Like all Trinitarian theologians, Jenson is finally ecstatic: “Our enjoyment of God is that we are taken into the triune singing. Perhaps we may say that we are allowed to double the parts. And here too we must insist on concreteness. That the proclamation and prayer of the church regularly . . . . Continue Reading »
Romans 10:9-10: If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. A baptismal liturgy is an appropriate place for . . . . Continue Reading »
Isaiah 22:22: The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; so he shall open, and no one shall shut; and he shall shut, and no one shall open. One steward of the Davidic house falls, and another takes his place. Yahweh elevates Eliakim – whose name means “God raises up” . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew 18:5: Whoever receives one such child in my Name receives Me. Here at Trinity, we baptize infants, a lot of them. Most churches throughout the centuries have done the same. We also believe that the Lord’s Supper is open to baptized children who are capable of sharing it. That is more . . . . Continue Reading »
One of God’s great acts of grace is to reveal His Name. The gods of the nations often had secret names, known only to priests and used only for occult spells. The gods hid to shield themselves from the demands of needy humans. Yahweh doesn’t hide His Name, doesn’t reserve it to a . . . . Continue Reading »
Exodus 20:4: You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. Many read the Second Commandment as a prohibition of . . . . Continue Reading »
Christians who venerate icons often say that the Second Commandment applied to Israel, but now that God has shown Himself in a visible form, the rules have changed. We can now not only depict God in visible form, but we can worship God by bowing, kissing, burning candles, and venerating images. It . . . . Continue Reading »
1 Corinthians 10:16-17: The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread. For centuries in the Western . . . . Continue Reading »
Philippians 3:7-8: Whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish . . . . Continue Reading »
Hebrews 12:7: God deals with you as with sons. One of the privileges of membership in the body of Christ, one of the privileges sealed and effected by baptism, is the privilege of double-fatherhood. Today in baptism, God the Father marks your son as His son; by his baptism, Ezekiel receives an . . . . Continue Reading »
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