Posts Tagged ‘ F.F. Bruce ’

The Spirit-Possessed Society

Sep 17th, 2009 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Creative Expressions

(This is a poem inspired by NT scholar F.F. Bruce’s description of the first Church in Jerusalem in the book of Acts. He dubbed them “the Spirit-possessed society.”)
I see a society, peppering the globe,
Through the lens of faith I’m permitted to probe,
Who are these ones, these fearless, ‘nothing-phobes’?
They rejoice like Paul, clinging like Job,
I see [...]

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Peccator Justus! Some Thoughts from Karl Barth’s Final Words

May 7th, 2009 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: The Kingdom of God

Peccator Justus!
“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.” -1 Tim. 1.15
The phrase “peccator justus” is Latin for, “justified sinner.” I am not a Latin expert, or anything close to one actually, but the two words are reverberating [...]

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