A helpful observation that provides and insight when approaching Old Testament texts in order to teach them to disciples of Jesus. The children of the covenants, both old and new, tend to forget. Jeffrey D Arthurs, Preaching As Reminding, IVP, 2017, pg 30. They’re good questions to ask of the text: “What were the people …
This video about a capital city with a population of zero is not about Canberra on a long weekend. Joking aside, it really exists (presently).
When God brings humans into relationship with himself he makes us part of a larger body. The danger is when being part of larger body becomes a substitute for a replacement for the relationship with God. That’s when we need to hear his call to come back to him. From Chad Bird: All of Israel’s …
Jeffrey Arthur grounds preaching as proclamation about the memory of the God who remembers his people and forgets their sins, because those people are inclined to forget about the grace of God and focus on their sin. As practical theology, preaching as reminding is built on theology proper — the character and actions of God. …
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