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Monday, January 23, 2006 

WTJ Vol. 67, No. 2
Theology

The latest issue of the Westminster Theological Journal just arrived: Volume 67, No. 2. To be honest, I thought they had forgotten about me and reneged on my subscription, seeing as how I've been subscribed since November 2004. A gift from my wife for my birthday, its been a really terrific gift, despite the fact this is only my second issue I've received in over a year. But, hey, whatever. I think I'm going to have a similar issue soon with the Wall Street Journal. Whats the deal? WTS...WSJ...

Dr. Vern Poythress has a promising article on language and interpretation: "Truth and Fulness of Meaning: Fulness versus Reductionist Semantics in Biblical Interpretation" which looks to incarnate the good doctor's clear, concise and deep thinking on this issue. Kelly M. Kapic writes on Luke 24 and Christ's theology of blessing; not John Owen, as is his custom with Justin Taylor, but Paul Lim does discuss the English Calvin's view of Religious Toleration. R. J. Gore, Jr., responds to some of the critics of his Covenantal Worship which I am sure will pique my liturgically - invested brain, and the book reviews cover everything from the New Perspective(s) on Paul to aesthetics. Good reading ahead, no doubt.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 

Around the Blogosphere
Blogging

You know those blog posts that are just links, and unless you run Firefox and have an hour of time, they are a real pain? You spend your whole time reading a teaser just to get you to click to a link to a story you only perchance want to actually read, and it ends up just wasting more of your blogging time? Well, I hate those too. Hopefully what follows is not the above. Nevertheless, while I have included a King Kong portion of links, hopefully there is enough story and content here to keep you content even if you never click away. And if you have the time and tabs for the browsing, there is enough linkto: to fry your new Intel Mac that just came shiny in the mail.

In this virtual surf: Driscoll begins a resurgence; while Charles Simeon may or may not have been theologically correct.com. The RPW flames the Pyromaniac, and the Sled Dog pulls the argument surrounding hiring homosexuals. We press the disciplined antithesis with Paul Manata and bewail the current 50 influential "Christians." There is even some tech links to add pep. Enjoy!


Pastor Mark Driscoll - pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, leader of Acts 29 Ministries and all things reformissional - began blogging at Resurgence. He is a welcome addition, in our humble opinion, to the blogosphere. My chief question has a minor premise - what kind of blogger will Pastor Driscoll turn out to be, that is, will he be aggressive, periodic, and thought out?; and the major premise is: will Pastor Driscoll come to be viewed as one of the T(ruly)R(eformed)? My own guess is no to both. From the posts thus far, Pastor Driscoll seems to have a low key, dare I say "conversational"(?!) tone to his posts. Coupled with his reformissional/emerging tendencies, and his hesitantcy to speak as forthrightly on more controversial aspects of monergism (such as the scope of the atonement) will probably not a TR of him make. Nevertheless, that is probably not a bad thing, and perhaps puts Pastor Driscoll in an enviable position of being respected for his theological views without being lambasted at the same time.

Mr. Kerry Gilliard of theologicalycorrect.com posts on God's sovereignty, and includes an important historical conversation between Charles Simeon, an Anglican Calvinist,* and John Wesley, the Anglican-turned-Methodist Arminian. These sort of conversations are needed in stemming centuries long disagreements. Far too much of the Calvinist - Arminian debate has been perpetuated by miseducation and ignorance, as well as pride, hard hearts, and poor communication. As Mr. Gilliard notes, "all true Christians are Calvinists at heart." We also all still have an old sin nature, and its our job to help them into Reformed soteriology gently and biblically. Far more people would realize the biblical veracity of historic Reformed soteriology if they were driven to their bibles more often. Our zeitgeist and synagogues of Satan aren't helping that. We need to bridge the gap and get people the spiritual counsel they need.

* Charles Simeon, though a thorough-going Calvinist, was beholden to a more literal reading of texts of Scripture, and could, at times, sound quite to the contrary in his homilies. I also think Wesley was confused, inconsistent, and at times wrong about the Scriptures.


Mr. Phil Johnson of Pyromaniac fame weighs in on worship

As usual, it becomes increasingly difficult to parody and ridicule when the truth itself is so strange. Mr. Johnson notes, "I once remarked that if the trends in 'contemporary worship' were carried to their logical conclusion, church services would soon feature karaoke contests." To this, some T(ruly)E(nlightened) individual responded with, "What verse of scripture forbids the use of karaoke in worship?" In another blog post, we noted that in light of post-conservative, post-Christian, post-calvinist, post-everything, that, "Frankly, I think all this post-everything is post-ridiculous." Unfortunately, I find myself desiring to say similar things more and more often: this is post-ridiculous.

Nevertheless, in true Pyromaniac style, Mr. Johnson bites his dismissive tongue and compassionately interacts with man's question. Everything Mr. Johnson employs by means of argument is good and biblical. He starts off against entertainment (check), he hints at the Regulative Principle of Worship in the Westminster standards (blithely) and offers (a smattering of) Scripture to support it (big time check). He follows up with some weighty Spurgeon quotes (check), and then dives back in to the problems with entertainment for men instead of God (half-check; you already played the entertainment angle, but I'll give credit for centering on the telos of the worship).

Now, Mr. Johnson, everything you said is correct and true. But these evangellyfish are slipperly lil' eels, and it doesn't take them long to wiggle "karaoke" down to "sing a new song." Consider from your comment section on this post:
...Second, David dancing semi-nude infront of the Arc coming into Jerusalem didn't have a whole lotta fans in his family. Yet he was dancing unto the Lord.
If it is possible to make a fool of yourself dancing, then it may be possible to be a fool in karaoke, and still do it 'unto the Lord'.
(I'm beginning to think some people need to worry about making a fool of themselves in the comments section.)

The thrust of the original antagonist (and here I use this term with an emphasis on antagonizing) was, "What verse says I can't? Where is the limit you are going to lay down a hard and fast rule on me?" Here is the brilliance of the Regulative Principle of Worship (which I agree, you started into). The RPW states that God is not worshipped by man by any other means that what God perscribes. This is the combination of (man is totally depraved [Romans 3:9 - 23]) + (God is sovereign in bringing Himself glory [Isaiah 49:9 - 11]) = RPW [Leviticus 10:3]. We are not to follow our own devices in worshipping God. Rather, in the second commandment God tells us He will be worshipped in ways He chooses.

I do not think the RPW is something to be legalistic about. I like to hold it loosely, especially concerning historic liturgies (the Apostles' Creed, frequency of Eucharist, etc.). However, God has been explicit in that He commands His people to sing as with one voice, and that He inhabits the praises of His people. Solos should be kept to a minimum in corporate worship. And karaoke, no matter how you twist or squirm on your definition, has not been commanded by God.

The Sled Dog has an insightful, and I think on-track, post concerning missionary Mr. Steve Saint and ETE's hiring policies for the movie End of the Spear. While I'm not sure I agree with every conclusion, I do think he may have hit close to Mr. Saint's heart on the issue. I hope to get to the movie shortly. Coincidently, What the Thunder Said... uses the same music on its podcast that the movie does on its soundtrack.

Mr. Paul Manata records the silliness and embarassment that is the "Top 50 Most Influential Christian Leaders." It is so sad that he is so adept. He also notes that those against God-ordained discipline, specifically parents on their children, are not doing what Christ has explicitly commanded. Pray for change in our covenant families across the nation, and across the world.

Blog of Interest: The New College Conventicle
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Tech Blogosphere:
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 

Financial Planning Based On Eroding Dogma
City of Man

It seems that besides rereading the person of Judas, the Roman church is also considering its doctrine concerning limbo, the place babies go who aren't baptized. As Pope Benedict XVI seeks to shore up doctrinal positions and reinforce its position on abortion, this peculiar doctrine looks to meet the proverbial chopping block.

It was understood, in contrast to a seemingly harsh medieval view, that babies who were unbaptized before death went to this metaphysical place outside of heaven where they experienced perpetual bliss, albeit not actually in the presence of God (immediate questions of omnipresence spring up, but... whatever... stinking Aristotelians/Thomists). Previously, any unbaptized infant still had the "stain of Original Sin," and was therefore unable to enter heaven and was condemned to punishment in Hell (where God was also, apparently, not). Thus the doctrine of limbo had an understandably comforting effect on bereft mothers and families.

But this may all change. According to John Haldane, a professor of philosophy at St Andrews University and a consulter consultant to the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Culture,
"The idea of limbo conjures up the image of God as some kind of government bureaucrat who says to people, not just babies, 'Sorry, you don't have your passport stamped with baptism, you'll have to wait over there'.

"Instead, God's powers are such that He can overcome the issue of Original Sin as He chooses, according to special circumstances."
Here's where the financial aspect comes in.

While the Romish church wrangles about the finer theological points, what is basically happening here is metaphysical eviction/abdication. Limbo is just on the outskirts of heaven. That is, it is a metaphysical place. In fact, limbo comes from the Latin limbus, which means "hem" or "edge." So limbo is on the edge of heaven. With Rome giving up on limbo, it is basically free metaphysical property just begging to be snatched up.

Here's where I come in. blund media inc. will, for a small fee, of course, lobby the Vatican herself to follow through on the proposal to get rid of the doctrine of limbo, effectively canceling Rome's lease on the metaphysical boundaried area. With no landlord or squatters, and thankfully there are definitely no theological takers in the West (we would of course have to research to see if any Buddhists have managed to tiddly wink the space into one of their nirvanas), the land would be prime for quartering and auctioning off to the highest bidder.

Think how easy a sell this would be. Imagine beautiful, laser-quality color flyers, with the headline, "Got an eternity? Spend it on The Edge!" or "Need to get away from all those streets of gold, pearly gates, and Mansion Plaza? Own your own plaza on the coast of the void! Go with The Edge!" I hope you see the endless advantages. No doubt there will thousands of white, upper-middle class Americans nervous of the thought spending eternity with certain people, with no chance to get away from them from time to time. A vacation home on The Edge is just thing for these sort of people. Interested? Email blund media inc.

For those entrepreneurs who may think they are witnessing the next dot com craze and hope to beat me at my own game, think again. Basically there are thousands of years worth of deceased, unbaptized babies' souls in limbo, and you think you know what to do with them? Unless you're willing to deal with that metaphysical nightmare, don't come near my eschatological fortune. I found limbo first. This is my ethereal real estate boom. Remember folks, you can only get this deal through blund media inc. Give us a call.

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How The Kingdom Comes

This fall, CT will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a special issue and some gala events. But with this issue, we are beginning a series of essays that will prod Christians toward doing good for God's kingdom. We have asked a variety of Christian leaders to answer a key question about our relationship to our cultural context: "How can we be a counterculture for the common good?"

The first response to this question is offered by theologian Michael S. Horton of Westminster Seminary California. Eleven more responses will follow throughout 2006, with additional responses appearing in sister publications Leadership and Books & Culture. In 2007 and 2008, we'll repeat the process with questions on the church's mission and its understanding of the gospel.

The article can be read here.

(HT: KC -> JT)

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Shaq vs. Kobe No More

Shaq initiates several little hugs as duo buries the hatchet
In other news...
- Kobe, Lakers become respectable L.A. team; climb out of West. Conf. cellar
- Shaq lets team dive; rekindles coach Johnson/Riley rivalry
Rivalries are good for the game," he intoned. "Just like my Shaq Diesel where I laid it out, man. You gotta know." Riley was unavailable for comments, while members of Johnson's coaching staff staved off tears when the conspiracy was mentioned.
In weather...
- Hell freezes over.

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Monday, January 16, 2006 

SCOTUS Nominations
City of Man

Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s nomination process is still grounding itself out. While my general ruminations concerning these proceedings are worth less than the time it would take you to read, I do find myself feeling strongly about the issue. What follows is a smattering of other people's valuable thoughts on the issue.

Though frustrated by President G. W. Bush's spending habits, one of the main reasons I cast my vote for him was in this very issue: Supreme Court nominations.

Early in January, the ACLJ ran a story on the craftiness of the ACLU. Rather than attempting to deal with laws and customs through the slow, check-and-balanced legistlatures (the proper, legal avenue) the psychos went through the judges. Judges are not elected, tenured, and hold their position largely irregardless of public opinion.

This seemed to me the perfect opportunity to right some of these wrongs. While only time will tell if Chief Justice Roberts and Judge Alito (nominated) will prove the caliber of justice this country needs (and that I hope for), I was hoping a vote for W was a vote for conservative justices.

It seems for some reason I am unable to fathom the DFL wish to keep Nominee Alito's ever imminent confirmation from coalescing. More strange to me is the reason: the State of the Union address. Apparently this would be far too big a celebration from the GOP. What is evident is that I don't understand a lick of politics. How thankful you ought to be that I am not representing you.

Pastor Doug Wilson provides an excellent example for how a deranged worldview could be treated if a few of us were more man enough (not that Judge Alito isn't - quite to the contrary). Over at his Blog and Mablog, he dreams "if [he] could script the hearings," they might go something like this:

"Judge Alito, I am afraid that I must come right to the point. If confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, would you allow your personal beliefs and morals to dictate anything with regard to your behavior in office?"

"Senator, thank you for this opportunity to address this important question right away. I have had a lot of time to work through the ramifications of this question as I was preparing for this hearing. And after much meditation and prayer, I am prepared to say that I will not allow my personal beliefs to interfere in any way with my official behavior."

"I have to say that I am gratified to hear that, judge. Would it be too much to extend your remarks to the much debated question of Roe v. Wade?"

"I suppose you could do that, although that was not what I had in mind. I was thinking more of the possibility of taking bribes. There are some cases coming up where the appellant is dripping in money. That, and the fact that I was thinking about a little sexual harassment of some of the law clerks -- I have seen more than a few hotties up there, I can tell you that."

"Um . . . Judge Alito, I think you may have gotten a little, um, off message."

"Not at all, senator."

"So your testimony is that you plan on taking bribes and doing a little groping?"

"Yes, senator."

"You can't be serious."

"Deadly serious, Senator Kennedy. But please make no mistake. Taking bribes and being unfaithful to my wife remain deeply inconsistent with my core values. Nothing about that has changed."

"Why would you do it then?"

"To be honest, I am kind of new at this kind of thinking, and I haven't quite got that sorted out yet. How do you do it? Maybe we could get together for coffee and I could pick up a few pointers. But I am committed to this course of action. Unless I am lying right now, which is possible, because you could consider this hearing part of my official duty, and lying is very much contrary to my deeply-held personal convictions."

At this point in the hearings, the cable feed was cut off.

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Postmodernism
Philosophy

One blog that is consistently worth reading is Rev. Dr. Peter Leithart's blog. While not always agreeable, and often controversial, the good sir has often thought through things to a remarkable degree. His blog, while replete with the normal edifying essays, also contains downloads, posts concerning his liturgical calendar (keeping you up with his church), and information on his various books. My dad is reading A House For My Name which is a biblical theological overview of the Old Testament which is quite good. Besides biblical theology, Dr. Leithart shows an obvious strength in literature as well.

So it is with all this excellent work before him that Dr. Leithart comments, "As if anyone cares, here are some unfinished and amateurish comments on "what I think of postmodernism."

With the rise of relativism, the Emergent church, and various other more "pomo" driven agendas, the Christian's relationship and response towards postmodernism is something to seriously consider these days. With that in mind, the pastor's worthwhile critique and appraisal is so valuable amongst the rhetoric.

Dr. Leithart makes three distinctions:
  1. Postmodernism and postmodern are different, and that is good and helpful.
  2. Postmodernism is not "a cutting-edge phenomena," but one that has had a chance to review itself and progress.
  3. There is a very real difference within postmodernism between the visual and the verbal, the deconstructed and the deconstructing, the pop(ular) and the professional, the fake and the real.
He then goes on to find three main points of critique, and five areas of sympathy/agreement. Read the whole by clicking the title.

I generally agree with his post. While my tendencies within postmodernism tend to lie towards Levinas rather than Derrida/Foucault/Lyotard, and I have my own metanarratives, I think the kind of thinking Dr. Leithart displays is what will lead the Church forward in the Gospel. Thank you for an excellent post.

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A New Look in '06

Remember how What the Thunder Said... used to look? I don't. But nostalgia can get the best of anyone.
My hiatus gave me the opportunity to do some housecleaning around here; stop on in and take a look!

The most noticable, though easiest and most superficial, change is the blog templates. I wish I could say I made them, but my skill and time have not quite yet met the requirements. You are looking at the new theme for my flagship, What the Thunder Said... and a quick look at Thunder Speak reveals a similar change. The roles for the respective sights will probably not change.

I've tested as many links as I have had time, and everything seems to be in order. I am aware of the botched crappy outdated horrible Thunder Speak banner in the links, and that will be updated and fixed. I apologize: its a cross between lack of time and lack of updated web components. Nevetheless, it will be revamped shortly.

Any other technical difficulties you come across, please let me know about them. Comments or email, whichever you prefer.

A new blog, God-Centered Living, will function as a blog/virtual classroom for the Spring '06 TBI class that I will be teaching at the North site at BBC. The Bethlehem Institute is an arm of Bethlehem Baptist Church for equipping its saints in godliness and raising up the next generation of leaders. If anyone attends BBC and is interested, we meet at 9:00 on Sunday mornings in Room A200.

I am slowly, painfully working on an independent site that will, God willing, house this blog and several other online ventures of mine. Alas, its a ways down to the totem of import:

update and qualify categories for searching
establish archives in conformity with aboveupdate links
update blogs and features for IE 6.0.x to 7.0
update blogs and features for Firefox (Deer Park) <1.5.x>
establish useful and consistent podcasts
write and publish a variety of webpages
(ranging from the theological to the technical to the philosophical to the practical)
complete website

So it may never get done. But should the Lord tarry, I will diligently try to plow through some of these.

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Happy MLK Jr. Day

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Today is an opportunity to look back and thank God for blessing our county and time with a man such as MLK Jr., and a time to look forward to what would lie in store for peace-keeping, equality for all people, and the flourishing of the black man in America to the rightful place God has established for him.

Dr. MLK Jr. was, first and foremost, a sinner... like us all. He fell short of the glory of God in word, thought, and deed. He was without a doubt doctrinally deficient, and no theological friend to evangelical Christianity, much less the orthodox, historical Protestant kind. His lifestyle was not always exemplary nor to be emulated. And while the things he was saying was head and shoulders above what others - and the Church - was saying at the time, he did not speak as if to parallel our Lord.

Nevertheless, despite these faults, we have much to give thanks to God for and celebrate in the person of the good doctor. My pastor's sermon yesterday (link forthcoming, 01/19/06) highlighted the marvelous grace and wisdom Dr. King displayed in containing, channeling, and manipulating the rage that so evidently boiled in so much of the South, and in so much of the Union. His vision, passion, and method were unmatched by any of his contemporaries, and who knows what the cultural landscape would look like currently had another man arisen to lead the Movement.

So I give thanks for God's grace in very flawed people, and pray that He would be so kind as to use me - far more flawed than Dr. King - in a fraction of his service.

On a far less serious note, I loved the break it gave to our schedules! My wife and I enjoyed sleeping in, and I accomplished much in the extra time. How much there is to be thankful for, and how it pales in the light of Christ...

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A Blogging Hiatus Cessated

I apologize for an overly long sabbatical from my blogging privileges. Apparently, I haven't blogged since Christmas Eve, and you can imagine how the affront is all mine... really this time. Though I never thought about giving up, it was a nice break. Strangely, my thinking and desire to output hasn't slowed, but the difficulty of actually hacking out the posts and dealing with the techno-stress was nice to silently observe for awhile. There were more reasons for my absence than simply overly observing the 12 days of Christmas, and those will come out more and more in the future (not to be cryptic or anything).

But let me start with one of the main lacunae. As with all things, though especially our Christian walk, we are to examine and test our motives from time to time (II Corinthians 13; which I hear Ben tied into his II Cor 5:21 sermon). I had not taken ample time to do so with blogging, and so felt compelled. On occasion I've been known to be downright dogmatic on this outlet, and whether I am entitled to do so accompanied by my skill in ability to do so are not so crystal clear. Blogs, for the writer and reader, tend to can be a colossal waste of time, which is not loving for my neighbor and not loving to God for myself. So I wanted to properly examine this phenomenon in my life, rather than bull rush as I am wont to do.

Conspiring with this rising inner suspicion have been several well-written blog entries helping me to think more clearly or and critically about appropriate blogging. First was a series of entries by Mr. Bob Kauflin of Sovereign Grace (PDI). He leads worship at Covenant Life Church (where Rev. C.J. Mahaney and now Mr. Josh Harris lead the flock) and runs his blog Worship Matters.

Side note: growing up, my dad loved the a capella group GLAD, which was comprised of four men roughly his age singing music he loved. I think I was about to go through my punk rawk music stage, which would have meant I definitely was not interested. Bringing things full circle, however, shows that Mr. Bob Kauflin was actually one of the original members of GLAD, and then wrote and arranged music for them. Now both my dad and I love Mr. Kauflin's contributions to corporate worship. Looks like father knows best after all.
Anyway, so Mr. Kauflin released a three-post series entitled Blogging To Worship God, which I think a perfectly reasonable and necessary title for things we ought to be pondering anyway. The three posts rotated around three themes respectively: Content, Attitudes, and Motives. During his discussion on Content, Mr. Kauflin’s attitude toward blogging is refreshingly reductionistic: “Blogging may seem relatively new, but it's simply another outlet for glorifying God or something else. Let’s make sure it’s the Savior who's being honored by what we do both on and off the Internet.” His post regarding Attitudes I thought noble considering some of the seeming bitter comment-skirmishes between various parties, where it is difficult to cultivate humility. His post on Motives struck the closest to home, and caused me to do the most reflecting.

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