Ken Samples on "Issues, Etc."

Ken Samples was on "Issues, Etc.," today discussing Sola Scriptura.

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Audio of Friday Night's Academy Lecture

Here's the audio from Friday night's academy lecture on the Olivet Discourse (part two).

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"Decently and In Order" -- 1 Corinthians 14:20-40

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This Week's White Horse Inn

The Parables of Jesus (Part 3)

On this program, the hosts will discuss the parable of the Prodigal Son and other similar narratives. Through each of these tales, the point Jesus makes is that something lost is suddenly found. In fact, Jesus taught that his mission was "to seek and save that which was lost." But in the Prodigal Son story, we find that Jesus' primary point is to show that the religious leaders of his day, represented by the older brother in the parable, were the ones who were truly lost.

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Who Said That?

"Adolf Hitler was a distant descendant of Esau."

Please leave your guess in the comments section below.  Please, no cheating or google searches.  Answer to follow next week.

Update on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 11:11AM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is from page 185 of John Hagee's 2007 book Jerusalem Countdown.

Tonight's Academy Lecture

Lecture Title:  "The Olivet Discourse -- Part Two"

When:  Tonight, October 22, @ 7:30 p.m.

Lecture Contents:  In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus gives the disciples his most extensive teaching about the signs of the end and the future course of human history.  We will work our way through Matthew 24 and parallel passages (Mark 13, Luke 19, 21) in this lecture

Instructor:  Dr. Kim Riddlebarger

Textbooks:  A Case for Amillennialism (Baker 2003), The Man of Sin (Baker, 2006)

About the Academy:  The Academy meets at Christ Reformed Church in Anaheim.  The lectures begin at 7:30 p.m., are free of charge, and are followed by a time for questions and answers, as well as a time for fellowship and refreshments.

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Fesko's New Book on Baptism

J. V. Fesko's outstanding new book on baptism, Word Water and Spirit is now available.  Order Water, Word and Spirit

This book is not the usual polemic about children of believers as proper subjects for baptism.  Fesko sets out the whole of the Reformed perspective on baptism.  His approach is not only helpful in the believer baptism-paedoabaptism debate, it gives the reader a whole new appreciation for the sacrament of baptism in general.

Fesko covers the entire subject very thoroughly, from the historical debates/development of the doctrine, to biblical-theological concerns (including a great chapter on baptism as new creation) along with the systematic perspective.

Just as I am, Fesko is a former Baptist.  He knows the issues from both sides.  He writes in an irenic style, yet makes a compelling case for the baptism of infants as well as the significance of the doctrine for the church and the Christian life.

This is a great book!  Here is the table of contents (just to whet your appetite)

Table of Contents:

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction

Part I: The History of the Doctrine

Chapter 1: Baptism in the Patristic Age, Middle Ages, and Counter Reformation

Chapter 2: Baptism in Luther and Lutheranism

Chapter 3: Baptism in Zwingli and the Anabaptists

Chapter 4: Baptism in the Reformed Tradition

Chapter 5: Baptism in Early Orthodox Reformed Theology

Chapter 6: Baptism in High Orthodox Reformed Theology

Chapter 7: Baptism in Modern Theology

Summary of Part I

Part II: Biblical-Theological Survey of the Doctrine

Chapter 8: Baptism as New Creation

Chapter 9: Baptism as Covenant Judgment

Chapter 10: Baptism as Eschatological Judgment

Summary of Part II

Part III: Systematic-Theological Construction of the Doctrine

Chapter 11: Baptism as a Means of Grace

Chapter 12: Baptism as a Sacrament

Chapter 13: Baptism Proper

Chapter 14: Baptism and Its Recipients

Chapter 15: Baptism and Ecclesiology

Summary of Part III

Conclusion
Bibliography

The Perils of Prognostication

If you've got December 21, 2012, marked on your calendar as the day the world will end (or if you have a smart-phone app counting down the days until then), you might need to re-think things a bit.  Well, more than a bit.

Scholars who work on such things as ancient calendars now realize that they may have miscalculated the true date of the end of the world on the Mayan calendar by anywhere from 50 to 100 years.  Mayan Calendar

True believers will not be swayed, however.  They never are.  And those who waste time calculating such nonsense will still haggle over who has it right when none of them do.  This is a cottage industry after after all, one in which the more often you get it wrong and the wilder the speculation you spin, the bigger the audience you will attract.

Too bad the ancient Dutch didn't leave behind some sort of mysterious calendar . . .  Think of how much fun we could have had with that!

Left Behind, the Remake

Cloud Ten Pictures recently announced that they have reacquired the rights to the Left Behind movie franchise.  That can only mean one thing.  Cloud Ten will do a remake of the original Left Behind.  Left Behind remake

Cynic that I am, the question did occur to me, "why would anyone want to redo such a stellar move?"  There's only one real answer--money.

There were so many great moments in the original film.  Left Behind features T. D. Jakes (via videotape in the film), explaining what to do if you've been left behind--imagine that, a modalist, explaining the rapture. 

The movie also has a track record of prompting thoughtful theological discussion.  I once heard two Christians debating whether or not the scene in which those raptured left their clothing behind meant that medical devices (like artificial hips) would likewise remain behind after the rapture.  That might be a source of embarrassment for some . . .

Of course, if true, this confirms the sage advice of grandma.  Always make sure you are wearing clean undies.  You know, just in case . . .

Friday Night's Academy Lecture on the Olivet Discourse (Part 1)

Here's the audio from Friday night's Academy lecture

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