InterVarsity's Emerging Scholars Network
As we press into the daily grind of 2019, set aside time to join me in checking / resetting our compass by prayerfully considering:
Jesus did not share in any way the DNA of either Mary or Joseph. Otherwise he would have shared in original sin.
A friend of mine asked for my take on this statement from a sermon he heard online. I certainly appreciate why, theologically speaking, one would want to make this kind of distinction in order to clarify Jesus’ relationship to original sin. I also appreciate the effort to engage with a scientific understanding of inheritance. Given the testimony of scripture, I can’t entirely rule out the possibility that this statement is true. Yet I can’t help but wonder if we might want to nuance it a bit more.
[Read more…] about Science Corner: His Mother’s Son
This is the first of a four part series of posts in which David Williams shares some historical and theological observations on the Bible passages studied at the Urbana Student Missions Conference 2015. The passages under consideration are Matthew 8:1-17, Matthew 20:1-16, Matthew 25:31-26, Matthew 27:57-28:15. In follow-up David will post stories of how the Gospel is being lived out on campus. We’d also love to hear how these texts speak to your campus context and next steps you’ll take as you share the Good News (in word and action as part of the people of God).
If you’re at Urbana15, let’s be sure to connect today’s . . .
AND this week’s
Thank-you to David for contributing to the ESN blog at Urbana15. To God be the glory! ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director, Emerging Scholars Network [Read more…] about Jesus: Lord & Servant (Matthew 8:1-17)
Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot—
Yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
— Isaiah 11:1
Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot—yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,the Spirit of counsel and might,the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.In that day the heir of David’s thronewill be the banner of salvation to all the world.The nations will rally to Him,and the land where He lives will be a glorious place.— Isaiah 11:1-2, 10