Archive for January, 2007

If Hyper-Calvinists made tracts…

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Of course they don’t, because who wants to evangelise when you can sit around on your bottom and gaze at the clouds?
Anyway, Gareth and I were just discussing via the wonders of the internet what a Hyper-Calvinist tract would look like. Here is our joint effort. If anyone wants to use their photoshop skills to […]

A view from a notebook #5

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Quick bit of background, ‘δικαιος’ would normally be translated in your New Testament as ‘righteous.’
In the background is the fact that God Himself is δικαιος. The fact that in Hellenistic Judaism, too, God can be called δικαιος, the One who is infallibley consistent in the normative self-determination of His own nature, and who maintains unswerving […]

The (S)Word

Monday, January 8th, 2007

The reason Christians have always planted schools where they have planted churches is because we are a people of “the Book.” It is true that the Book will never have its proper effect without prayer and the Holy Spirit. It is not a textbook to be debated; it is a fountain for spiritual thirst, food […]

Why learn?

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

One basic and compelling reason for education - the rigorous training of the mind - is, very simply, so that a person can read the Bible with understanding.
This sounds too obvious to be useful or compelling. But that’s just because we take the preciousness of reading so for granted or, even more, because we appreciate […]

Annoying

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

My graduation mean I have to miss Brighton (Together On A Mission ‘07) … D’oh.