We Were In Bondage

I forgot to mention that last week I posted the second post in the series on redemption at Out of the Ordinary. This post looks at three ways the unredeemed person is in bondage.

• We Were in Bondage to the Power of Sin
• We Were in Bondage to Satan
• We Were in Bondage to the Legal Ramifications of Our Sin

Read all of Redemption: From What Are We Redeemed? for a short explanation of each of these points.

This Week in Housekeeping

Here are the Theological Term posts that I’ve updated recently:

idolatry

• Added a link to New City Catechism’s What is idolatry?

ordo salutis

• Removed a dead link.
• Added related link historia salutis.

sin

• Added a link to New City Catechism’s What is sin?

hell

• Fixed the link to GotQuestions.org’s Is Hell Real? Is Hell Eternal?
• Removed dead link.
• Added a link to Tim Challies’ The Essential: Hell

impeccability

• This is a really old theological term post, so it needed lots and lots of updating to make the formatting right.
• Removed a dead link.
• Added a link to Bruce Ware’s Illustrating the Impeccability of Christ: Could Not vs. Would Not.
• Added a link to Arthur Pink’s The Impeccability of Christ.
• Added a link to Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry’s Impeccability.
• Added related terms active obedience of Christ, deity of Christ, federal head, humanity of Christ, incarnation, last Adam.

Round the Sphere Again: Questions about Jesus Christ

His Glorified Body
Steve Hays examines the New Testament narrative accounts of Christ’s appearances after the resurrection. What can they tell us (or not tell us) about his glorified body — and glorified bodies in general?(Triablogue).

His Earthly Family
Why did Jesus distance himself from them during his ministry? (D. A. Carson at For the Love of God.)

His Sinlessness
Why couldn’t Christ sin? Why didn’t he sin? Do those two questions have the same answer? Bruce Ware says no. (Quoted by Andy Naselli.)