New Perspectives on Paul
Dec 29, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: Thoughtful | NOISE: Kid’s playing }
I don’t know tons about N T Wright or the New Perspectives on Paul, although I am just beginning to read about them. A friend of mine has been trying to get me into Wright. Today, as I was reading my Bloglines, I came across this post that referred to this article on NPP. Interesting stuff. I am definitely not very well read on all of this. Here are three quotes that struck me:
“I find, in talking with evangelical students who are enamored of Wright and the NPP, that they are often dismissive of anyone who has a criticism of Wright, and assume that the only reason that you are critical is that you haven’t read Wright, or that you haven’t read Wright right, or that you haven’t read enough of Wright, or that if you had only read more of Wright, you would believe that Wright was right, and so on.”
“American evangelicals have always been more individualistic than our British Christian friends. British evangelicals (from the days of the Whiggish Covenanters to the Clapham sect to John Stott) have always had a better balance between the individual and social dimensions of Christianity than we have. We are more individualistic, more suspicious of pressing the social dimensions of New Testament ethics, for fear of falling into the social Gospel or confusing “the two Kingdoms.” Frankly, a lot of my students feel very guilty about that. They feel very guilty about the individualism that their tradition has perpetuated. And along comes a “new, biblical solution” to that individualism: the NPP! Unfortunately, the solution being offered by the NPP is less than healthy and biblical. But evangelicals fall for it nevertheless.”
“Preterism is all the rage in some conservative Reformed circles these days. The “already and not yet” is out, and the “been there, done that” is in. NT eschatology, for the preterist, is retrospective and realized. Well, along comes Wright, with his very this worldly eschatology, and provides a high-powered academic justification for the low-rent forms of preterism circulating in some places today. And they love it.”
I need to read this stuff some more.
Ignite
Dec 27, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: 65 Degrees | ITUNES: “The Flower of Carnage” – KB2 Soundtrack }
Well, this is probably my last time to sit and take a breath before Ignite kicks off. So I thought I would say “hi.”
The trip down here was relatively uneventful, for a change, and that was nice. The only excitement was a guy on the highway slamming his brakes on in front of us and Grace getting a serious chance to use our new vans ABS. Everything was good, though.
Anyhoo, here’s the verse of the day:
“You son of the Devil, full of every sort of trickery and villainy, enemy of all that is good, will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord? (Acts 13:10)
I love random, out of context, scripture.
Cole Smiles
Dec 25, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
Those of you who hang out with us around cameras know that Coley will not smile for one. Today, we discovered a strategy for getting him to smile. Lollipops. Yup, lollipops.
So, we employed this strategy with a family picture. Whala.
I figure if we give him a lollipop everytime we take a picture for the rest of his life, his wedding pictures will be really cool.
Weight in Beer
Dec 24, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
To drink my weight, I would have to chug 128 pints of beer!
How big is your beer belly?
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What kind of pirate am I?
Dec 24, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
What kind of pirate am I? You decide!
You can also view a breakdown of results or put one of these on your own page!
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Flu
Dec 24, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MEDICAL CONDITION: Stomach Flu | TIVO: Wiggles Christmas }
One at a time my family succumed to the stomach flu this week. It started with Ethan and spread each day to a new person. I was bragging yesterday that I had avoided it.
Not anymore.
Pics
Dec 22, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: OK | TIVO: Trading Spouses }
This is what happens when you try to take a family picture with my kids:
God
Dec 22, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: Average | TIVO: CSINY }
Thanks to Kyle for letting me know that God has a blog. Here’s an excerpt:
Praise unto me.
Just kidding. Isn’t it funny how some of those jokers that wrote the bible all those years ago used all of that fancy talk to make it seem that much more important? I mean, they way they write about me, it’s like I’m just dying for the attention and the adoration.
Okay. Maybe just a little adoration.
Van
Dec 22, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: Ecstatic | ITUNES: “Terminator X” – Public Enemy }
Many of you remember that we have had a significant amount of van woes this past few years. (See this and this for a refresher.)
Anyhoo, today we bought one of these:
Grace’s dad gave us a substantial gift so we could afford it. Suffice it to say, we are pretty excited. Now, off to selling the Love Machine to whoever is dumb enough to buy it.
