Recent content by Martin Marprelate

The guy leading the service does that. If it's myself, I know nothing about music and am utterly unqualified to be a 'song leader.' I announce the hymn, the guy on the keyboard plays the opening line or two, and off we go! It seems to work. The Lord gave some to be apostles, some to be...

We don't have a 'song leader.' All hymns are sung by the congregation.

Oh, sorry! I'm really not too fussed about when that church started.' Pentecost seems right to me, but I won't get in a fight about it. Our Lord, in Matt. 16:18, says "I will build My church," so I suppose it must have been at some point after that, otherwise He would have said, "I am...

Are you really saying that Gentiles were never under the law? Romans 1:18. 'For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men....' Proverbs 3:33. 'The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked...' Romans 2:9-10. '...Tribulation and anguish, on...

A church is the people described in Acts 2:41-47. They have gladly received the word of God, been baptized, and now they meet together, learning more of the faith, joining together in the Lord’s supper and in prayer, looking to each other’s needs, having joy in their hearts and praising God...

One of us does this, but I think you'll find it's you. There are so many Biblical texts that I could bring, the possibilities are endless. But maybe Numbers 25; Psalm 5:4-6; Romans 1:18ff; Rev. 19:11ff will do.

Trypho would teach you if you would let him. He would teach you why the cross is a stumbling block to the Jews. In that respect, he is a little like Abel: 'He, being dead, still speaks.' No. Paul is writing 'To the churches of Galatia: grace to you and peace.....' Grace and peace to whom...

God has said that the cross is a stumbling block to Jews. I think you should care about that. The question is, what does it mean that Christ redeemed us? And also, what is the 'curse of the law'? How did He redeem them, and what do you think is the blessing of Abraham? The point about the...

I think this supplies the answer, because if we truly love God as the text describes, we shall also delight in glorifying and worshipping Him, not to mention obeying Him and fearing Him. BTW, fearing God is always portrayed as something positive in the Bible (e.g. Prov. 1:7; Job 28:28; Acts 9:31).

Obviously, you don't care. But you should. @Anthony Pritchard is quite right. The Biblical text says that Christ crucified is 'To the Jews, a stumbling block' (1 Cor. 1:23): that is, it is something that keeps them from believing in Him. Why is that? Well, in the Dialogue with Trypho, we...

Ahem! 1 Cor. 6:20. 'For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body.' Christ has paid the price of our redemption. You have mixed up and consolidated verses you lifted out of the biblical text.

First of all, it was Trypho the Jew who said, "Whosoever is crucified is said by the law to be accursed," not Justin, unless you suppose that Trypho was a fictional character. Secondly, when Luke represents Peter and Paul as using the word xulon with reference to the cross (Acts 5:30; 10:39...

As usual, you miss all that is significant in the text. Stauros is the Greek word rendered 'cross' in the N.T., and you are right to indicate that crosses were made of wood. Wood, as you appear to know, comes from trees. So far so banal. But Deuteronomy 21:23 tells us that 'he who is hanged...

Do you not believe 1 Peter 2:24?

You just did it again! I accused you of eviscerating the text. To eviscerate is to rip the guts out of a creature. I accused you of butchering the text. To butcher an animal is to chop bits off it. That is what you keep doing to 1 Peter 2:24. The Lord Jesus 'bore our sins in His own body on...