My Other Blog, Devotio

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Addendum:

Nevermind, I think one blog will do 😉 . I will just integrate more devotional and common man posts into the blog here. I don’t have time (never have) to maintain two blogs.

I am going to re-open one of my other blogs; Devotio. This blog is and always will be my first love, but this blog is pretty academic (especially for the non-academics amongst us). “Devotio” is a place that is intentionally non-academic, and reflects more of an devotional and “lay-person” ethos. I have little time as it is to blog nowadays, but as I have time I will be trying to post over at Devotio too. Again, this blog is my first love, and will continue to be a place where I unapologetically drop rather technical (relatively speaking) thoughts on my current reading, research, and reflection in that vain.

Here is the url to my blog ‘Devotio’: http://devotiochristi.blogspot.com

10 thoughts on “My Other Blog, Devotio”

  1. Bobby,

    I recommend strongly sticking to one blog, this blog, since it always comes back to it and will avoid needless confusion of jumping to another one (your previous history many times). Why cannot one blog be an avenue for a variety of discussions and themes? I thought your article on “A Woman Rides The Beast” was both scholarly yet devotional by way of the application. This is the way it should be.

    Make this blog the most that it can be and you do well.

  2. Ian,

    Yes, this is my conclusion as well; thank you! I’ve never taken blogging as serious as some, or I’m not as stable as some when it comes to blogging. I do take what I communicate serious, but as far as blogs etc they are something that I do for relaxation and fun; and so my movement and changing of themes etc reflects that (thus my riddled history).

    But I have decided to stay here totally for my blogging life; thank you for the encouragement!

  3. You are welcome, Bobby.

    I have appreciated many of the articles and enjoy reading.

    I was also wonderfully surprised and delighted to read your admission the other night that you have moved over to the ‘amil’ perspective. Welcome to our perch; the view is pretty good from here. 😉

    By the way, I have had Bauckham’s Theology of Revelation and The Climax of Prophecy for several years but have not yet delved into them. I will have to at some point.

  4. Ian,

    Thanks again.

    Thanks for the welcome 😉 . I think this move was inevitable for me.

    Yeah, you should check out both of Bauckham’s books; I have found them very helpful and encouraging. I probably don’t agree with everything he says therein, but I like a lot of what he has to say!

  6. Yes, his sight has held steady. His last chemo treatment was a year ago in October. Time flies.

    We are also celebrating the first year anniversary of our church this Sunday! We will gather for a meal at 5:00 pm and then the regular meeting at 6:30 pm. We will also eat the Lord’s supper similar to what the early church did, as a regular meal. This will be new to all who gather together, different from the common way of celebrating it. I am looking forward to soliciting the thoughts, feelings, observations of those present in eating it this way and then explore 1 Corinthians 11.17-34 during a time of instruction.

  7. Bobby,

    Like you, I appreciate Bauckham’s reminder that the letters were addressed to actual churches addressing historical issues and that the prophecy of chapters 4-22 was addressed to them primarily. Too frequently interpreters ignore the historical setting and begin to read speculative things out of the book which it never intended to teach. Also key for interpretation is the recognition Revelation draws extensively upon OT imagery to convey God’s message to His servants.

  8. Ian,

    Praise the Lord, for Benjamin!

    Congrats on the church; your celebration sounds really great!

    Yes, if and when you read Bauckham the OT provides the inescapable trajectory for the book of Revelation. This is one of things that becomes inescapable for the honest reader of the book of Revelation. Also, the usage and appeal to other Jewish-Christian traditions by John help to bring some of the apocalyptic language and its usage (like Beast, etc) into proper perspective and relief. Likewise the use of ‘gematria’ (the symbolsim of numbers etc), and other techniques and patterns (like the number 7, 4, multiples of ten etc) won’t allow (IMO) for anything but at least an amil understanding. You would benefit greatly from delving into Bauckham’s books (Climax is much more technical, but an awesome read!).

  9. We are thankful, Bobby, that his sight has not diminished but we still call out to our God to heal his sight completely by removing the tumor. We are ever reminded of its presence even though his sight has held steady. Please keep him in your prayers.

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