- Written by: Rich Lusk
- Category: Bible
I got a good question today about Mark 10:29:31. How do we make sense of Jesus' words about leaving family members when Scripture puts a emphasis on our duties to other members of our household? This is how I responded:
- Written by: Rich Lusk
- Category: Bible
The "Federal Vision" was several controversies ago in the Reformed world, and no one is using that label anymore as far as I can tell. Nevertheless, I think essay includes some important insights and so I want to make it available on my blog. This essay has been available on the web in various places in various forms over the last 15 or so years, after it's original publication in the Auburn Avenue Theology: Pros and Cons book, but I don't think it's actively linked anywhere at the moment so here it is for anyone who might be interested. This is not my "final" word on these topics -- I have numerous other writings (some published in book form, some in internet essay form) on these topics, but this is one of my more comprehensive pieces and others have told me they found it useful as an overview of the issues that were heavily debated in the Reformed world in the early 2000s. I hope to eventually publish a more comprehensive revision of this essay that incorporates even more of my thinking and research, but that will have to wait for now.
- Written by: Rich Lusk
- Category: Bible
Here some belated notes to go with this year's Maundy Thursday sermon:
- Written by: Rich Lusk
- Category: Bible
Palm Sunday perfectly captures the paradoxes of the gospel. It juxtaposes glory and humility.