The July edition of Australian Presbyterian has a somewhat obscure choice for its cover feature. J. Gresham Machen was a US Presbyterian from the first half of the 20th century. He was probably the last great Princeton Presbyterian theologian. Carl Trueman is interviewed while Peter Barnes and D.G. Hart (who has written a Machen biography) …
Stuart Townend again. This time in collaboration with Mark Edwards. It is hard to find a better contemporary illustration of genuine Christian hope in contrast to psuedo Christian triumphalism than the lyrics of this song. There’s a lot that I’d like to write about the state of contemporary songwriting, but little of it is edifying …
The outline: 1) The history of death. a) The one man’s transgression. (12-14) b) God’s judgment. (9-10) c) Humanity’s status. (6-8) 2) The history of life. a) The second man’s obedience. b) God’s love. c) Our status. Some comments. The chapter does break into two sections, 1-11 and 12-21, but since the content overlaps between …
Okay, this is a very large section of Scripture. I think there is a cohesive unity that makes it beneficial to consider as a whole. Today we examined firstly 3:21-31. The word ‘But’ represents a massive turning point in a line of argumentation that goes all the way back to Romans 1:18. Even more important …
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