Comments on: N. T. Wright on the Resurrection

by: TJH

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:57:32 +0000

“Charles” — first, you are obviously more than one person, since some of your posts are completely illiterate, one has been linguistically flawless, and others (like this one) are in the middle, with enough full sentences to follow the drift, but punctuated with enough misspellings and solecisms to make one wonder.

Likewise, I don’t know if “Committee Charles” is a group of kikes trying to hijack the discussion, or some 14-year-old “thundering sons of Wotan” trying to make kikes look more ridiculous than they already are.

But in either case, your mindless attacks will not be permitted anymore; they are simply not helpful. If you have questions about a post, ask them; if factual corrections, make them; if rebuttals to arguments, do so. But these eructations show no connection to the posts at all, or evince an inability to read intelligently. For example, when establishment scholars like Wright speak about “Easter belief,” they are not talking about the details of a calendar holiday, but are referring to the historical day of the resurrection. This should have been obvious from the context, even if you are not well-read. Calling anyone that would engage you in argument a fool or wolf adds nothing except to cast doubt on your integrity as well as intelligence.

This is your only warning, “Committee Charles.” Next offense, you will be added to the spam list.

by: Charles

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:20:48 +0000

Easter is garbage. What’s needed is a dose of reality and not blindly following what’s proported to be all the public preacher’s spewing of Christianty. This includes “Jesus”, “God” etc. Easter is so blantantly obvious. This is for the “good” Christians (word in question also). Not the one’s that come in via mass media. So many wolves invited in so few sheep to chew on. Ask yourself if Passover is no where near easter. Why do I celebrate easter? Yessuah died and the rising at passover. Go look it up it falls no where near easter. Spring solctace is easter the celebration of many false Gods. Please no stupid explanations. It’s sick. It’s blantant. Why follow anyone that reccmmends it. Further more if they recommend this how many other things will they give you or particpate in? I say all of them.

Now the wolves are going to jump in and argue this. I don’t care if I don’t respond no point aruguing with fools.

by: TJH

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:05:16 +0000

Eliza — your statement is correct. But union with Christ is the mode by which his benefits, including justification, are appropriated. The place of the resurrection in that process is central, as Gaffin has shown. Your statement is better than mine when the focus is on justification exclusively, but I was giving a broader (more blurry?) focus to connect the point to the glaring failure of Wright’s book.

by: ElizaF

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:50:25 +0000

Sorry, I don’t understand. I would not have thought of saying that Christ’s righteousness is imputed to us by being united to Christ in His resurrection, but by being justified by His shed blood. Am I missing something?

by: Jim

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:33:51 +0000

“Union with Christ in His resurrection, by faith alone, by which Christ’s righteousness is imputed, thus vouchsafing personal salvation….” This statement should be memorized by every believer. It is too bad so many of our Reformed Pastors don’t see the necessity of bringing this out with great clarity every time they preached. If they would, our eeny weeny Reformed churches would start growing and we might even see some real competition with the mega churches, not to mention impacting the culture so as to actually CHANGE it! (For God’s Kingdom)