Archive for October, 2008
Book Review of Five Things Every Christian Needs to Grow
Posted: October 24, 2008 by Michael Dewalt in Book Review, R.C. SproulThere are often times a Christian comes in contact with an individual who is searching and is in desperate need for the gospel; or that the young or non-converted asks a mature Christian the question, “where do I start?” When an individual has come to the faith, repenting from sin and following Christ, they often [...]
Question: Give one example of something that is sometimes claimed to be a type, but you don’t believe is a type. Support your argument. My Answer: I have read online places and heard that people actually believe that Israel in a battle with the Amalekites, Exodus 17:11 states that “[a]s long as Moses held up [...]
The events of the Old Testament were seen as part of the story, a prefiguration, with the events of Christ’s life. The technical name for seeing the New Testament in the Old Testament is called typology. The doctrine of typology is best defined and most succinctly by Paul in Colossians 2:16-17 “Therefore do not let [...]
Today in Hermeneutics for the second lecture on typology the class got in a long conversation once more about the what are and aren’t types of Christ in and throughout the Scriptures. During the middle of class (which I am sure that professor would not be a fan of) one of my fellow seminarians send [...]
Propose one wrong and one right application for the pericope John 1:43-51.
Posted: October 22, 2008 by Michael Dewalt in Seminary QuestionsExplain why you believe the application is either right or wrong. Wrong Application from v. 43: Man came to follow Jesus. Man has the will to follow Christ and His Word. This here makes man the center of the text and allows room for man to decide not only in the text but decide always [...]
Interesting article in what happen at Cedarville University yesterday…
1. Knowledge- Learning the product you have seen, read or listen to 2. Understanding- Grasping what was learned from the product 3. Application- How the product then is played out in ones life 4. Analysis- Components of what is seen of the product 5. Synthesis- Bringing together what has been studied from the product 6. [...]
Asking a Catholic what their Classification of the gospels are?
Posted: October 21, 2008 by Michael Dewalt in Catholic questions on the Gospel, Questions & AnswersQuestion: What is your classification of the gospels? Answer: The present order of the Gospels has the twofold advantage of not separating from one another those Evangelical records (St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke) whose mutual resemblances are obvious and striking, and of placing at the end of the list of the Gospels the narrative [...]
What’s Your End Times?
Posted: October 20, 2008 by Michael Dewalt in You Might be a Calvinist if..., You might be a Fundamentalist ifYou might be a Calvinist if… you are a Amil, Post-mil, or Historic Pre-mil. You might be a Fundamentalist if… you made up the doctrine of pre-trib/pre-mil or believe it at least.
