Comments for Feeding on Christ http://www.feedingonchrist.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:55:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on The Transmission and Identification of the Inerrant Text of Scripture by Scott D. Andersen http://www.feedingonchrist.com/the-transmission-and-identification-of-the-inerrant-text-of-scripture/comment-page-1/#comment-7625 Scott D. Andersen Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:55:09 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3457#comment-7625 I really like that article by Letis. Haven't checked them all yet. The understanding of the preservation of the text and which methods of textual criticism are to be preferred is, I think, a lot more complex than most of us really grasp. We are too quick to reject a passage like the Ascension of Christ, or accept a marginal note which reads "some Mss say" or "Better MSS include" without really understanding all the presuppositions or actual facts behind the assertions. I really like that article by Letis. Haven’t checked them all yet. The understanding of the preservation of the text and which methods of textual criticism are to be preferred is, I think, a lot more complex than most of us really grasp. We are too quick to reject a passage like the Ascension of Christ, or accept a marginal note which reads “some Mss say” or “Better MSS include” without really understanding all the presuppositions or actual facts behind the assertions.

]]> Comment on Contentment in the Ministry of the Word by Jeff Duncan http://www.feedingonchrist.com/contentment-in-the-ministry-of-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-7564 Jeff Duncan Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:10:19 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3443#comment-7564 "Trust God to produce in the hearers his chosen purposes - irrespective of whether the results are readily visible." (taken from "The Preacher's Mandate") “Trust God to produce in the hearers his chosen purposes – irrespective of whether the results are readily visible.”
(taken from “The Preacher’s Mandate”)

]]> Comment on Contentment in the Ministry of the Word by Jeff Duncan http://www.feedingonchrist.com/contentment-in-the-ministry-of-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-7562 Jeff Duncan Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:26:58 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3443#comment-7562 Thanks brother! Thanks brother!

]]> Comment on Contentment in the Ministry of the Word by Erol Bortucene http://www.feedingonchrist.com/contentment-in-the-ministry-of-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-7553 Erol Bortucene Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:27:18 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3443#comment-7553 Thanks Nick, I really needed to listen to this exhortation... Good stuff. Thanks Nick, I really needed to listen to this exhortation… Good stuff.

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Not About You by What is the Bible About « Exercised to Discern http://www.feedingonchrist.com/the-bible-is-not-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-7470 What is the Bible About « Exercised to Discern Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:17:36 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3440#comment-7470 [...] HT. Nicholas T. Batzig – Feeding on Christ [...] [...] HT. Nicholas T. Batzig – Feeding on Christ [...]

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Not About You by TC Phelps http://www.feedingonchrist.com/the-bible-is-not-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-7369 TC Phelps Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:40:42 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3440#comment-7369 This is really, really good. The only improvements I can think of (dare I think that Keller can be improved upon!): 1. The Bible is about you only insofar as it reveals your sin (Law). 2. The Bible is really about Jesus Christ - who He is and what He's done - FOR YOU (Gospel). Those last two words, FOR YOU, are needful, I think, lest some preachers end up brilliantly lecturing about redemptive history and the person and work of Christ w/o actually preaching Christ. This is really, really good. The only improvements I can think of (dare I think that Keller can be improved upon!): 1. The Bible is about you only insofar as it reveals your sin (Law). 2. The Bible is really about Jesus Christ – who He is and what He’s done – FOR YOU (Gospel). Those last two words, FOR YOU, are needful, I think, lest some preachers end up brilliantly lecturing about redemptive history and the person and work of Christ w/o actually preaching Christ.

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Not About You by Tom Chapman http://www.feedingonchrist.com/the-bible-is-not-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-7314 Tom Chapman Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:46:13 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3440#comment-7314 Never mind about the original site. Amazing what can be done by typing words into Google. Never mind about the original site. Amazing what can be done by typing words into Google.

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Not About You by Tom Chapman http://www.feedingonchrist.com/the-bible-is-not-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-7313 Tom Chapman Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:42:01 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3440#comment-7313 What a great video. Thanks for posting. Funny you should say that about the 2nd commandment because I was thinking that if I could post it on FB that I would put a warning for those with low 2nd Commandment thresholds. (I don't see an issue with it here). Do you have a way this can be posted on FB or other sites? Was it somewhere else originally that might have it? What a great video. Thanks for posting. Funny you should say that about the 2nd commandment because I was thinking that if I could post it on FB that I would put a warning for those with low 2nd Commandment thresholds. (I don’t see an issue with it here). Do you have a way this can be posted on FB or other sites? Was it somewhere else originally that might have it?

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Not About You by nick batzig http://www.feedingonchrist.com/the-bible-is-not-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-7312 nick batzig Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:16:56 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3440#comment-7312 I should not have posted a video with images of what Jesus supposedly looked like. That is clearly a violation of the second commandment. So when you see the pictures just think "Hey, that's John the Baptizer, or Simon Peter. I should not have posted a video with images of what Jesus supposedly looked like. That is clearly a violation of the second commandment. So when you see the pictures just think “Hey, that’s John the Baptizer, or Simon Peter.

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Not About You by Benjamin Shaw http://www.feedingonchrist.com/the-bible-is-not-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-7310 Benjamin Shaw Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:44:08 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3440#comment-7310 A very impressive summary of biblical theology in under four minutes. A very impressive summary of biblical theology in under four minutes.

]]> Comment on Dr. C.N. Willborn Sermons and Lectures by Nicholas T. Batzig http://www.feedingonchrist.com/willborn-sermons-and-lectures/comment-page-1/#comment-7301 Nicholas T. Batzig Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:51:16 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3432#comment-7301 Jeff, Please do let me know if you get to do so. I have asked Dr. P to put some of the classes online for some time now. I hope that this happens. Willborn's OTBT class had some great content. It would be a real blessing for people to have access to them. Jeff,

Please do let me know if you get to do so. I have asked Dr. P to put some of the classes online for some time now. I hope that this happens. Willborn’s OTBT class had some great content. It would be a real blessing for people to have access to them.

]]> Comment on Dr. C.N. Willborn Sermons and Lectures by Jeff Downs http://www.feedingonchrist.com/willborn-sermons-and-lectures/comment-page-1/#comment-7286 Jeff Downs Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:50:26 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3432#comment-7286 Just this morning, I asked Dr. Pipa if I can post the audio from his OTBT class (since he is no longer teaching it). I'll let you know if I get permission. Just this morning, I asked Dr. Pipa if I can post the audio from his OTBT class (since he is no longer teaching it). I’ll let you know if I get permission.

]]> Comment on Revelation Resources by Richard L. Lindberg http://www.feedingonchrist.com/revelation-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-7221 Richard L. Lindberg Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:57:06 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3403#comment-7221 I have found Michael Wilcock's I Saw Heaven Opened from IVP to be a helpful commentary and approach. I have found Michael Wilcock’s I Saw Heaven Opened from IVP to be a helpful commentary and approach.

]]> Comment on PCA Position Papers by Wayne Sparkman http://www.feedingonchrist.com/pca-position-papers/comment-page-1/#comment-7199 Wayne Sparkman Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:30:28 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3396#comment-7199 Okay, Vaughn, so I've got some more work to do! Good catch. I'll get after that addition. Okay, Vaughn, so I’ve got some more work to do! Good catch. I’ll get after that addition.

]]> Comment on PCA Position Papers by Vaughn Hathaway http://www.feedingonchrist.com/pca-position-papers/comment-page-1/#comment-7190 Vaughn Hathaway Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:36:49 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3396#comment-7190 Wayne Sparkman is doing a journeyman's job at the PCA Archives. He deserves the pats on the back. During his entire term of service he has shown the disinterest of a true historian. There seems to be one major omission from the list of position papers produced for and by the General Assembly: that being the Statement of the Tenth General Assembly on Confessional Subscription. [I believe that is the correct number. Wayne can correct me.] IMO, there is also a group of lessor position papers [en thesi statements] that were produced by the Sub-Committee on Judicial Business during its relatively brief life. For the tenure of its existence, it served as a sea anchor against the impetuosity of some of the powers that be, which was, in my opinion, the basic reason for its elimination by those pillars of the church. Wayne Sparkman is doing a journeyman’s job at the PCA Archives. He deserves the pats on the back. During his entire term of service he has shown the disinterest of a true historian.

There seems to be one major omission from the list of position papers produced for and by the General Assembly: that being the Statement of the Tenth General Assembly on Confessional Subscription. [I believe that is the correct number. Wayne can correct me.]

IMO, there is also a group of lessor position papers [en thesi statements] that were produced by the Sub-Committee on Judicial Business during its relatively brief life. For the tenure of its existence, it served as a sea anchor against the impetuosity of some of the powers that be, which was, in my opinion, the basic reason for its elimination by those pillars of the church.

]]> Comment on PCA Position Papers by Wayne Sparkman http://www.feedingonchrist.com/pca-position-papers/comment-page-1/#comment-7117 Wayne Sparkman Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:30:04 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3396#comment-7117 Thanks for the kind words, Nick. Always appreciate good publicity for the work here. Folks may also want to take a look at the RPCES Documents of Synod -- http://www.pcahistory.org/findingaids/rpces/docsynod/table.html Thanks for the kind words, Nick. Always appreciate good publicity for the work here.

Folks may also want to take a look at the RPCES Documents of Synod –
http://www.pcahistory.org/findingaids/rpces/docsynod/table.html

]]> Comment on Of the Making of Many Books: The Acts of the Apostles by Benjamin Shaw http://www.feedingonchrist.com/of-the-making-of-many-books-the-acts-of-the-apostles/comment-page-1/#comment-7060 Benjamin Shaw Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:19:44 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3385#comment-7060 Nick, I recognize that these are not all commentaries. I also recognize that people will read through the list, see your comments, and make their own decisions about which commentaries to consult and which to ignore. I think Spurgeon's intent was perhaps somewhat different from yours. He was surveying what was available in his day in order to give the student and the pastor a guide to what was available. Thus, he lists 38 works on Acts. Twelve of these he gives the highest ranking. I think he did not intend that the student or pastor needed to consult all twelve in his study, but that he ought to make his selection out of these twelve, with perhaps some out of the rest, depending on his needs and purposes. I suppose my difficulty is that I find people too wedded to their commentaries, and not spending sufficient time meditating on the scriptures for themselves. I'm not saying this applies to you, but I think many students and preachers, rather than struggling with how to preach a text, go immediately to commentaries, and simply take the answer they like from the commentary. Nick, I recognize that these are not all commentaries. I also recognize that people will read through the list, see your comments, and make their own decisions about which commentaries to consult and which to ignore. I think Spurgeon’s intent was perhaps somewhat different from yours. He was surveying what was available in his day in order to give the student and the pastor a guide to what was available. Thus, he lists 38 works on Acts. Twelve of these he gives the highest ranking. I think he did not intend that the student or pastor needed to consult all twelve in his study, but that he ought to make his selection out of these twelve, with perhaps some out of the rest, depending on his needs and purposes. I suppose my difficulty is that I find people too wedded to their commentaries, and not spending sufficient time meditating on the scriptures for themselves. I’m not saying this applies to you, but I think many students and preachers, rather than struggling with how to preach a text, go immediately to commentaries, and simply take the answer they like from the commentary.

]]> Comment on He Must Increase… by John P Sapieha http://www.feedingonchrist.com/he-must-increase/comment-page-1/#comment-5786 John P Sapieha Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:54:40 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3340#comment-5786 Thank you, but is the goal of the Christian to "forget about himself and his reputation" ? Or to die completely to self and reputation ? In over 25 years of following Christ I have found no reason to regret the revelation that came to me while meditating on "He must increase, and I must decrease". It was that for His "increase" and my "decrease" to be experienced something infinitely more drastic than denial of self would be required. Only through daily yielding to cross-delivered death to self will we decrease and He increase. The benefit of His death thereby wonderfully extended so that, as it frees us from self, we may join Paul in exclaiming with ever growing conviction: "...not I, but Christ liveth in me....". (Gal2.20). Thank you, but is the goal of the Christian to “forget about himself and his reputation” ? Or to die completely to self and reputation ? In over 25 years of following Christ I have found no reason to regret the revelation that came to me while meditating on “He must increase, and I must decrease”. It was that for His “increase” and my “decrease” to be experienced something infinitely more drastic than denial of self would be required. Only through daily yielding to cross-delivered death to self will we decrease and He increase. The benefit of His death thereby wonderfully extended so that, as it frees us from self, we may join Paul in exclaiming with ever growing conviction: “…not I, but Christ liveth in me….”. (Gal2.20).

]]> Comment on Of the Making of Many Books: The Acts of the Apostles by Nicholas T. Batzig http://www.feedingonchrist.com/of-the-making-of-many-books-the-acts-of-the-apostles/comment-page-1/#comment-5771 Nicholas T. Batzig Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:08:24 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3385#comment-5771 Also, the list would not be complete without a reference to one more recommendation, David Goodings outstanding commentary on Acts, <em><a href="http://www.keybibleconcepts.org/index.cfm?do=resources&cat=15" rel="nofollow">True to the Faith</a></em>. It may actually be the single most helpful work next to Johnson's <em><a href="http://www.wtsbooks.com/product-exec/product_id/239/nm/Message+of+Acts+in+the+History+of+Redemption+%28Paperback%29?utm_source=nbatzig&utm_medium=blogpartners" rel="nofollow">The Message of Acts in the History of Redemption</a></em> Also, the list would not be complete without a reference to one more recommendation, David Goodings outstanding commentary on Acts, True to the Faith. It may actually be the single most helpful work next to Johnson’s The Message of Acts in the History of Redemption

]]> Comment on Of the Making of Many Books: The Acts of the Apostles by Nicholas T. Batzig http://www.feedingonchrist.com/of-the-making-of-many-books-the-acts-of-the-apostles/comment-page-1/#comment-5768 Nicholas T. Batzig Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:40:59 +0000 http://www.feedingonchrist.com/?p=3385#comment-5768 Well Dr. Shaw, 1) They are not all commentaries; and, "study to show yourself approved before God, a workman that needs not be ashamed 'rightly' dividing the word of truth." 2) I am recommending the one to which I have linked. I have one question for you. Do you think Spurgeon erred in recommending so many volumes in Commenting and Commentaries? Well Dr. Shaw,

1) They are not all commentaries; and, “study to show yourself approved before God, a workman that needs not be ashamed ‘rightly’ dividing the word of truth.”

2) I am recommending the one to which I have linked.

I have one question for you. Do you think Spurgeon erred in recommending so many volumes in Commenting and Commentaries?

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