Theology on the Go Historical Adam

by Jonathan Master • July 20, 2015
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This week on Theology on the Go, Dr. Jonathan Master is joined by Dr. William VanDoodewaard, Professor of Church History at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. VanDoodewaard has contributed to and written several books, including his newest, The Quest for the Historical Adam: Genesis, Hermeneutics, and Human Origins. On this installment of Theology on the Go, Dr. VanDoodewaard stops by to talk with Jonathan about the historical Adam. Listen in as Jonathan and Bill discuss this very important and weighty topic!

This week on Theology on the Go, Dr. Jonathan Master is joined by Dr. William VanDoodewaard, Professor of Church History at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. VanDoodewaard has contributed to and written several books, including his newest, The Quest for the Historical Adam: Genesis, Hermeneutics, and Human Origins. On this installment of Theology on the Go, Dr. VanDoodewaard stops by to talk with Jonathan about the historical Adam. Listen in as Jonathan and Bill discuss this very important and weighty topic!

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What Goes Under the Umbrella of Women's Ministry?

Posted on Monday, July 20, 2015 by Aimee Byrd on Housewife Theologian

Complementary churches may be giving lip service to the importance of male leadership in the office of pastor and elder, while simultaneously neutering them of their minsterial role.

In my last article, I discussed how Christ has given the church the gift of ordained ministerial office and that this is how the church ministers to every member through Word and sacrament. With that in mind, let’s get back to women.

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Lest We Forget - Part One

By James Boice
Theme: The Crossing of the Jordan Continued
This week’s lessons tell about the importance of God’s memorial as they crossed the Jordan and into the Promised Land.
 
SCRIPTURE 
Joshua 4:1-24
 
When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, “Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man, and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan

Alfred Lord Tennyson was the poet laureate of England in his lifetime. And on one occasion, he had the duty that poet-laureates have of writing a poem for a state occasion.  

 

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The Meaning Behind the Fig Tree

Posted 7/20/15 by Donald Barnhouse
Mark wants us to see the connection between Jesus’ encounter with the fig tree and the task He was on His way to Jerusalem to perform—the cleansing of the temple from all that defiled it (Mark 11:15-19). The next morning, when the disciples and Jesus pass this tree again, the disciples will see that every leaf on the fig tree had died within twenty–four hours; it was “withered away to its roots” (v. 20). Jesus passes by the tree this time on His way to the final round of debate with the Pharisees and Sadducees, as we will see in a later chapter.
 
Theme: The Mirror of Prophecy
 
SCRIPTURE
Mark 11:15-25
 
And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.

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Following Jesus 81

God’s vision for the church is to glorify Him (1 Corinthians 10:31). The goal, aspiration and focus of the church is to bring God glory, honor and praise. The way in which this is to be done is not up for speculation. Rather, God has given us specific instructions as to how to go about glorifying Him. This is accomplished by God centered worship, evangelism, ministry, discipleship and finally the fellowship by followers of Jesus with God and with one another.
 
God’s vision for the church is to glorify Him (1 Corinthians 10:31). The goal, aspiration and focus of the church is to bring God glory, honor and praise. The way in which this is to be done is not up for speculation. Rather, God has given us specific instructions as to how to go about glorifying Him. This is accomplished by God centered worship, evangelism, ministry, discipleship and finally the fellowship by followers of Jesus with God and with one another.
 
To begin with, what exactly is fellowship?

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Over the Jordan at Last - Part Five

By James Boice
Theme: God with Us Always
This week’s lessons teach us about the character of God, as seen in the ark of the covenant which went before the Israelites through the Jordan.
 
SCRIPTURE 
Joshua 3:1-17
 
Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
I think of something else that concerns this story, though it comes later in Israel's history and you would think at first reading it had no relevance at all. You recall that in II Kings, right at the beginning, there’s a transition of authority between Elijah to Elisha, the one who was going to succeed him. Elisha was presumably a younger man than Elijah. Elijah, with Elisha following along beside, were led by God out into the desert. And they came to the Jordan River, this very Jordan that the people had crossed in our study. And after Elijah rolled up his cloak, he struck the water with it, and the water parted. Elijah then walked across on dry ground. He kept saying to Elisha, “Stay behind. The Lord’s calling me." And Elisha wouldn't do it because he knew what was coming. So Elisha kept following. Well finally they got out in a very remote area, and suddenly there were chariots of fire that swept down from heaven and carried Elijah up into heaven, leaving Elisha behind. Then the cloak of Elijah fell, and Elisha understood that it was thepassing of authority to him and that he was now to be the prophet in Israel. And he picked it up and he made his way back out of the desert. As he came to the Jordan, he rolled up the cloak of Elijah and he struck the water as Elijah had done. And he said, "Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?" And the same God, the God of Elijah, who was also his God, parted the water. And he went across on dry ground, as Elijah had. 
 

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Over the Jordan at Last - Part Four

By James Boice
Theme: God’s Justice and Mercy
This week’s lessons teach us about the character of God, as seen in the ark of the covenant which went before the Israelites through the Jordan.
 
SCRIPTURE
Joshua 3:1-17
 
Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
The third thing that was kept before the eyes of the people was His justice. This God was a God of judgment. You see, the picture of that ark with God symbolically dwelling between the wings of the cherubim over the ark, which contained the law of God, is a picture of judgment because here is portrayed as the holy God and righteous God, staring down upon the law, the expression of His moral character which every single human being has violated. That picture is a picture of judgment. It's meant to strike terror into the hearts of sinful men and women. God’s standard of justice does not change; and God judges, and will judge all things in the end. The Judge of all the universe must do right. And that means that the God of all the universe cannot overlook sin. We see plenty of violations of His holy law now, and there is a sense in which there is retribution in life. Certain sins produce certain consequences. But it doesn't exhaust the justice of God. And the day is coming when men and women will stand before Him as we know in our hearts we one day will. And that God will pronounce judgment. 
 

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Worldview Case Studies

by Martin Blocki • July 17, 2015
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Do you wear glasses?  Why?  It is, of course, because without them you don’t “see” the world rightly.  Have you ever switched glasses with a friend?  Maybe they are near sighted and you are far sighted.  What is the result?  The world looks distorted and blurred.  You don’t want to drive to the store for groceries with the wrong glasses – the consequences could be disastrous!  This is a simple picture of what it is called a “world-view”.  A world view is simply the network of fundamental assumptions that a person makes about himself and the world in which he lives.  Although there are different ways that people break down the elements of a world-view, the following six will serve to lay the groundwork for our understanding:

 

     

     

    Do you wear glasses?  Why?  It is, of course, because without them you don’t “see” the world rightly.  Have you ever switched glasses with a friend?  Maybe they are near sighted and you are far sighted.  What is the result?  The world looks distorted and blurred.  You don’t want to drive to the store for groceries with the wrong glasses – the consequences could be disastrous!  This is a simple picture of what it is called a “world-view”.

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    The Barren Fig Tree Cursed

    Posted 7/17/15 by Donald Barnhouse
    When Jesus entered Jerusalem, He went to the temple, looked around, and left the city with His disciples. The next day, Jesus is on the road to Jerusalem again, this time walking with His disciples. He comes up to a fig tree looking for fruit. When He finds no figs on it, He says to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again” (Mark 11:14). This passage is hated by modernists and unbelievers. The Interpreter’s Bible comments:
     
    Theme: The Mirror of Prophecy
     
    SCRIPTURE
    Mark 11:12-14
     
    On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.

    LESSON

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    Following Jesus 80

    Those who disciple are those who by teaching explain the truth of God. “Teaching them… (Matthew 28:20a). Those who disciple are those who after being taught, observe and obey the truth they have been told. “…to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:20b). Discipleship is also “…the obedience (agreement, respect, submission) to those teachings that promote the lifelong lifestyle of becoming ever more like Jesus (in my character), thereby bringing Him glory.” 
     
    Those who disciple are those who by teaching explain the truth of God.

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