Paul ← Julian Freeman

680 News and Theology of Law

Jan

2013

One news headline caught my attention today. This is what it said: Junction neighbourhood bully gets more jail time for harassment The headline caught my attention not because it’s the biggest news story of the day, but because I have friends and family who live and work in this area, so it was a matter ...

A Disciple of Power & Suffering

Aug

2012

I was really challenged in my study this week by this quote from Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard, comparing the ending of Luke with the ending of Acts. I want to pause and think about what understanding this more would change in my life. Or compare the endings of Luke and Acts. The Gospel ends with ...

Seeking and Speaking Grace

Jul

2012

Recovering a Pauline Practice One of the things we try to build into the rhythm of church life at Grace Fellowship Church is something called ‘Identifying Evidences of Grace.’ By that we mean the practice of deliberately seeking proof of God’s grace at work in those around us and then speaking it to each other. ...

The Epistles of Paul in Chronological Order

Jul

2012

When I was planning my reading list for the summer I decided that I wanted to focus my Bible-reading-energy on the epistles of Paul for a couple months. I had the thought that it would be fun to read through his epistles chronologically to see how his thoughts and themes and concerns develop over time ...

Measuring Sin

May

2012

Is it good to take stock of our sin? Should we meditate on it and measure it against God and against the sins of others? Is it right to pay that much attention to sin? I think the answer is both yes and no, depending on how you do it. Measuring Against God The kingdom ...

The Sufficiency & Centrality of the Gospel

Jun

2011

Looking Back Looking back over the last few years of my life, there has been really only one significant doctrinal change so far as I can see. And even that doctrinal change hasn’t been a change of mind so much as a change of priority. The biggest change in my theological worldview has been an ...

Saved Through Childbearing (1 Tim 2.15)

Jun

2011

Yesterday, Tim blogged his interpretation of 1 Timothy 2.15 — an admittedly difficult verse. Mary Kassian responded with her take on the verse, which was somewhat different than Tim’s (although, the practical import of the differing interpretations is probably negligible. I’m thankful for the discussion on the passage, which is tough on any understanding, so ...