Archive for November, 2008
« Previous EntriesBook Review: Bible Overview, by Steve Levy
Saturday, November 29th, 2008Synopsis: As many bible handbooks, surveys, and overviews as are already in print, a reader may glance at the non-descript title Bible Overview, groan, and wonder, “Why another one?”. Such at least was my initial reaction; but it took only a few pages for me to realize that this is a different kind of bible [...]
Images of the Savior (45 — The Blessings and Curses Upon Mounts Gerizim and Ebal)
Thursday, November 27th, 2008And Moses commanded the people that day, saying, “These shall stand to bless the people upon Mount Gerazim when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin; and these shall stand for the curse upon Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad and Asher; and Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali”. [...]
Fair Semblances: An Allegorical Fantasy (Chapter 14)
Monday, November 24th, 2008When our three wanderers first stepped out of the sunless tunnel and into the desert again, it was broad daylight, nearly mid-day, judging by the height of the sun in the sky. For awhile, the luminous brilliance of the sun quite overwhelmed their gloom-accustomed eyes, which had been several days away from any light stronger [...]
Images of the Savior (44 — The Prophet Like Moses)
Friday, November 21st, 2008Yahweh your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me, from your midst, from among your brethren; unto him you shall hearken. According to all that you asked of Yahweh your God at Horeb, on the day of the assembly, saying, “May I not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God, and [...]
Book Review: Faith on Trial, by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Synopsis: Although the ancient psalmists of Israel were holy men of God, who wrote by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they were also deeply human, and were not above honestly describing their struggles and temptations, as well as the truths they discovered and the hopes that they clung to, in order to find victory at [...]
Fair Semblances: An Allegorical Fantasy (Chapter 13)
Monday, November 17th, 2008For a long while, Mishael and his friends made their way southward through the all-but-endless corridors of the dismal tunnel. The air was damp and stale, the temperature was a little too cool for comfort, and the monotony of the smooth stone floor and crumbling walls, the ceiling which was constantly dripping water and sand [...]
Images of the Savior (43 The Second Giving of the Law)
Friday, November 14th, 2008Behold, I am placing before you this day a blessing and a curse: the blessing if you hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you this day, and the curse if you will not hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn aside from the way which I command [...]
Book Review: Covenant Theology, by Peter Golding
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Synopsis: Nearly five hundred years after the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, Reformed theology and piety continue to have a worldwide impact on the Church; but how many Christians who consider themselves to be heirs of the Reformation have drifted from an understanding of what its central and distinguishing doctrines have always been? In his [...]
Book Review: The Prodigal God, by Timothy Keller
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Synopsis: Just about everyone is familiar with the story of the prodigal son, perhaps the most well-known parable of Jesus. Many have found comfort in its moral of the free forgiveness available to repentant prodigals, who have consumed their lives with dissipate living. But is that the whole point of the story? Keller would argue [...]
Fair Semblances: An Allegorical Fantasy (Chapter 12)
Monday, November 10th, 2008Our underground wayfarers had not made it more than a few paces down the broad thoroughfare leading out eastward from the magnificent throne room before their attention was arrested by another small but very significant-looking room to their left. The entrance, perhaps twenty feet high, was much smaller than the main entrance to the throne [...]
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