The Perspectivalist

In this episode, I read an essay that I wrote in the last edition of the "Fight, Laugh, Feast" edition. My essay is entitled: "Culture Wars and the Land God Promised." I argue that the church needs to be prepared to fight the greater battles to win the lesser ones. Further, I offer five suggestions as the Church in conservative states begins to receive folks from leftist parts of the country.

The essay has been well received, and I am eager to offer it to you all for free.

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I do not believe there has been a more theologically impactful book on the interpretive biblical sphere than James B. Jordan's "Through New Eyes: Developing a Biblical View of the World." This book has shaped much of my own thinking, and it has forced me to see and develop a more biblicized approach to the Bible itself. The reason I say "forced" is because at times, it is easier to bring foreign hermeneutics into the text to explain basic concepts. But the Bible contains its own hermeneutics as well as its own language.

My goal through these podcasts is to offer an overview of James Jordan's TNE and some additional insights to build a healthy interpretive guide to biblical passages.

This episode covers chapter one, which focuses on the following:

a) The necessity of understanding Genesis 1 & 2 as a paradigm for reading the rest of the Scriptures.

b) The importance of a six-day creation hermeneutic

c) The case against the Framework hypothesis

d) Reading biblically means associating the Bible with the Bible

e) The need to return to Psalm-singing

f) Five rules for interpretation

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This is the first of many podcasts offering an overview of Through New Eyes by James B. Jordan. In this episode, we discuss the nature of symbols and types and how creational language serves as patterns throughout the Scriptures. This is a quick-and-dirty intro to stir your appetite for more content.

My Interview with Canon Calls on "Who is James B. Jordan" is here.

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This is a follow-up episode to the primer on food. These ten delicious minutes communicate the three purposes of food: a) Dependence, b) Dominion, and Divine Worship. I argue, among other things, that the eucharist is not an appendix to our worship, it is the response to our worship. Christians are theological gastronomers. Further, I make the point that only Christians have the intellectual and emotional capacity to consume with true gratitude. So, pour a glass of wine and listen with your mouths.

In seven minutes, I discuss the role of food in the creation account and I try to lay an outline for a future episode on the purpose of food for Christian consumption. This should be a quick meal, but a delicious primer.

Music theme: Wake Up

by George Reed

Gary Demar is one of those iconic figures in the eschatological world. He has been writing, debating, and persuading for almost 40 years. He has a host of interests, but the one that has garnered the most attention is his sophisticated, yet, simple approach to eschatology. Gary holds to a position called "preterism," which affirms that most prophesy in the New Testament was speaking to something that would take place within that generation and not some futuristic generation divorced from that present context.

Gary Demar was also a close friend of Gary North, who passed away a month ago. They both attended the same congregation and cooperated on numerous efforts for over four decades. We spoke about the Gary North legacy and how North impacted Demar's discipline.

For those interested in an overview of the preterist debates and the life of the inimitable Gary North, there is no person more equipped than Gary Demar.

In this episode, I argue against weird Christendom. This expression adds strange practices to their lives in order to show their different-ness from others in the Christian community. It's a form of exalted separationism. The case against weird Christendom can only find a solution in mere Christendom: mere creeds, mere lives, mere wine, and mere merriment.

P.S. I play a rendition of "religious man." Please leave tips.

"Wake Up" Intro and Outro music by George Reed

Thanks for tuning in! I am really grateful for the increase in listeners these last couple of weeks.

In this episode, we offer a few crumbs from the rich table of weekly communion for your consideration.

Resource: Given For You: Reclaiming Calvin's View of the Lord's Supper by Keith Mathison

In this episode, we talk about three kinds of liturgies: a liturgy of life, a nominal liturgy, and a dead liturgy. I offer a description of each and conclude with a few practical applications, and there is the expected Nacho quote.

The theme music is "Exuberance" by George Reed.

This episode shares two tributes to the late Rev. Dr. Gregg Strawbridge. The first one is a moving tribute by his daughter Joy, and the second is by a pastor trained under Gregg for Gospel ministry. Both offer a powerful glimpse into the life of this image-bearer who now stands before the presence of God. The episode concludes with the sermon I delivered at the Memorial Service.

You can watch the entire memorial service here.

You can read Rev. Steven Wedgeworth's In Memoriam piece at Mere Orthodoxy.

You can listen to Dr. Strawbridge's sermons and lectures on wordmp3.com