A few years ago I blogged a review of his book “Beyond Greed”.  I’m also a fan of the New Dictionary of Biblical Theology which he co-edited.

The Board of Ridley Melbourne is delighted to announce the appointment of New Testament scholar and author, Dr Brian Rosner to the position of Principal. Dr Rosner will take up the role at the beginning of second semester, July 2012.

via Ridley Melbourne, Theological College -.

Type (tupos):

Adam a type of Christ:

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type (tupos) of the one who was to come.  Romans 5:14

Tabernacle a type of Heaven:

They serve a copy (upodeigmati) and shadow (skia) of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern (tupos) that was shown you on the mountain.” Hebrews 8:5 (see also Acts 7:44)

Wilderness generation experiences a type of warnings for the Church:

 ”Now these things took place as examples (tupoi) for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.” 1 Corinthians 10:6

Anti-type (antitupos):

The flood a type of baptism:

“Baptism, which corresponds to this (antitupon), now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” 1 Peter 3:21

Tabernacle a type of Heaven:

“For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies (antitupa) of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.” Hebrews 9:24

This last example is slightly strange as we would expect the holy places to be described as type, not anti-type.

These uses of type and antitype are explicit examples in understanding how to read the Old Testament in light of the New. There are many examples that don’t use the terms but use the methodology. For example, the comparison between the sacrificial system and the sacrifice of Jesus is conceptually typological in Hebrews 5-10, without formally using the term.

Drawn together, such examples set a framework and trajectory for interpreting the whole Bible as Christian Scripture.

]]> http://schuller.id.au/2012/01/19/type-and-anti-type-in-the-new-testament/feed/ 0 http://schuller.id.au/2012/01/13/short-review-and-thoughts-on-driscolls-real-marriage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=short-review-and-thoughts-on-driscolls-real-marriage http://schuller.id.au/2012/01/13/short-review-and-thoughts-on-driscolls-real-marriage/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:48:56 +0000 wayne http://schuller.id.au/?p=1489 Continue reading →]]> While not agreeing with everything in Driscoll’s book, it is generally helpful and I enjoyed the openness of Mark and his wife sharing their struggles and overcoming them to have a godly and happy marriage.

The book is not nearly as controversial as many are claiming. From the Reformation onwards, Protestant Christians have always had a very high and unembarrassed view of the God-given blessing of sex within marriage, for pleasure as well as procreation.

The past few decades have seen a wealth of evangelical books dealing explicitly with sex. This has not gone on unnoticed – for example, secular on-line culture magazine Slate carried an article in 1999 on the “booming Christian sex-advice industry“. That article refers to the book “Intended for Pleasure” by Ed and Gaye Wheate, which I would still recommend as more helpful and more basic than Driscoll’s practical sections.

The strength of “Real Marriage” is helping Christians recover from the mind-poison of pornography and the widespread sexual assault and abuse which clouds so many marriages. Not only does the gospel of Jesus Christ bring full forgiveness, but it has power to heal and reshape even the most struggling marriages. The book models this very well, it does not come quickly or easily but via the gospel there is hope for every marriage.

Leaving aside the obviously distracting “Can We ___?” chapter, the book is full of biblical and practical wisdom on male servant leadership and wifely respect, on mutual friendship and understanding, working against bitterness and developing real forgiveness. It’s advocacy of ‘full disclosure’ between spouses as a path to healing and growth is to be commended. The discussion on contraception is very helpful.

This book is not bad and also not great, but it is a good book. I doubt it will become a Christian classic. I think there is more benefit to listening or watching Mark’s excellent preaching online where he deals with marriage topics.

In my view the best conservative evangelical theological and biblical primer on Christian marriage is still Douglas Wilson’s “Reforming Marriage” (published by Canon Press in 1995).

Litigation remained the hallmark issue in 2011 for the Episcopal Church. Four dioceses found themselves in a continuing broad battle for parishes and properties in the dioceses of Pittsburgh, San Joaquin, Ft. Worth and Quincy. Individual property battles continued to rage from Southern California to Connecticut. Seven Virginia churches valued at nearly $40 million, returned to the Fairfax County Circuit Court in 2011 after being remanded by the Virginia Supreme Court. The battle brought by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia against CANA, the US branch of the Anglican Province of Nigeria, will go well into the New Year.

via VirtueOnline – News – Exclusives – 2011 – THE YEAR IN REVIEW.

When the Church of the Good Shepherd in Binghamton, N.Y., left the Episcopal Church over disagreements about what the Bible says about sexuality, the congregation offered to pay for the building in which it worshiped. In return the Episcopal Church sued to seize the building, then sold it for a fraction of the price to someone who turned it into a mosque.

via Mollie Ziegler Hemingway: Twenty-First Century Excommunication – WSJ.com.

Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A great summary of what it means to live the Christian life and be part of God’s people.

John Calvin, Commentary on 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus: Calvin is wonderful for learning what it means to be a Christian pastor.

Paradise Lost, John Milton: Wonderful stuff, and the preface by CS Lewis is gold.

The Pastor as Scholar & The Scholar as Pastor – Reflections on Life and Ministry, Piper and Carson: Excellent hearty reflections on godliness and leadership, especially Piper.

The Peacemaker – A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict, Ken Sande: Best book on forgiveness I have read, other than the Bible.

The Narnian, Alan Jacobs: Terrific unpacking of the thought of CS Lewis and why he is so enduring.

First, I’ve found that we can gauge our literary tastes with Scripture. Is Scripture sweet to me like honeycomb dripping directly into the mouth (Psalms 19:10, 119:103)? This taste transition from Scripture-as-broccoli (necessity) to Scripture-as-honey (pleasure) is nothing less than a divine work of grace. To find spiritual delight in the prose, the poetry, the promises, and even the warnings of Scripture is at the pinnacle of God’s purpose for literacy.

Second, the Savior’s glory transforms literacy. When we see the knowledge of God shining in the face of Jesus Christ, we read the Bible differently (2 Cor. 3:14-16). And we read everything differently. God’s illuminating grace makes it possible for us to see what reflects our Creator and Savior in the starlight of creation and on the pages of great literature. The gospel provides us with new literary awareness.

Third, in the search for meaning, books trump images. It is no small challenge for a language-centered people to live faithfully in an image-saturated culture. Adam and Eve turned from the command of God when they saw the beautiful fruit. Ancient Israel chucked the earrings of adornment into a fire to craft a golden statue. And when the ear, the organ of language reception in an oral society, is exchanged for eye candy, things always go badly for God’s people. The same is true today. This sacred history can help motivate us to develop our literacy.

via Lit! The Taste of Honey | Books and Culture.

His article argues for “benefits” for the Son and the Godhead in the work of creation and redemption. It is also a wonderful understanding delineating the work of each person of the Trinity.

Here is a great sampler commenting on Revelation 4-5:

In the cross-event, the Son becomes worthy of praise in a new way.  Alongside his eternal inclusion in the nature, works, and praise of the Father (cf. 1 Cor 8:6), he now earns a particular and distinct worship that is different from, but equal with, that accorded to the first person of the Trinity.

And this takes us beyond mere manifestation. The Son’s achievement here is not simply to reveal the Father. It is also to establish a new relationship with the universe in which the Son himself is the focus and hinge. The world, hitherto seen as the Father’s by virtue of his creation (Rev 4:11) now also becomes the Son’s by virtue of redemption. 26 The culmination of the arc is praise to both God and the Lamb together: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honour and glory and might forever and ever!” (Rev 5:13).

On October 10, 2008, the Victorian Parliament passed the Abortion Law Reform Act, one of the most extreme abortion laws in the world. This law eliminated all legal protection for Victorian children until the moment of birth

In remembrance of this shameful day, we gather to march for the babies who never see the light of day in Victoria. The babies of every one in three pregnancies. The more than 20,000 babies killed in Victoria every year.

Together we express our profound disapproval with our Government’s failure to:

Protect the fundamental right to life of every person in our state.

Offer real help to women in crisis pregnancies, and others who have suffered through abortion.

 

Allow freedom of conscience for our health care professionals.

Our goal is to overturn this terrible law and provide full legal protection to our most vulnerable Victorians.

Please join us, as we march in this peaceful witness to life, from Treasury Gardens to Parliament House, and hear inspirational speakers and music with a message of courage and hope. There’s a long road ahead, but we shall overcome!

via March For The Babies.

‘I sometimes find myself wishing Alexander Graham Bell had not invented the telephone; it has become such an intrusively destructive instrument in the hands of those who do not have the courage to control it’

“For of all I have ever seen or learned, this book [Ecclesiastes] seems to me the noblest, the wisest, and the most powerful expression of man’s life upon this earth – and also the highest flower of poetry, eloquence, and truth. I am not given to dogmatic judgments in the matter of literary creation, but if I had to make one I could say that Ecclesiastes is the greatest single piece of writing I have ever known, and the wisdom expressed in it the most lasting and profound.”

via The Bonfire of the Vanities – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

http://www.ridley.edu.au/blog/post/annual-preachers-conference/

“Were I asked to focus the New Testament message in three words, my proposal would be adoption through propitiation, and I do not expect ever to meet a richer or more pregnant summary of the gospel than that.”

Knowing God, p241.

‘Young people in our country are smothered by emasculated language, which lays waste all thought and feeling; by the time-wasting frivolities of television; by the hullabaloo of the cinema. (And by sport. And by political indoctrination.)’, Aleksandr Solzhenetsyn, “The Oak and the Calf – A Memoir”, p247.

The key principle is to write the email in a way that makes it easier for the receiver to engage, rather than procrastinate in replying.

How to send and reply to email.

Victoria was a pioneer of free, compulsory, secular education although in its original sense the word secular meant “devoid of sectarian bias” rather than devoid of religious sentiment. The founders of public education in Victoria did not intend young Victorians to know nothing of religion or of the claims that religion makes on people’s lives.

via A place for spiritual and ethical guidance | The Australian.

Media Release from the Ridley Melbourne Board

Canon Dr Peter Adam will resign as Principal of Ridley Melbourne at the end of study and long service leave in January 2012.

In announcing his decision, Board Chair, Claire Rogers, reflected on Dr Adam’s service to Ridley: “Peter has exercised significant biblical and theological leadership across Australia and internationally.  His distinguished service of the College over several decades includes Board Member, Adjunct Lecturer and most recently as Principal.”

“While tirelessly teaching, preaching, mentoring and writing, for a decade of students, he has also been instrumental in helping Ridley achieve financial stability, a skilful leadership team, strategic focus and an academic faculty of great strength”, Ms Rogers said.  “We acknowledge that this hasn’t been an easy decision for Peter, one that has been underpinned by much prayer, consultation and reflection.”

Dr Adam, reflecting on his time at Ridley, said “I thank God for the great privilege of serving as Principal of Ridley over the last ten years.  It has been a great pleasure to work with faculty, staff, students, supporters, and the Board, to grow and develop this vital and strategic ministry. I pray that God will provide for Ridley, and continue his rich blessing on the training of men and women for gospel ministry throughout the world.”

via Ridley Melbourne, Theological College -.

Bishop of North West Australia, David Mulready, is urgently seeking help for the church in Broome. Opportunities abound, but finance is lacking –

“We urgently need generous partners who might catch the vision to have a significant and specialist Indigenous ministry in Broome.”

Read all the details in this PDF file.

via Request: Help for the church in Broome : Anglican Church League, Sydney, Australia.