All love has conditions. Who or what determines the condition(s) of our love also reveals who or what controls us. The other person, the one we are extending “unconditional love” to, is the actually the one determining the conditions of our love. Unconditional love therefore just means it is that person, the one we are extending […]
Priestly Activity of Worship
“The activity of Christians on the Lord’s Day is analogous to the activity of the priests on the Mosaic Sabbath; it is service to God in worship. It is this priestly activity of worship that has been transferred from the Sabbath to Sunday.” – Richard J Bauckham
Capital Crimes
One of the first things Jesus makes clear during His earthly ministry is that the entire content of the Law (“every jot and tittle”) remains intact for the New Covenant Community (Mat 5:17-20). In the words of the Reformers, the Law changes not in substance, only in application. This includes also its jurisprudence (i.e. system […]