m going to have to agree with Rick here.  I remember when I was on faculty at the University of Aberdeen hearing a brilliant piece of NT theology/exegesis from a respected colleague.  But when…

Thanks, Phil, for sharing Paul Tripp’s description of the Bible as a story with God’s annotated notes.  I think that is a good way of putting it.  But I have started to use ‘story” less and have been using the…

Just ploughing through Dr and Mrs Delboy’s new book on the Song of Songs (see post froma few days ago).  It’s accessible, clearly written and biblically faithful.  Nevertheless, it does highlight one problem with moving from the biblical world to…

. . . is involuntary praise.”  This marvelous statement from Edward Young appears on the cover of Wheaton College’s 2007 Christmas card. Gentle reader, may this be for you the most wonder-full time of year, in which your mind and…

Paul Tripp made a helpful comment Sunday about the nature of biblical revelation.  The Bible, he said is a “theologically-annotated narrative,” a story that comes with “God’s notes.”  This comment does justice to the narrative structure of the Bible as…