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Liberating Differences? Where I’ve Been – Final
Published October 12, 2007 Church , God , Theology 9 CommentsTags: Calvinist, Christ, dispensationalism, freedom, Government, law, New Covenant Theology, PCA, Presbyterian
9 Responses to “Liberating Differences? Where I’ve Been – Final”
- 1 Trackback on October 12, 2007 at 1:22 pm
zoecarnate 
Actually, Mike, I’ve been reading and thoroughly enjoying this series. I truly enjoy exegetical discussions where scripture is shown to be the glorious, beautiful, freeing thing that it is rather than the hard, binding, miserable thing many (well-intentioned) Christians make it out to be. Thank you for your efforts here!
Well, brother, I’ve given this the once over while here at work, and I must say that I have a serious warning for you.
Keep believeing like this, and you will continue to see your life and the lives of those around you totally transformed.
Like I said, “I callz ’em like I seez em”.
Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Wendei! And well, Brutha Johnny, you might notice that the title of this series is “Where I’ve Been” and not “Where I *Am*”…so it’s complicated. Have I continued to believe these articulations of faith and God? Yes and no. I shall delineate all of this for both of you (hee-hee!) on the ‘morrow.
(…I just knew I shouldn’t be reading while at work! Sorry bro,…looks like you just might be cursed to hades after all..Guess we’ll know tomorrow.)
😉
(I always forget the importance of the emoticon!)
And here I thought you were serious..!
It might be Sunday now, as I posted something else entirely today. We’ll see!
Hey Mike,
These are some of the finest words on the consequences of how we read the OT that I have read–and as you know, I have read a lot of them:
“The Old Testament is indeed a guidebook! But how does it guide, that is the question! And I think that in the answer lies the difference between a defeated, sad, miserable life in religious bondage or a supernatural, joyful, incarnational, radically liberated and free life in Jesus Christ!”
I totally agree, and there is no shortage of evidence to confirm this! Well, there actually IS a bit of a shortage of the second kind of life around–at least here in the Bible belt–and a much too big surplus of the first kind of “life” mentioned here.
As you have said, we’ve gotta do the same: find Jesus in the weirdest places–the places he has found to hide! He clearly wants us to find him there, to develop a passion for finding him wherever he is hiding, a passion that is not easily satisfied.
Blessings in Christ,
Peter
Let’s see just how good the good news can get! 🙂
Looking forward to reading more.