Comments on: Reading the OT From a Christian Perspective http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective Sniffing out the work of God in the world... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:12:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Frank http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67904 Frank Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:46:36 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67904 The best statement I ever read on "the OT and the Christian" comes from John Bright: "The normative element in the Old Testament, and its abiding authority as the Word of God, rests not in its laws and customs, its institutions and ancient patterns of thinking, nor yet in the characters and events of which its history tells, but in that structure of theology which undergirds each of its texts and which is caught up in the New Testament and announced as fulfilled in Jesus Christ." The best statement I ever read on “the OT and the Christian” comes from John Bright: “The normative element in the Old Testament, and its abiding authority as the Word of God, rests not in its laws and customs, its institutions and ancient patterns of thinking, nor yet in the characters and events of which its history tells, but in that structure of theology which undergirds each of its texts and which is caught up in the New Testament and announced as fulfilled in Jesus Christ.”

]]> By: Joel Maners http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67903 Joel Maners Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:44:54 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67903 I really enjoyed reading NT Wrights book The Last Word. This sounds like a quote from it. I really enjoyed reading NT Wrights book The Last Word. This sounds like a quote from it.

]]> By: Josh K. http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67899 Josh K. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:19:35 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67899 Thanks for this quote, Mike. (What book is this from?) I love Luther, but it sometimes irritates me when he seems to denigrate the law. Wright offers a helpful counter-perspective. Thanks for this quote, Mike. (What book is this from?) I love Luther, but it sometimes irritates me when he seems to denigrate the law. Wright offers a helpful counter-perspective.

]]> By: Leland http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67897 Leland Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:17:19 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67897 "the regulations designed to keep Israel as it were in quarantine are now set aside. Not because they were bad, ill-judged, unnecessary or not intended by God; but because they were good, vital, effective and have now completed their task.” Ask the people of Jericho if they were good. Seems that it is only time that separates Jew from Gentile. “the regulations designed to keep Israel as it were in quarantine are now set aside. Not because they were bad, ill-judged, unnecessary or not intended by God; but because they were good, vital, effective and have now completed their task.”

Ask the people of Jericho if they were good. Seems that it is only time that separates Jew from Gentile.

]]> By: Phil Wilson http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67895 Phil Wilson Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:31:57 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67895 And perhaps a follow-up to the good bishop's point is if the similar regulations in the NT will ever complete their task? At least, will they on this side of the coming of the fullness of the Kingdom of God? And perhaps a follow-up to the good bishop’s point is if the similar regulations in the NT will ever complete their task? At least, will they on this side of the coming of the fullness of the Kingdom of God?

]]> By: clint http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67893 clint Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:13:31 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2007/10/01/reading-the-ot-from-a-christian-perspective#comment-67893 "the regulations designed to keep Israel as it were in quarantine are now set aside." What were regulations? “the regulations designed to keep Israel as it were in quarantine are now set aside.”

What were regulations?

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