matthewling.typepad.com
Pilgrim Heart
http://matthewling.typepad.com/pilgrim_heart
Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. [Psalm 84:5]. Iain H. Murray: Puritan Hope. This book shows how the view that the kingdom of God is destined to grow to a place of dominance in the earth before the return of Christ was a key part of Puritan theology and the dominant eschatalogical view until the end of the 19th century. It therefore puts the current dispensational ideas into their correct jonny-come-lately context. Tony Ling: The Lion and The Lamb. This i...
matthewling.typepad.com
Pilgrim Heart: Sports
http://matthewling.typepad.com/pilgrim_heart/sports
Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. [Psalm 84:5]. Iain H. Murray: Puritan Hope. This book shows how the view that the kingdom of God is destined to grow to a place of dominance in the earth before the return of Christ was a key part of Puritan theology and the dominant eschatalogical view until the end of the 19th century. It therefore puts the current dispensational ideas into their correct jonny-come-lately context. Tony Ling: The Lion and The Lamb. This i...
santafetrail.blogspot.com
the santa fe trail: June 2006
http://santafetrail.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html
Conversation starters for the journey of faith. Wednesday, June 21. At a youth camp, an enterprising youth pastor came up with the idea of making bracelets with the intials 'WWJD? On them. The "What Would Jesus Do? Idea has since become an enormous success worldwide, with bracelets (and other paraphernalia) available across the english-speaking world. It is practically the standard for moral decision-making in many circles, and young people especially find great comfort and challenge in its simplicity.
coffeeshoptheology.blogspot.com
coffee shop theology: March 2006
http://coffeeshoptheology.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html
Incarnational spirituality for edinburgh's cafe culture. Thursday, March 09, 2006. CST 12/3/06 "Living Isaiah 58". On: 12th March 2006 @ 8.30pm. At: Favorit (Teviot Place) (view map). Seed Thoughts and Questions on Living Isaiah 58. With thanks to Wes White). Biblical hope has the power to effect change, since God is involved in effecting it. We have too often limited this hope in the arena of justice-seeking. Religious fervour is well and good as long as it is likewise convenient" (Wes White). What migh...
lookingformyfigtree.blogspot.com
Looking for my fig tree: August 2006
http://lookingformyfigtree.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html
Looking for my fig tree. A record of some of my theological thoughts, some deep, some pretty shallow. The title comes from Micah 4:4. Monday, August 28, 2006. If Christians were Engines . If Christians were engines would they be fueled by a hatred of sin or by a loving concern for the plight of humanity? Do people become Christians because they share God's hatred of sin and seek the only way to be free from sin? Or is it because they are so truck with the depth of love God has for humanity? He world so m...
lookingformyfigtree.blogspot.com
Looking for my fig tree: May 2006
http://lookingformyfigtree.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_archive.html
Looking for my fig tree. A record of some of my theological thoughts, some deep, some pretty shallow. The title comes from Micah 4:4. Wednesday, May 24, 2006. Perhaps then as now, the questioning of doctrine was merely the outworking of contextual theology but for a late modern setting, even if looking back we would say they went too far in ending up with a Unitarian doctrine. So what is happening today? Although I don't want to say thats it for sure! Liberal theology had no option but to deny Trinity, b...
coffeeshoptheology.blogspot.com
coffee shop theology: May 2006
http://coffeeshoptheology.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_archive.html
Incarnational spirituality for edinburgh's cafe culture. Thursday, May 25, 2006. On: Sunday 28th May @ 8.30pm. At: the new Beanscene. It's that time again! There are a couple of hot topics on our lips at the moment, bouncing in and out of our conversations when we can grab them. It's probably time to get together (or is it? See link below) and chew some of these things over. And that's the best place to enter this conversation. See you there, all welcome! Posted by Jamie at 1:45 AM. The santa fe trail.
coffeeshoptheology.blogspot.com
coffee shop theology: April 2006
http://coffeeshoptheology.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html
Incarnational spirituality for edinburgh's cafe culture. Tuesday, April 25, 2006. On: Saturday 6th May @ 8.30pm [note change of date]. At: Favorit, Teviot Place (view map). WARNING - mature audiences only! We'll be digging into some pretty foundational stuff for Christians this time, so we must tread lightly! Please pray for the discussion this week. Picking up on a question over on SFT. We'll be looking into the atonement. Here are some conceptual questions to kick us off:. But he was pierced for our tr...
lookingformyfigtree.blogspot.com
Looking for my fig tree: Judging Judgement (1): Punishment
http://lookingformyfigtree.blogspot.com/2006/10/judging-judgement-1-punishment.html
Looking for my fig tree. A record of some of my theological thoughts, some deep, some pretty shallow. The title comes from Micah 4:4. Monday, October 09, 2006. Judging Judgement (1): Punishment. I'm curious about judgement and punishment. We cannot ignore their existence in the Bible, although some might like to do so in the name of cultural relevance. On the other hand, the search for cultural relevance has revealed a blase approach to the way terms like judgement and punishment are used. Brash By Name .
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT