Comments on Light and Heat: Miscellanies 11: On Doing the Gospel

How would you say the gospel was in effect in the ...

2009-12-01T21:33:24.478-06:00

How would you say the gospel was in effect in the life of Adam pre-fall?

My false syllogism is the point. The equation I c...

2009-12-01T20:10:22.041-06:00

My false syllogism is the point. The equation I created was true if and only if everything stated was FULLY true. I do not mean to be disrespectful or cavil, but I merely sense a sort of simplicity in the equations. They may be true, but are they FULLY true? Take for instance your 2nd equation...

(1) The Gospel is a post-Fall reality.
(2) Adam was ethical pre-Fall.
(3)

By the way, your syllogism regarding God's power i...

2009-12-01T19:51:44.443-06:00

By the way, your syllogism regarding God's power is good. But unfortunately it suffers from a false definition of omnipotence in (1).

Anonymous, You've charged me with oversimplificat...

2009-12-01T17:40:32.380-06:00

Anonymous,

You've charged me with oversimplification but failed to demonstrate evidence for it. Would you care to elaborate on specifically what aspect of my argument is oversimplified?

I find it very difficult to accept your equations,...

2009-12-01T15:31:48.860-06:00

I find it very difficult to accept your equations, mainly because ethic cannot be oversimplified into if 1, then 2, and 1+2(or 1*2?)=3. I could construct a similar equation:

(1) God is omnipotent (ie all powerful, able to do anything)
(2) But, God is not able to make 2+2=5, for it is logically impossible
(3) Therefore, God is not all powerful, and thus he is not God, and

What of God's character would you say the Gospel r...

2009-11-26T00:05:30.722-06:00

What of God's character would you say the Gospel reveals that the moral law does not?

Good points. "Doing the gospel" is an odd phrase ...

2009-11-23T16:01:54.515-06:00

Good points. "Doing the gospel" is an odd phrase since the gospel is literally "good news." How does one "do" good news?

Certainly the character of God constitutes our ethic, and the moral law displays this character. On this point, there should be no disagreement.

It seems to me, however, the gospel also displays something of the character