tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post3471203746581945655..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: The Real Turretin on: Christ's Atonement is Both Substitutionary and ExemplaryTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-33000391573659767172014-12-31T00:15:29.138+00:002014-12-31T00:15:29.138+00:00My own formula, so it's not so ancient, goes l...My own formula, so it's not so ancient, goes like this:<br /><br />Gratitude over resentment, for everything, all the time.<br /><br />I call that the Royal Attitude. <br /><br />We are of royal blood when adopted into God's family.<br /><br />Find a reason for gratitude in everything that would normally make your fallen being resentful. Resentment takes one straight down to hell.ctnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-50208502985982718942014-12-31T00:02:15.345+00:002014-12-31T00:02:15.345+00:00Beale's new book Hidden But Now Revealed: A Bi...Beale's new book Hidden But Now Revealed: A Biblical Theology of Mystery touches on this. Glance at the concluding chapter on Amazon.<br /><br />Intentional suffering is a subtle practice. Love thy enemy is part of this subject. <br /><br />An old formula summing up Christian practice: conscious labor, intentional suffering.ctnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-28116761633088126702014-12-28T22:05:40.970+00:002014-12-28T22:05:40.970+00:00Josephus's work, "Antiquities" of th...Josephus's work, "Antiquities" of the Jews.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744678277860175675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-46414634873482148642014-12-28T21:49:16.264+00:002014-12-28T21:49:16.264+00:00Besides what I wrote above, I thought this apropos...Besides what I wrote above, I thought this apropos from point 4 from the preface to Josephus' work:<br /><br />"4. ... The reader is therefore to know, that Moses deemed it exceeding necessary, that he who would conduct his own life well, and give laws to others, in the first place should consider the Divine nature; and, upon the contemplation of God's operations, should thereby michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744678277860175675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-18502854234845340332014-12-28T18:58:25.709+00:002014-12-28T18:58:25.709+00:00The way I point this out is by the fact that we, t...The way I point this out is by the fact that we, too, suffer that brings about obedience! Whatever good or bad I sow, I reap and there is no respect of persons with Our God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.<br /><br />Also, in Galatians the Apostle Paul makes the point that the "fruit" of the Spirit is just that, Their fruit. That realization has brought me into a great peace as I now, in michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744678277860175675noreply@blogger.com