This Week in Housekeeping

Some recently updated theological terms.

hyper-Calvinism

• Added links to Fred Zaspel’s Hyper-Calvinism and the Free Offer, Part 1, Part 2.
• Removed a dead link.

fall (of man)

• Added a link to Tim Challies’ The Essential: Fall
• Added a link to the Theopedia entry on the Fall.
• Added a link to A. A. Hodge’s Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof.
• Added a link to J. Gresham Machen’s The Fall of Man.
• Added related terms federal head, original sin, and sin.

Round the Sphere Again: Complementarianism

Scoring the Debate
Should complementarianism be acknowledged as a timeless biblical norm or rejected as an outdated cultural standard? Joe Carter summarizes the debate (The Gospel Coalition Blog). 

Reasoning from Scripture
Sarah Flashing argues convincingly that patriarchy was God’s plan for creation before he created: “Patriarchy delivers us to the cosmic chivalry that is the gospel” (The Center for Women of Faith in Culture).

Thankful Thursday

I’m thankful that God is all-knowing. I may be able to fool those around me, but God knows everything about me. I can’t hide my shortcomings and offences from him, so pretense is useless. There’s true freedom in that, especially since my all-knowing God is also a God who forgives, something else for which I’m also thankful. 

I’m thankful that because God knows everything, he can lead me and protect me and sanctify me. God knows what I need before I do, so he can answer my prayer before I ask it. He knows when I am in trouble and he has the power to deliver me. He knows where I am growing in sanctification and where I need more of his sanctifying work. God’s complete and infinite knowledge is a glorious thing! 

I’m thankful for seeds sprouted in the garden and a nesting flycatcher in the hanging flower basket on the front porch. I’m thankful for the promise of four little eggs—so far. I’m thankful that God sends the rain for the garden and provides for the birds of the air.  

I’m thankful for Thankful Thursdays, when I can post a few things I’m thankful for and read what others are thankful for, too.