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I think enough time has passed so that I can post this. I took this picture when I was teaching at a Church in South Ga.

Just when you think Jesus has left the South, there he is – with his favorite bible verse plastered on his chest.

WWJD? – Win every staring contest.

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Dr. Ware asked the question, “Have you learned to read your Bibles through Trinitarian Lenses?”

This is fundamentally a Hermeneutics question; “How-to” and “So-what”.  By that I mean, he taught us to How to pay attention to the trinitarian language found in scripture, then he helped us understand its meaning.

One of the biggest “How-to” helps he mentioned was to identify the pronoun’s antecedents. If you work your way through Ephesians 1:1-14, you’ll start to see that each person of the Godhead has a particular role in salvation. Although this is not a comprehensive theology of the Trinity, it does begin to shed light on the doctrine of the trinity and why it was so important to the early church.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,

To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

(Ephesians 1:1-14 ESV)

Here are the notes on the Handout

• Contours of the Trinity – Eph 1:1-2
  • Two themes that form the Pillars of the Trinitarian Formulation of the Early Church:
    • Eph 1:1 – The Distinction Theme
    • Eph 1:2 – The Equality Theme
• Salvation By Members of the Trinity – Eph 1:3-14
  • The Grand Architect of the Salvation is the Father
  • The Glorious Accomplishment of Salvation is through the Son
  • The Gracious Application of Salvation is through the Spirit.
• Life Application
  • Marvel at the beauty of the Triune God and of the Salvation that God, as Father, Son, and Spirit has accomplished
  • Consider the Work of the Trinitarian Persons as one of rich harmony, Not simple unison, one in which there is a unity of work without sameness, and a diversity of Roles without discord
  • Understand the intrinsic authority-submission structure within the relations of the very trinitarian persons themselves, and embrace the relevance to human life made in God’s image–Authority and submission in relationships of husbands and wives, church Leadership and Church members.

One of the more interesting things he mentioned during the sermon is the full trinitarian nature of verse three. Although the text does not mention the proper “Holy Spirit”, it does say “with every spiritual blessing.” Dr. Ware sees that as existential blessings from God through the Spirit so it does in-fact involve the Holy Spirit.

Downloand PDF here

Download Sermon Here

Television is a drug. from Beth Fulton on Vimeo.

I found this on on Abraham Piper’s blog

You may have to turn the volume up a little, but it’s worth it.

His name is Brandon and we both attended North Greenville University at the same time. If you’re in the theological world at all, you’ll probably find this amusing. Hope you enjoy.

If you want to see what he’s up to now, Check out his blog

If the rapid expansion of the Church is, in fact, a move of God, our new brothers and sisters will hunger and thirst for understanding.

On average, there are 28 million new Christians each year outside of the United States, and if you didn’t already know, the shape of World Christianity is changing. In fact, most argue that it has already changed.  The West is no longer the epicenter of the Church, and along with this global shift of Christianity, new challenges to the faith arise. The lack of sound theology and biblical teaching is a major problem. New global Christians are left without a biblical framework in which to live and learn the Christian faith. Even though I am overwhelmed with the success of evangelism, we now must exhort and equip our foreign family so that their worship might be true and their doctrines life-sustaining.

This is where Desiring God comes in. Desiring God Ministries have an international outreach program that is committed to feed the theologically starving Church.

International Outreach is working to relieve this theological famine. We are building a network of collaborators who provide biblical resources, in appropriate languages and formats, to equip church and missions leaders around the world. Will you join us in strengthening the global church for the cause of spreading the Gospel to all nations?

Some of their strategies are to:

Cultivate Relationships with those working in the cause of missions and church-planting.

Develop Resources in formats and languages to help equip those in our network.

Build Support through prayer and financial assistance from friends passionate about relieving this famine.

Mobilize Networks to distribute resources through the channels of our partners.

International Outreach is on the frontline of God’s mission by supplying theological education for pastors throughout the world. Jon Bloom, executive director of Desiring God, issued a statement today outlining their current strategy and goals for the year. He promises we will hear more as the year progresses, but he also asks for financial support.

I believe that the global shift of Christianity is God’s work, and He has providentially equipped the West to fund it.

Read Jon’s article here

Give here

Art addresses us in the fullness of our being simultaneously speaking to our intellect, emotions, intuition, imagination, memory and physical senses. There are some truths about life that can be expressed only as stories or songs or images.”

[Dana Gioia, Commencement Address at Stanford University, June 17, 2007]

God knows that we are people of story.

I use this narrative analysis tool whenever I interpret the Gospels. It helps me slow down and read the story with new eyes. Using this tool, I start to see that the main point of the story is not whatever strikes me. The Gospels are unique; they dont fit squarely into any genre of literature and we should respect their use of narrative. It’s important for us to understand the basic structure of narrative in order to determine the main points of each literary unit and the book as a whole.
We must remember that the gospel stories are simultaneously a story about Jesus and a word of God to us. The canonical scriptures have two authors (God/Man) and we can learn from literary criticism to determine the authorial intent.

And here is one of the best tools for reading the Gospels

1. Isolate the Literary Unit
2. Identify the Settings and Characters
3. Observe the Story

a. Are there key words or phrases or repeated ideas? Are there cause and effect relationships stated? What illustrations are used if any?

4. Isolate the Different Scenes
5. Analyze the narrative:

a. Identify the (rising) Conflict
b. Identify the Climax
c. Identify the Resolution
d. Identify the Following Action/Interpretation

6. Think about the Context

a. Immediate literary context
b. Whole Gospel context (narrative flow and structure; intra- and intertextuality)
c. Redemptive-Historical context

7. Write a Summary

Find the main thrust of the story’s points, understood in context, and address what it teaches us about God and ourselves. Use two key ideas of Revelation and Identification – What is revealed about God in Christ and How we are to Identify as the disciples of Christ

There’s a lot to say about this tool and it’s not perfect, it doesn’t work every time.

Also, There maybe some terms your unfamiliar with, so feel free to ask questions. I will try and post more information/explanations later. Give it a try and tell me what you think.

Try using this tool on Matthew 4:1-11, Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. There’s a mountain of meaning in Jesus’ temptation.

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

(Matthew 5:20 ESV)