Tag: Two Kingdoms
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all things new
all things are new The NT is clear that there is a relationship of promise and fulfilment between the OT and the NT; what is promised in the old is fulfilled in the new. Fulfilment implies both discontinuity and continuity. However, we should note that when the NT discusses aspects of continuity hard on its…
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living as new creation… in old creation (3)
Col 3:1-3 (ESV) If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.…
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living as new creation… in old creation (1)
How do people who are new creation live in an old creation? Or to put it more popularly, how should Christians relate the world? What a huge question? In a sense the whole of the NT is an answer to it. In a few posts I want to tease out some of the implications of…
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flesh and spirit in romans, and beyond (6) ‘dead to the world’
In previous blogs on this thread we have seen that key to understanding the Christian life is grasping that God, through the death of Christ, has translated us from this world of ‘flesh’ into the world of ‘the Spirit’. This translation lies at the heart of the gospel. Christians are not ‘in Adam’ but ‘in…
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co-belligerency
A helpful blog on this topic is to be found over at ‘Contrast’. Below is a chunk from the blog. Brandon quotes from John W Robbins, someone with experience of political life in N America. ‘If you’re going to take political action that is going to compromise the gospel, then you are sealing your own…
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ambassadors of a disputed king
Bill Kyles has an excellent article on the hidden glory of the church in Themelios. Below is an appetizer. Ambassadors of a Disputed King As pastors there is much to discourage us. We can feel insignificant compared to the powerful and influential people of our age. We are engaged in what has been called a…
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whose world?
Consider these two hymns: ‘This world is not my home’ and ‘This is my Father’s world’. Both apparently present a different view of the world. Which is biblically right? Are both right? Are both wrong? Is one more right than the other? Are both partially right or/and partially wrong? Your response to these songs is…
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