As R.C. Sproul would say..."com'n, the moment you begin to tell me about who Jesus is...you are talking about theology".
Saying don't talk about theology in the church is like going to a Calculus class and say "Don't talk about Mathematics!".
When it is said that we do not put our Christ, our ministries on sales, letting others look down on our ministries, it is not for us to threaten them to not dare to look down on us, or else they shall suffer our wrath or unfriendship.
We must have the quality to put worth on our ministry. This is the true blessings of the Lord. And the least we want is to make our ministries so impoverished that it requires human support or sympathy. It is not the need of many members in one body, but the matter of if it is the same body, since they could so easily arouse with anger should my Lord commands me differently than what they want of me?
No I shall go off topic, to point that there are the majority whose ministries are their own and not of God, though often times God can and has used these to His purpose. These ones fish men not for God but for themselves, so they have to create an atmosphere that you are either with them (not God), listening to them (not God) or you are not with "God" (them).
Recovering the books, "borrowed" to me by the French Horn Principal years ago...(2003?), I realized I really do have to return these. I regret I couldn't continue with them due to schedule and time.
I will make copies and buy books to replace before returning to her. I believe her name is: Grace van Hulsteyn, such generous person, I feel guilty. I thank God that I remember this and am able to find the information of the orchestra online (NYSAE-New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble). Seems to be same old same old.
I wish I could return.
I have yet to be able to discipline myself enough to do Devotion, exercise, music and misc. before 9 am.
Next week should conclude my teaching of the book of Genesis in the fellowship. I have promised to review the whole book in historical paintings. A good source of such collection is: http://www.bible-art.info/
I shall use my Vivitek D538W projector for the presentation.
Today begins the transcribing of the book. I shall have it as word document, matching the format of the original scans, because it is useful for the tables of the original.
There is an OCR version of the scan online (As noted in one of my comments). Very messy, but apparently complete.
So begins, the first sermon upon the first chapter.
A web search indicates some have attempted to transcribe it, but the furthest attempt was the first 2 sermons:
http://leovinus.blogspot.com/2006/12/john-calvins-sermons-on-job-1.html
http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/calvinonjob.html
http://www.puritanboard.com/f23/my-translation-sermons-job-john-calvin-not-completed-67834/
This psalm is a rigtheous defense against the lies spoken for (not against) us.
It appears that Van Til's presuppositionalism is due to the fact that he is evangelical while the later Westminster Theological Seminary's intent to transform that apologetics into "covenantal" apologetics, I believe, is due to the fact that the WTS (namely William Edgar, Scott Oliphint) is becoming less evangelical.
They rightly point out that presuppositionalism is one, unlike other apologetics (classical, evidential), that doesn't start the discussion from a neutral ground (outside the scope of scripture) with unbelievers. But in covenantal apologetics, one is more inclined to treat his subjects as believers already...thus here is the problem of the evangelism. From here spun the problem of many traditional orthodox churches of the West...risking the worship of moralism, etc. because the Lordship of Christ is not communicated without repentance - since the unbelievers are taken to be believers already (since christianity is true to begin with). It skipped the process of conversion and freedom from death...the principle on the part about "which sinners of the two would love God more" is washed out.
No, I'm not trying to promote the wild ecstatic conversion the modern day evangelicals and charismatics are pursuing. Nor do I wish to abolish convenantal apologetics. I'm merely stating that in evangelicalism, presuppositional apologetics is irreplaceable by covenantal apologetics since the latter actually requires the former to stand in the beginning.
Convenantal apologetics could even be evidential or rational apologetics in disguise.
Though I can see why they would be inclined to reject the use of the word "pressuposition". It is because of one simple misunderstanding. Pressuposition is not equal to assumption. It is the highest accepted premise. The chinese could translate it better: 先設 非 假設.
This is the second time I dreamt of the same location, if I have not mistaken. The earlier one, which I might not have recorded, was a much darker place, in a night time, much trees. This time, it is day time and things are much clearer. I even get to ask for the price for the cheapest and simplest plastic/fiber only small boat. I saw beaches as blue as turquoise.
I am coming to believe that this island, though the impression is that of an U.S. island...somewhat borders that of another country (possibly Mexico or one of the southern countries - I could remember the fear of border patrol in both dreams), it is somewhat a reminiscent of another island at home...perhaps Pulau Jerjak - as I have wondered, if the Eastern seaboard of that island is a beautiful coral reef (which was the case in my dream of the dream island).
One chief problem I have seen, while spending time in the southern Bible belt, is that these American evangelicals love to treat everyone they do not know, as non-believers.
This itself, is sinful. Because they do not judge rightly.
Their fellowship is with those who have given them much praise and benefits. Thus, they could only remain in the south, digging the money pockets of their old members. Their fellowship is with those who have given them much praise and benefits. In a way, it is very similar than the modern day traditional churches. I just got a call from one of such organization (Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals) asking for some donation - Why? Because they do not evangelize...they do not think it is their duty to evangelize...they think evangelize is cultural mandate, not going out into the streets to preach to strangers. Though they differ from the south that they are more responsible and have proper respects to strangers who are Christians.
