Preach it! Good stuff. And exactly the same conclusions from a Dispensational hermeneutic. So, what's the rub? I think it's the time during our exegesis that we look more at the broader context. In the immediate context Adam and Eve obviously couldn't clearly understand the implications of bruising of the heel and head. And of course we see this as prophetic in regard to Christ. And in a text such as this I suppose I couldn't help but see Christ in it as I read, unless I hadn't seen the NT yet. And while I would definitely preach on Christ from this text (and every text, for that matter), the immediate context has a lot of different (I purposely avoided using "more"
) things to offer before I would bring it around to Christ. Would it be that the DT attempts to keep things in more of a progressive mindset, especially during the early stages of exegesis? And the CT takes more of a bird's eye view of all of Scripture from the beginning of his exegesis?
JoeOriginally posted by Wannabee
Preach it! Good stuff. And exactly the same conclusions from a Dispensational hermeneutic. So, what's the rub? I think it's the time during our exegesis that we look more at the broader context. In the immediate context Adam and Eve obviously couldn't clearly understand the implications of bruising of the heel and head. And of course we see this as prophetic in regard to Christ. And in a text such as this I suppose I couldn't help but see Christ in it as I read, unless I hadn't seen the NT yet. And while I would definitely preach on Christ from this text (and every text, for that matter), the immediate context has a lot of different (I purposely avoided using "more"
It's hereditary you know...
Yeh, it been kind of strange. I went looking for a church that was anchored in reformed baptist teachings (after 20yrs in an independent Bible church). It is not a popular set of teachings here in South Jersey and the Cherry Hill church was the only thing reasonably close to me. (I found them tracking down a copyright on one of their songs.) To this day I am skeptical of charismatic worship styles, but the preaching is has been very sound (esp. for an area that seems to abound in "purpose driven" type churchs) and they do community life very well. By this last point I mean that the people are in each others lives, encouraging (including the confrontation of sin) one another to godly lives by the power of the Gospel. We are encouraged to read Owen, Piper, Bridges, Spurgeon, Carson, "Valley of Vision". Humility abounds among the leaders. I wrote a letter rebuking a visiting senior pastor for the way he handled the text in his sermon (talk about bad hermeneutic, it is a rarety there though). The next time he visited, he sought me out to thank me and said he was convicted that he was preaching his word rather than God's word. In another church that joined the affiliation, a senior pastor said that he believed someone was better equipped to lead his congregation and worked hard to have another pastor come in and be accepted by the congregation as the senior pastor.Originally posted by Wannabee
Sovereign Grace Ministries, eh? My son had CJ autograph his MacArthur Study Bible. MacArthur hasn't even autographed it (yet), just CJ. Two of his favorite preachers and authors are CJ and RC Sproul. But he's still a Dispensational...
Yea, with Wannabee as a handle it gives the iimpression of youth. I guess it's a matter of perspective. If you look at my signature you'll see that I've been married for over 18 years though. So, by Paul's measurement I need to not let them despise my youth. But after 3 years of seminary I sure don't feel young any more.
My older son is in college (started at 16) and my younger one probably will be next semester. If you'll endulge a father, they both can translate Greek, the older one can translate Hebrew, the younger one is struggling to learn Hebrew and both of them are pretty incredible with computers. They've become the TMS de-facto computer repair men. Okay, okay, "brag off."
No, the Hebrew isn't the problem. I can honestly say that my Hebrew translating skills have not diminished over the years. They're as sharp now as they ever were...the same is true for Greek, Aramaic, Swahili, and Chinese, for that matter.
It's funny cause I was going to brag on my son, so now that you opened that can up. My son just finished his freshman year. He loves his iPod. I bought him a real nice unit that was powered speakers/subwoofer/charging station - cost me $200. He figured out I got it and a couple of days before his birthday, he asked if I could take it back and buy him some books instead. The list was comprised of some good references like Carson's "Introduction to the New Testatment", the Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, etc. and some books on Biblical Theology, like Vos and "According to Plan" by Goldsworthy and "The God of Promise and the Life of Faith: Understanding the Heart of the Bible" by Hafemann. I was so proud. (Greek & Hebrew?, nice job).Originally posted by Wannabee
Yea, with Wannabee as a handle it gives the iimpression of youth. I guess it's a matter of perspective. If you look at my signature you'll see that I've been married for over 18 years though. So, by Paul's measurement I need to not let them despise my youth. But after 3 years of seminary I sure don't feel young any more.
I haven't read or listened to a lot of CJ. Just one sermon and couple of his books that could be read in one sitting. The pastoral training uses Grudem for systematic theology. The pastors I have met also refer to themselves as reformed and like the Puritans a lot. I think you have to put him in the covenantal camp.
Ok. I printed out 2 of his papers from JETS and 4 from MTSJ, give me a few days to read and familiarize myself with his thoughts.
