David L. Nash

@brandon_d_smith If so, I agree with you, Heiser’s understanding of divinity/elohim is just plain wrong.

@brandon_d_smith Is the metaphysics issue that Heiser’s understanding makes divinity into a genus of which God is a species (the supreme species but a species none-the-less)?

I’ve been saying for years that theologies that include the divine council and divine mediatory figures are (1) not coherent with a biblical metaphysic, (2) drawn from a methodology that prioritizes extrabiblical sources over the Bible, and (3) far too Mormon-friendly. Well, here’s a Mormon apologist using these ideas to support his polytheism. (It’s not quite right to bring Bauckham into this though).

@Svigel Wrong is the answer

THEOLOGY 101 QUIZ: The first person to teach Daniel’s 70th week is future, and the second half would be dominated by a literal Antichrist in fulfillment of Rev 13 and 2 Thess 2, followed by a Millennium with resurrected saints ruling and tribulation survivors having children was:

@jenniferwilkin We should allow the Irish a pass to say things like, "Me potato is lovely".

There’s a lot that’s wrong with the world right now. Let’s not make it worse by beginning sentences with the pronoun “me”. “Me” belongs in the predicate. It’s an object pronoun, never the first word in an English sentence. ❌ Me and Bob hung out. ✅ Bob and I hung out. ✌🏻

@proginosko @facebook They have you confused with Steven Anderson.

This is truly bizarre. I tried to create a Facebook account yesterday. I kept getting a "confirmation error" message during the account creation process, so I gave up. A few hours later I got this email, with zero explanation. What on earth is going on, @facebook?

@dgh5391 The answers to what this refers fascinates me. Since John warns his immediate, first century audience of it, it can't be a futuristic, final great tribulation. Since it hasn't started yet, it can't be an idealist, general tribulation all Christians go through.

...Since this position is not scriptural, it cannot possibly be what this door represents." — Beeke, Revelation

"In Revelation 3:10, Christ mentions the hour of temptation that will come upon the world. People who believe in the rapture see this door as the emergency exit for believers to escape from approaching tribulation...

@Protestia @coconservative7 Done. ESV.

@JoshuaBarzon @WesleyLHuff @jeffs

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@dgh5391 @jesserandolph_ Exegesis is never done in a vacuum.

@jesserandolph_ Michael and Jeff are right.

This is precisely backwards. 🔁 Theology is built upon exegesis, not the other way around. When building a house, you start with the foundation, not with the roof.

@AnneOfTheBooks Update: They came on sale again and I pulled the trigger.

@davidlogannash Sorry it is currently not very cheap. I got it on sale for 20 bucks last year.

Get a Jerusalem Cross necklace and you too can make liberals look like idiots.

@PerGratiamDei @RHB_Books What’s the name of the book store near Myrtle Beach?

Haul. 3 from @RHB_Books for $3 The rest from a used book section of a Christian store in Myrtle Beach for pretty cheap

@NostalgicHubb I'm more worried about the poison ivy.

The Copperhead Snake Camouflage

This (Western) Easter, just remember that the Father did not turn his face away from Christ on the cross.

@MasonSCraig Either he is unaware that the creed isn't saying that Jesus descended into the lake of fire, or he rejects the descent/harrowing of hell outright. Either case, it's the ignorant fruit of biblicism.

Yikes.

@Stephen_Angliss You might want to read the creed in it's original language. Plus, in older English, hell was the name for hades/sheol.

Your annual reminder that, no, Jesus was not in Hell between Friday and Sunday—despite what the Apostle’s Creed says. This is a great example of the danger of over emphasizing creeds and confessionals. It results in a theology that is shaped by tradition instead of Scripture.

He did the meme.

There's nothing more stupid in the church today than evangelicals doing a play-acting "Seder Supper." First, we don't need to do a fake Passover. The church already has the Lord's Supper which is (among other things) the fulfillment of the old covenant Passover. Jesus gave us a meal. Why do something other than what he commanded? Why do another religious meal when Jesus already gave us one? The reason some evangelicals get interested is the Seder is that, having eviscerated the true sacraments of their meaning and efficacy, they go looking for substitutes. They have emptied the true sacraments (baptism and the Lord's Supper) of mystery, yet, being human, they still yearn for meaningful and mysterious rituals, so they either borrow from Jewish tradition (the Seder as a substitute for the Lord's Supper) or they create their own (such as the altar call). The answer to this longing for meaningful rituals should be satisfied by reclaiming and understanding what Jesus gave us. Doing a Seder is not a way to return to the church's roots; it is the church engaging in idolatrous syncretism, no matter how well intentioned. Second, most of the Seder is not actually rooted in Scripture. It's not the ritual described in Exodus 12 or later OT Scripture. Most of it comes from later extra-biblical traditions; indeed, most of it comes from rabbinic Judaism, and was established long after Christian faith and Judaism were clearly distinct and very different faiths. Even if those rabbinic traditions get infused with Christian symbolism, they are not "our" traditions and symbols. They comes from the Talmud, not the Bible. Christians have no more business doing a Seder than than they do keeping Ramadan or celebrating Kwanza. The church has her own meal, her own traditions, her own calendar, her own story. Why borrow from apostate Judaism? Why syncretize the Christian faith with a rival? I have argued elsewhere that one deep-seated reason dispensational evangelicals are attracted to modern Israel is because they have rejected Christendom but still long to have an earthy, embodied cultural manifestation of the faith. The same thing is happening here - having minimized the power of the Christian sacraments, these same evangelicals look to Judaism to provide what they (wrongly) think their own religion lacks. Third, for Christians to try to perform an old covenant Passover in any way is virtually blasphemous - and it's impossible anyway. Will the Seder meal only be for the circumcised per Exodus 12, and those who keep the cleanness laws of Leviticus? Where are are Levitical priests going to be found to administer the ritual? How does taking this pseudo-Passover meal outside of Jerusalem get justified in light of Deuteronomy 16? How will a lamb be sacrificed at the temple, per the old covenant requirement, since the temple was destroyed in 70AD? Will 2 year olds be welcome to eat the Seder since the Passover meal was for the whole household and obviously included young children? What about the shedding of blood after Jesus' death on the cross - on what basis could any Christian revert to an animal sacrifice when the final sacrifice has been offered? The Passover was part of a system that God ended in 70AD. To turn back to it (especially in rabbinic/Talmudic form) is no better and no different from turning to paganism (cf. Gal. 4:8-11). The whole point of the Last Supper is that Jesus has transformed the old covenant Passover into something better - the new covenant meal of the Lord's Supper. Doing a Seder is participating in a religious system that rejected Jesus as Messiah. There's more that could be said, but these reasons are fully sufficient for Christians to reject the Seder. Do the meal Jesus gave us. Do it every Lord's Day, like the apostles did. Read Calvin on the real (Spiritual) presence and embrace a theology of sacramental efficacy. Use good bread and real wine. We don't need weird non-Christian rituals to give the season meaning.

@pastor_whitman Origen.

Beginning study to preach through Song of Songs next year. What am I missing? Give me your recommendations!