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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 term "history" instead. I know that "story" is effective in highlighting the integrated...

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 it came to questions such as `Did the resurrection actually happen?', he...

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 completion of his work of atonement for sin...

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 up here as elsewhere, it's great to see that the strong tradition of...

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 lowly as to be espoused to a carpenter ? Beautiful commingling of virginity with humility! That soul is in no small degree pleasing to God, in...

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 say that the Bible is a true story, because stories can be...

I could never be a member of any club that would have Tony Blair as a member: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7157409.stm

Some good theological reflections here from David Mathis: Advent and the Incarnation Jesus Is Fully Human What Is the Hypostatic Union? The Virgin Birth

I was delighted by our church's recent decision to increase our budget by something like 23% for coming fiscal year. Now, there is some context for this. The 2007 budget involved a scaling back, as the church began the year without a senior pastor. In the last six months, our attendance has been...

Our good friend, Stafford Carson -- formerly Academic Dean at Westminster Theological Seminary and now minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Portadown, Northern Ireland -- has made the headlines over Christmas by refusing to allow a female minister to speak in his congregation at Christmas,...