Merry Christmas

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For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. 7. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORDΒ  of hosts will accomplish this. ~Isaiah 9:6-7 NASBU

7 thoughts on “Merry Christmas”

  1. Hello friend,
    I believe I commented on your blog a few weeks ago, but I forgot when. Again, I want to compliment you on such a thoughtful blog. I have recently began studying Thomas Torrance and your blog pointed me there. Truth be told, I am leaning more towards Orthodoxy at the moment, but your blog has a lot of good posts.

    Christ is born!

  3. Hi LOTG,

    Welcome. Thanks for the compliment, I’m glad this blog serves some πŸ™‚ . I checked out your blog, you’re an interesting guy; it looks like we may have some things in common. I’ll add you to the blogroll. I’m glad that you like TFT, he had a working relationship with the Orthodox as I understand it. Comment any time.

    Steve,

    The New American Standard Bible [Updated] version. Which means they took the thees and thous out of it.

  4. My NAS (my main bible) is the 1977 edition which I bought in ’80. It has an imitation faux leather hardback cover. When I sweat on a hot day in the summer, some of the brown “finish” is transferred to my hand. It’s a red letter edition, and the red is a brilliant, glaring red. A few pages have come loose, but the thees and thous appear to be there in full force.

    A number of tweaks have occurred to the text, some more major ones in ’95 I think. It’s still a good version.

    Amen to the words of Isaiah.

  5. Hey Bobby! Just in case you didn’t catch me on Facebook, Merry Christmas to you and your family! “We” Lutherans enjoy 12 whole days of Christmas. Hooray!!!! Strange, the Gospel reading of the day was the reference to the flight to Egypt. I would have thought they would have placed that after the circumcision/dedication of Jesus.

  6. Hello Bobby,

    A little background information: I went to a Reformed seminary and in our Christology and Covenant theology classes we interacted with Torrance, though the professors were not up to the calibre of Torrance and did little more than offer cheap shots against him. I then ignored Torrance for the next few years. I became interested in Orthodoxy via the Christology route. In my studies I (again) came across Torrance. I’ve since listened to the audio lectures (found, I think, at Faith and Theology Blog). The man is utterly brilliant and has given a magnificent display of Christology.

  7. Duane,

    Merry Christmas, brother. Yes an interesting “order.”

    LOTG,

    Thanks for sharing your background, I like to know where folks are coming from. I obviously agree with your assessment of Torrance, I’m glad you were able to make your way back to him; it’s unfortunate that the “Reformed” want to give Torrance a black eye so often. They consider him the “older scholarship” related to those who thought about the Reformer’s theology through the centraldogma, which I’m sure you know.

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