I’ve been enjoying a monograph entitled “The Son of Man as the Son of God“ by Seyoon Kim which looks at the meaning and significance of Daniel 17:13-14 for Jesus’ self-designation as the Son of Man. A summary statement is found on page 36, With “the ‘Son of Man'” then Jesus
Continue readingIt is vital to firmly ground the Christian faith in the objective realities of God’s work and yet these must be subjectively appropriated by individual people. J.G. Vos wrote a fine booklet (“Ashamed of the tents of Shem?”) on the promotion of the Psalms (and the singing of them!) in
Continue readingEzekiel 33 has drawn my attention recently and so I would like to share, in two posts, insights gleaned from Patrick Fairbairn’s The Vision’s of Ezekiel. The calamity, so often foretold and warned against, has come; and he must now address himself to the more agreeable task of reviving the hopes
Continue readingCharles Spurgeon provided a gem of a thought in this morning’s (July 22) morning meditation in Morning and Evening based on Jeremiah 3:14, “I am married unto you.” First he sets forth the wondrous fulfillment of the marriage reality in the eternal union between Christ and His people. …for in
Continue readingI am a pastor and view the calling of being a “physician of souls” very highly. We must not, however, allow a high view of the ministry to lead us to denigrate the physical and material needs of people. In the words of Richard Baxter, Do as much good as
Continue readingRevisiting Girolamo Zanchi and his The Spiritual Marriage Between Christ and His Church he unpacks the duties of husbands and wives and emphasizes the demand of submission for the wife. The spiritual side of submission is expounded with regard to faith and repentance in the following paragraphs. With regard to the submission
Continue readingA perennial challenge in the life of the member of the covenant congregation is the call to confess the faith, join full membership in the congregation and have the “church-right” to the Lord’s Supper. The challenge is, what is being confessed – saving faith in Christ or the truths of
Continue readingA French-reformed Pastor of the 19th century, Adolphe Monod, asked the question, “How are we to deliver the church from its inward languor [tiredness or inertia] and outward inactivity?” A question that could fit well with the current trend of what has come to be known as “church revitalization.” He
Continue readingSadly in our days, in the church and outside of it, faith has become this weak, personal thing – held uncertainly and not really worth setting forth. This ought not to be the faith of the Gospel, the Christian faith, the faith that feeds upon the truth as it is
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