I haven’t forgotten my idea to write my 95 theses for the First Presidency and Twelve Apostles of the I-15 Corridor. It will be posted when I am finished.
Happy Reformation Day to all on this fine Friday morning, October 31, 2008.
For one particular reformer, his 500th birthday will be in 2009. It is amazing how time flies.
By the encouragement of Aquinas on his blog, I just listened to Craig Blomberg’s lengthy presentation – all of it except the Q&A time at the end.
With his wife receiving a doctorate in missiology, I would ask her if this is the only way to do missions in America in 2008.
Confrontation is not acceptable? It doesn’t work?
My selected quotes from Andrew Jackson in his latest book, Mormonism Explained (2008)
Here is a small sampling. Jackson likes the use of “Although” and “In fact”.
1. “As a result, within Mormonism the Bible is functionally subordinate and subject to clarification and revision by the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price” (13). (more…)
HT: Desiring God Ministries
Notified of this link in an email from a friend, here is Rob Bowman’s latest take on John-Charles Duffy’s research. Where do you fall out on this?
Today’s beautiful weather in Ammon, Idaho. Isn’t it nice? No better place to live. Really.
And today, we began our study on the final evening of Jesus with his disciples before his crucifixion, the “lifting up” before all.
Again, this is one of the greatest privileges of my life: to work my way through chapters 13-17 with a group of loving, Christ-filled people each Sunday.
Look how the first verse in chapter 13 begins. It is about love.
Examine how the last verse in chapter 17 ends. It is about love.
Do you see it?
When you study verse 1, put the spotlight on the last phrase containing these words, “unto the end” (eis telos). I like the sense that the ASV (1901) places at the bottom of the page. The NEB picks up on this. The NIV follows suit. And the NLT paraphrases it also as the “full extent of love.”
How does Jesus introduce the full extent of love?
Footwashing.
(But make sure you make the distinction between louo and nipto for the washing in verse 10; the KJV obscures it. I disagree with the Codex Sinaiticus omitting, “save to wash his feet”, which the NEB translates accordingly.)
When I look at the life of Jesus, the preexistent One who came out from God, and notice what he did, it provokes me to live the life of a latter-day slave (lds) in my pursuit of following the Servant-Master.
Reynolds per Aaron this afternoon, live from Utah:
The Orthodox notion of theosis is not what some Mormons say it is. It historically refers to imitating God’s energies or becoming like the incarnate Christ, but explicitly reject the idea that we can become like God’s essence
With an analogy, KC Stern takes a stab at explaining the Mormon Trinity.
Jesus in Idaho Falls 