Doc here!
Hey you all,
It's 10.38 p.m. and I'm nearly ready to:
1. "turn in"
or
2. "retire"
or
3. "engage in death's daily dress rehearsal"
or maybe just plain
4. "go to bed"
Kristin reinvited me to the virtual circle under the new blogger construct. I've missed many of you! I love each of you and I'll be checking in regularly. In other words, It's good to be back!
Our boast is all Christ on this resurrection eve! Vaughan Roberts puts it this way in his book [I've almost finished it - it's a small, simple without being simplistic, Bible-unifying read] God's Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible:
"The Bible covers a great deal of ground. But there is one supreme subject that binds it all together: Jesus Christ and the salvation God offers through Him . . . The whole Bible points to Him from beginning to end. In the Old Testament God points forwards to Him and promises His coming in the future. In the New Testament, God proclaims Him to be the one who fulfills all those promises . . . The way you read a book depends on the kind of book you think it is. Many people read the Bible as if it were a collection of independent books that can each be read without reference to the others. That was how I was tauught the Bible at university. We looked for the message of Ezekiel, Jonah or John without considering how those Biblical books contribute to and fit in with the message of the Bible as a whole. And there was a great division between the Old and New Testaments. We were discouraged from reading the Bible as the Bible itself demands to be read: as one book that presents the unfolding story of God's plan to save the world through His Son Jesus . . . Graham Goldsworthy has put it like this: 'For the New Testament the interpretation of the Old Testament is not literal but Christological. That is to say that the coming of Christ transforms all the kingdom [God's people in God's place under God's rule and blessing] terms of the Old Testament into Gospel reality.'"
Praise the Lord! No matter how many promises God has made [Genesis 12.1-3, 2 Samuel 7.11-16, Jeremiah 31.31-34], they are yes and Amen in Christ [2 Cor. 1.20]! "Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!" I'll check back in with you tomorrow. Thank you for all your prayers for Connie. She is a singularly beautiful, sensational, southern treasure!
Doc
Romans 3.21-26
It's 10.38 p.m. and I'm nearly ready to:
1. "turn in"
or
2. "retire"
or
3. "engage in death's daily dress rehearsal"
or maybe just plain
4. "go to bed"
Kristin reinvited me to the virtual circle under the new blogger construct. I've missed many of you! I love each of you and I'll be checking in regularly. In other words, It's good to be back!
Our boast is all Christ on this resurrection eve! Vaughan Roberts puts it this way in his book [I've almost finished it - it's a small, simple without being simplistic, Bible-unifying read] God's Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible:
"The Bible covers a great deal of ground. But there is one supreme subject that binds it all together: Jesus Christ and the salvation God offers through Him . . . The whole Bible points to Him from beginning to end. In the Old Testament God points forwards to Him and promises His coming in the future. In the New Testament, God proclaims Him to be the one who fulfills all those promises . . . The way you read a book depends on the kind of book you think it is. Many people read the Bible as if it were a collection of independent books that can each be read without reference to the others. That was how I was tauught the Bible at university. We looked for the message of Ezekiel, Jonah or John without considering how those Biblical books contribute to and fit in with the message of the Bible as a whole. And there was a great division between the Old and New Testaments. We were discouraged from reading the Bible as the Bible itself demands to be read: as one book that presents the unfolding story of God's plan to save the world through His Son Jesus . . . Graham Goldsworthy has put it like this: 'For the New Testament the interpretation of the Old Testament is not literal but Christological. That is to say that the coming of Christ transforms all the kingdom [God's people in God's place under God's rule and blessing] terms of the Old Testament into Gospel reality.'"
Praise the Lord! No matter how many promises God has made [Genesis 12.1-3, 2 Samuel 7.11-16, Jeremiah 31.31-34], they are yes and Amen in Christ [2 Cor. 1.20]! "Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!" I'll check back in with you tomorrow. Thank you for all your prayers for Connie. She is a singularly beautiful, sensational, southern treasure!
Doc
Romans 3.21-26
posted by Doc at
9:38 PM
4 Comments:
Hurrah for reinstated blogging!!
By
Kristin, at 8:56 PM
It is exciting, really!
By
Doc, at 1:11 PM
Good to hear from you Doc. I was recently listening to Gospel Worship and was reminded of the good times. You are in our prayers.
-Josh Huff
By
Josh Huff, at 1:53 PM
Doc, I've made you an administrator again.
By
Kristin, at 11:21 PM
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