tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post6402707596478420109..comments2024-03-01T21:01:15.174-06:00Comments on Biblical Christianity: Book review: The End of the Law, by Jason C. MeyerDJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-4373084784941266862010-07-14T11:59:20.341-05:002010-07-14T11:59:20.341-05:00Well if it is any help to anyone he is coming out ...Well if it is any help to anyone he is coming out with a more user friendly/less dense, not his dissertation, version of this book with in the next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-37657683263423096072010-05-07T13:56:53.387-05:002010-05-07T13:56:53.387-05:00FWIW - Arnold Fruchtenbaum uses the word "ino...FWIW - Arnold Fruchtenbaum uses the word "inoperative" concerning the Mosaic Law after the death of Christ. "In other words,the law in its totality no longer has authority over any individual; it is no longer the rule of life." Of course, some of the commands of the Law of Moses have been carried over into the NT.jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07164857192077648887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-16535615290605417882010-05-07T12:55:21.675-05:002010-05-07T12:55:21.675-05:00Pastor Pants:
Thanks for the feedback.Pastor Pants:<br /><br />Thanks for the feedback.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-56350318091836938812010-05-07T10:26:49.540-05:002010-05-07T10:26:49.540-05:00Glad you posted this. I have bought most of this ...Glad you posted this. I have bought most of this series after reading Jim Hamilton's excellent volume "God's Indwelling Presence". Not got around to this volume yet. It still seems worthy of the time though.<br /><br />@Stefan: It does. Perfectly. But it does seem a little pedantic too. My understanding is as yours, but I have no issue with the existing terminology.100 Mile Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04934805873293163004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-76307504689605951952010-05-07T08:10:08.060-05:002010-05-07T08:10:08.060-05:00Interestingly, a brand new book in the same series...Interestingly, a brand new book in the same series on the TEN COMMANDMENTS just came out this month. <br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=NAC+studies+in+bible+and+theology+ten+commandmentsPierre Saikaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409964448078910855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-71934952730481223402010-05-07T08:07:18.936-05:002010-05-07T08:07:18.936-05:00This book is probably not an easy read for most av...This book is probably not an easy read for most average readers who are not used to reading exegetical/seminary level works. It's not like reading Michael Horton in Putting Amazing Back Into Grace. The NAC Studies in Bible & Theology was developed for pastors mainly, if my understanding is correct.<br /><br />I started out months ago on it, and I'm only in the middle(Parental dutites keep me busy).<br /><br />Nevertheless, it's worth having in your collection of good reading.Pierre Saikaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409964448078910855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-68007009923357174482010-05-06T20:50:22.041-05:002010-05-06T20:50:22.041-05:00Dan, I had a similar starting experience as you on...Dan, I had a similar starting experience as you on this book. I picked it up for the same reason.<br /><br />I wanted a book that would effectively argue that the Old Covenant has been replaced entirely.<br /><br />Fred, covenantalists will wince, purse their lips, and develop a nervous tic from this book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-7048046111386672602010-05-06T14:13:10.943-05:002010-05-06T14:13:10.943-05:00I am a New Covenant believer, but I have a minor s...I am a New Covenant believer, but I have a minor semantic problem with the assertion that the Old Covenant law is "ineffectual."<br /><br />After all, God said to Moses: "You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the LORD." (Numbers 18:5).<br /><br />The catch is that it is impossible for us sinners to keep His law perfectly, apart from one man who was without sin: Jesus Christ, God incarnate who lived among us in human flesh, was crucified and buried, and on third day raised from the grave.<br /><br />In that sense, the Law <i>is</i> effectual: it's our sin renders it ineffectual, and since our depravity is total, it is thus rendered totally ineffectual—except through the righteousness of Jesus Christ.<br /><br />Does this make sense?Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-20558398049580427732010-05-06T13:05:03.715-05:002010-05-06T13:05:03.715-05:00Dan - My experience is similar to yours, except th...Dan - My experience is similar to yours, except that, when I realized the book would focus far more on the trees than the forest, I only read parts of it. Amid all the very detailed scholarship, I was grateful when the author summed up the "forest" view by quoting an old, probably 18th Cent., poem, on page 2:<br /><br />To run and work the law commands,<br />Yet gives me neither feet nor hands;<br />Yet better news the gospel brings:<br />It bids me fly and gives me wings.<br /><br />I'm starting to read The Meaning of the Pentateuch, by John H. Sailhamer. Page 14 has this intriguing sentence: "The purpose of the Pentateuch is not to teach a life of obedience to the law given to Moses at Sinai, but to be a narrative admonition to be like Abraham, who did not live under the law and yet fulfilled the law through a life of faith."jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07164857192077648887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-40722618294782899872010-05-06T10:55:46.108-05:002010-05-06T10:55:46.108-05:00Just one question matters:
Will the Reformed Bapt...Just one question matters:<br /><br />Will the Reformed Baptist, Covenant people be satisfied or will this book merely cause them grief and consternation resulting in withering accusations of "dispensationalist"?Fred Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16025967176465685306noreply@blogger.com