Striving for the Unity of the Faith for the Glory of God ~ Eph. 4:3,13; Rom. 15:5-7

Jul
15

101 Portraits of Jesus in the Hebrew Scriptures by Bob Beasley

fundyreformed on July 15th, 2009

Author: Bob Beasley
Publisher: Living Stone Books
Format: Softcover
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9780979973147
Stars: 3 of 5
My thanks go out to author Bob Beasley and Livingstone Books for providing me a review copy of this book.
Many Christians are bewildered by the Old Testament. They start reading in Genesis and give up by the time Leviticus comes around. They [...]

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Apr
10

Contemplating the Cross: Christ Our Passover Lamb

fundyreformed on April 10th, 2009

For the next few days, I’ll be posting excerpts from Nancy Guthrie’s Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter (Crossway). Join me as I aim to contemplate the cross this passion week.
Today’s meditation is by John Calvin, from chapter 17 “Blood and Water” (pg. 103-104 of Jesus, Keep [...]

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Jun
10

Understanding the Land Promise: Part 3

fundyreformed on June 10th, 2008

–continuing from part 2.
Justification for “Spiritualizing” the Land Promise
Whenever one starts talking of “spiritualizing” a text, various wrong-headed assumptions abound. Dispensationalists often use this charge to show our disregard for the Biblical text. And sometimes, any honest effort to show metaphorical language in Scripture is met with suspicion — oh so you are [...]

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Feb
23

The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones

fundyreformed on February 23rd, 2007

The more I learn about Pastor Tim Keller (of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City), the more I respect his opinion.  So when he says of a new kid’s Bible storybook: “I’d urge ministers to buy it and read it for themselves. It will improve their preaching.”  I listen up.
From what I have heard [...]

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Oct
29

Storms, Sleepers, and Substitutes–Jonah As a Type of Christ

fundyreformed on October 29th, 2006

I have finally started listening to the sermons from Desiring God’s recent conference (I blogged about that here).  Well, toward the end of Tim Keller’s message he mentioned a parallel between Christ and Jonah I had never before considered.  I thought it was a great example of the typographical element so often found in OT [...]

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