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The Meaning of Baptism: Part 3
For the first two parts in this series, see here and here.
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“God’s gracious giving to faith belongs to the context of baptism, even as God’s gracious giving in baptism is to faith.” (G. R. Beasley-Murray, Baptism in the New Testament, p. 273)
One typically unforeseen hazard of debates is the temptation to define what we believe about… more »
The Meaning of Baptism: Part 2
*This post may set a record for length here on the Fish Tank! This is due in part to combining posts from two authors together here (see the first post here), but also because the debate over the meaning of baptism is a significant one that deserves more than the simple, short stock answers often given. … more »
The Meaning of Baptism: Part 1
*Flowing out of previous exchanges that Joseph Porter and I have had over the meaning and significance of baptism this past year, we mutually decided that it might be helpful to take our discussion public here at the Fish Tank. Below you can read our initial thoughts, with Joseph taking the lead this time. In future weeks… more »
The Strange Triumph of the Lamb (4): Soldiers Called To Holy War
I have been laboring to demonstrate in this series that Jesus specializes in turning all expectations about his own person and mission wildly upside down. Jesus’ tendency to subversion is often bandied about—even crudely celebrated—in vague fashion by many would-be revolutionary Christian thinkers, but arguably this recurring theme in his ministry requires much more elaboration and particularity than it… more »
Gleanings from Bonhoeffer on Confession
Good books should be reread throughout our lives for an assortment of reasons. One particular consideration that ought to drive us into the cultivation of this discipline is simply the passing of the years. As we grow older our changing insights, questions, experiences, and our deeper awareness of our own brokenness and inadequacy conspire together to make great authors more helpful to us than… more »
The Strange Triumph of the Lamb (3): Filling Up What is Lacking in the Afflictions of Christ
“The cross is laid on every Christian. The first Christ-suffering which every man must experience is the call to abandon the attachments of this world. It is that dying of the old man which is the result of his encounter with Christ. As we embark upon discipleship we surrender ourselves to Christ in union with… more »
The Strange Triumph of the Lamb (2): Jesus’ Veiled Coronation
Throughout the gospel of Matthew there exists a steadily mounting anticipation of Jesus’ coming enthronement as the king of Israel, in fulfillment of the prophetic Old Testament messianic hope. Such an emphasis is obvious, of course, in the central place the “kingdom of God” occupies in Jesus’ teaching and life (and the preeminent role he himself… more »
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