Comments on: Book Alert: He Who Gives Life http://timmybrister.com/2007/08/23/book-alert-he-who-gives-life/ Trusting God :: Treasuring Christ :: Triumphing the Gospel Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:48:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Timmy Brister http://timmybrister.com/2007/08/23/book-alert-he-who-gives-life/#comment-10865 Timmy Brister Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:47:07 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/08/23/book-alert-he-who-gives-life/#comment-10865 John, You need to be careful about getting this stuff out there. Those developing curriculum for youth might get a little worried! ;) Seriously, that is a great story and a wonderful testament what "the pillar and buttress of truth" is all about. It's all too sobering to realize that such a story is an exception and not the norm. Keep up the great work, brother, and continue to expound the excellencies of Jesus to God's people! John,

You need to be careful about getting this stuff out there. Those developing curriculum for youth might get a little worried! ;)

Seriously, that is a great story and a wonderful testament what “the pillar and buttress of truth” is all about. It’s all too sobering to realize that such a story is an exception and not the norm.

Keep up the great work, brother, and continue to expound the excellencies of Jesus to God’s people!

]]> By: john patrick http://timmybrister.com/2007/08/23/book-alert-he-who-gives-life/#comment-10844 john patrick Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:56:58 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/08/23/book-alert-he-who-gives-life/#comment-10844 This comment has nothing to do with your book alert, but about "bct." Last night, in our men's study (middle school guys to a 92yr. old), I gave an 1.5 hour overview of biblical theology. I used Vaughan Roberts's "Kingdom of God" categories (people of God in the place of God under the rule of God) and traced those three elements through four major "sections" of redemptive history (before the fall, after the fall, in Christ, and eternity). We've been working through the book of Galatians on Wednesday nights. Last night, we focused on Gal. 5:14 in which Paul commands the church to "love your neighbor as yourself." At this point I raised the question, "If Paul is quoting Leviticus 19:18 and Leviticus 19:18 is a command for Israel, why does Paul give that command to the church? Moreover, how should we understand Paul's "OT command" in light of vs. 13, which says we are "called to freedom" from the law. After raising that question, I then took them through an overview of biblical theology. To end the overview I asked, "Now, given what we have already learned in Galatians, and given God's big plan for history, why does Paul take a command directed at Israel and give it to the church." To put it another way, how does Galatians 5:13-14 fit into God's plan?" After a moment of silence a TENTH GRADER raised his hand and said, "Is it because Christ is the true Israel who kept the law perfectly, and we are now in Christ and filled with the Holy Spirit so that we are able to obey God's moral law and to love each other with a before-the-fall type of love...and does that mean we are the new Israel?" I almost hit the roof. A tenth grader grasping biblical theology! How amazing is that!? When we finished the lesson, men were making comments like, "I feel like I just read the Bible for the first time" and "It's like I traded a black and white television for a color one." Several of the men even went home and told their wives all about "this new way of seeing how the Bible fits together." Some of the ladies have called today and asked me to combine the men and women for a 3-4 week overview of biblical theology. I hope this encourages you as you continue your bct posts. I'm laboring with you for the same cause. This comment has nothing to do with your book alert, but about “bct.” Last night, in our men’s study (middle school guys to a 92yr. old), I gave an 1.5 hour overview of biblical theology. I used Vaughan Roberts’s “Kingdom of God” categories (people of God in the place of God under the rule of God) and traced those three elements through four major “sections” of redemptive history (before the fall, after the fall, in Christ, and eternity).

We’ve been working through the book of Galatians on Wednesday nights. Last night, we focused on Gal. 5:14 in which Paul commands the church to “love your neighbor as yourself.” At this point I raised the question, “If Paul is quoting Leviticus 19:18 and Leviticus 19:18 is a command for Israel, why does Paul give that command to the church? Moreover, how should we understand Paul’s “OT command” in light of vs. 13, which says we are “called to freedom” from the law.

After raising that question, I then took them through an overview of biblical theology. To end the overview I asked, “Now, given what we have already learned in Galatians, and given God’s big plan for history, why does Paul take a command directed at Israel and give it to the church.” To put it another way, how does Galatians 5:13-14 fit into God’s plan?”

After a moment of silence a TENTH GRADER raised his hand and said, “Is it because Christ is the true Israel who kept the law perfectly, and we are now in Christ and filled with the Holy Spirit so that we are able to obey God’s moral law and to love each other with a before-the-fall type of love…and does that mean we are the new Israel?”

I almost hit the roof. A tenth grader grasping biblical theology! How amazing is that!? When we finished the lesson, men were making comments like, “I feel like I just read the Bible for the first time” and “It’s like I traded a black and white television for a color one.” Several of the men even went home and told their wives all about “this new way of seeing how the Bible fits together.” Some of the ladies have called today and asked me to combine the men and women for a 3-4 week overview of biblical theology.

I hope this encourages you as you continue your bct posts. I’m laboring with you for the same cause.

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