This is the Gospel according to Mudflats, a WordPress political rockstar dramatist.  Read her personal literary revelation. (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.

Ockholm hints on something, today, that Greg said earlier on this blog about Hellenization. . . (more…)

Tonight, (no, I should say this morning because it is past midnight in Idaho Falls) I am thinking of this statement from Aaron’s live blogging of the conference: (more…)

This past Sunday, we finished the Book of Signs.

We started in October of 2006.  The final appeal in John 12 speaks volumes about the Lord Jesus Christ, His word, and His Father.

Please.  Note this.  It is very important.

his commandment is life everlasting

Clean Cut excitingly exhorts everyone to read How Wide the Divide?  Dave notes it.

Aquinas introduces the National Student Dialogue Conference II.  Ben reintroduces it.

And read the token explanation of evangelical blunder in the dialogue process by Jettboy.

Three questions:

1.  Does McDermott fall outside the rules and parameters for what certain LDS and evangelicals are requiring for dialogue?

2.  What about Andrew Jackson?  Could his latest book be sold at this dialogue conference?

3.  Will there be anyone live blogging this?  I can’t make it this weekend.