New Testament
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Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – its value.
(Originally posted February 2006) I think most cessationists would agree with me that their definition of prophecy is that it is Scripture-equivalent. To break that down further, that means that prophecy is a) as valuable as Scripture, b) as authoritative as Scripture and c) as accurate as Scripture. What’s more, cessationists would argue this has always been the case, and God has always intended prophecy to be that way. I disagree. Prophecy as valuable as Scripture. I have read and been told by cessationists that if I believe prophecy exists today then I should write down every prophetic word I hear from God and add it to my Bible. But…
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Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – How can it not be for today?
(Originally posted February 2006) Not long ago I listened to a tape of a message by D.A. Carson called, “Greater than King David”. The basic message was explaining why Jesus said John the Baptist was the greatest to have been born of a woman and why even the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. But that, though interesting, is not what I want to discuss here. In the message Carson suggests that when John the Baptist said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29) the word “lamb” in the text actually refers to a “warrior lamb” as opposed…
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Living like the King – Luke 17-49
https://kiwiandanemu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Luke-6.17-49-Print-copy-1.pdf
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The coming Messiah has come – Luke 5:33-6:5
https://kiwiandanemu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Luke-5.33-6.5.pdf
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The sick and the sinners – Luke 5:1-32
https://kiwiandanemu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Luke-5.1-32.pdf
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Talking about temptation – Luke 4:1-13
https://kiwiandanemu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Luke-4.1-13.pdf
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1 Corinthians 14:21-25 Paul’s Senior Moment?
https://kiwiandanemu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1-Corinthians-14.21-25.pdf
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1 Corinthians 11:16 – The Churches of God.
If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice–nor do the churches of God. (1 Corinthians 11:16) After giving in-depth reasons for the tradition of covering and uncovering from verse 1 to verse 15, Paul ends with this sentence. There are two things to note. 1. The word “other”. The word “other” in the NIV, NLT, NASB, CSB, NET and many other translations is actually incorrect. The ESV, KJV, and NKJV translate the Greek word τοιαύτην correctly as “such”. That creates an apparent problem. When Paul says, “we have no such practice”, it appears that Paul is reneging on his 15-verse exposition of the head covering…
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1 Corinthians 11:13-15 – Natural Covering.
1 Corinthians 11:13-15 13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, 15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. **My apologies in advance: Usually Christian men preserve women’s modesty by “covering” references to womanly body parts, i.e. speaking indirectly. On this occasion, however, I will need to be a bit more direct, in places embarrassingly so.** Let’s see if I can make this short and sharp.…
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1 Corinthians 11:13 – Returning to the main point.
Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? (1 Corinthians 11:13) The main point: This verse supports the position that the head covering tradition is for church meetings. After the aside in 1 Corinthians 11:11-12, Paul restates the main point of the passage, i.e. a woman should wear a covering on her head when she prays. Yet, this time, Paul reduced the parameters of head covering. No longer is Paul talking about covering or uncovering when praying and prophesying, he now speaks only of praying. A synecdoche, you say? Of course. Paul is not now denying that women should cover (and…
