Evening Prayer (1662 Book of Common Prayer)

LECTIONS. John Calvin on the Psalms. ISBE: Genesis. Keil: Genesis. Keil & Delitzsch: Joshua. Matthew Henry: Isaiah. ISBE: Matthew. Jamieson, Fausset & Brown: Gospels. Romans: Prof. Hodge. Matthew Henry: Revelation. Prof. Hodge: Systematic Theology. Dr. Robert Reymond: Systematic Theology. Prof. Berkhof, Systematic Theology: Soteriology. Dr. Philip Schaff, Apostolic Christianity, Medieval Christianity, Swiss Reformation and Creeds of Christendom. EDT. CCC. Westminster Larger Catechism, 101. 

For Psalm 18, Prof. Calvin claims Psalm 18’s inscription indicates this was a Psalm later in David’s life. 

ISBE on Genesis: Prof. R. K. Harrison describes the glories of ANE archaeology in Ur of the Chaldees: Sumerian king list of the first dynasty (c. 2700 BC), temples, other structures, decorated columns, statues, burial sites with funerary objects, precious stones in jewelry and other things—an advanced culture

For Genesis 1: Prof. Keil debreeds the entanglements and unscientific exaggerations of facts in "geognosis" amongst the "geognostics," a few lovely neologisms by the Professor.

For Joshua 19, Joshua discusses land allocation to the tribe of Issachar. 

For Isaiah 5.8-17, Prof. Henry discusses those who call good evil and evil good. It’s the name-manipulation. Condemn the virtuous, run it down in others, and fasten epithets on it, e.g., Puritan, Reformed, Protestant, “Ultra Protestants,” “evangelical,” “fundamentalist,” and many more. More modern inventions, e.g. "liberals" for "dogmatic unbelievers in the academy" and "WOKE" for the more advance and awake over the sleepy old-timers, both efforts at self-flattery. Joe Biden just pulled such in a recent speech--the man is a born liar.

ISBE on Matthew: Dr. Dagner talks of the 70s or 80s as a date for Matthew, contravening Theophylact’s more sensible comment that Matthew was written 8 years after the ascension. The 40s is as reasonable as the speculative, 19th-21st century hypotheses full of perhaps and possibilisms. 

For Mathew 4.12-25, Prof. Jamiesson discuss Galilee as multi-ethnic and not of the more genteel as in Jerusalem, yet, Jesus establishes his base of operations in Capernaum.

For Romans, Prof. Hodge exegetes carefully Romans 1.20—all men know God’s divinity, Godhood, and infer His perfections. This is quite an OPPOSITE starting point than the 1994 Romish Catechism that flatters man’s mind, frankly, in a Thomist cut-out, while carefully yet hiding a certain giddiness. There are a few other bad whiffs too. We’re hawks on rabbits while watching the Curia. Prof. Hodge does his careful work here. 

For Revelation 13.1-10, Prof. Henry discusses the deputed beast, a hybrid-like land monster, with the head of a lion, feet of a leopard, etc. We hear of the depths of Satanic blasphemies inherent to him. 

In the Global Anglican, Dr. Jensen notes that the ecumenical air mattress has a slow leak and is flat. Ordination of females by Anglicans and others has put pressure on the leak. Add to that the ordination of sodomites and queer women to the clergy and bishops, e.g. the US Piskies, has deflated talks with the Greeks and Papists. But, happy chat in yoga centers still goes on as a matter of virtue signaling. But where does one find the true church? What denomination? What are the Biblical "marks" of the true church and where is it?

For Systematic Theology, Prof. Hodge lucidly and concisely presents Canonical Scriptures as God-inspired and as the source of the divine Self-Disclosure. 

For Theology Proper, Prof. Reymond establishes God’s immutability—God is infinite, eternal and “unchangeable.” Well, Mr. Process Theology, will you stop lifting the tail and venting your odoriferous gases or will you put a cork in it? 

For Soteriology, Prof. Berkhof puts the warm and hot perfectionists on ice in the freezer. Also, he notes that perfectionist variously, continually and slowly degrade the requirements of the moral law, a very good insight by the Professor. 

For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (0-100) Prof. Schaff discusses the two governorships of Quirinius, two separate times, and Luke’s reference of Luke 2.2 as referring to the first of the two. 

For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1049), Prof. Schaff finished the section of the “surface” Christianization of the Bohemians, Moravians, and Polish. Tonight, we'll begin the Christianization of Bulgaria.

For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff once again gets mud on his shoes, stepping in it, about Oswald Myconious’ “strict Calvinism.” Schaff is a soft Romanticist and it shows from time to time. He’s an historian, not a close reasoning exegete or systematician.

EDT on Process Theology: we get a song and dance with lyrical gobbledygook about God’s an actual “supreme entity” who’s not “exempt from the rules” while in change. Don’t drive that 1925 Ford Model-T of Grampa Bart Simpson, but drive that new version, the 750 BMW, by the Cool Dudes. God has changed. How cool is that? Bye, bye OT God. Even, bye bye to the NT God. We have that “new model,” suited to the times. Ask PB Mike Curry, former PB Hatey Kati Schori, and ABC Welby. cf. AnglicanWizards@CoolBros.com. Where is the true church?

For the Creeds of Christendom, Prof. Schaff notes the 500 obsequious and submissive Romish bishops who respond affirmatively to Pius 9’s invocation for an “Ecumenical Council” (minus the Greeks, the Russians, the Anglicans or the Protestants) of Vatican 1, 1870. Of note, many were invited and Prof. Hodge's declination letter is a model of gentlemanliness, scholarship and a clear witness to Pius 9, cardinals and bishops. Stellar stuff by Prof. Hodge. 

CCC: in #54, one hears of God “inviting” man to communion with God and “preparing” him for communion. Soon enough, we suspect we’ll hear the prevenient-grace angle without effectual calling or definite justification. Yep, standby. The predicates of Roman and Reformed Theology are fundamentally different.

Westminster Larger Catechism 101:

Q. 101. What is the preface to the Ten Commandments?

A. The preface to the Ten Commandments is contained in these words, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Wherein God manifesteth his sovereignty, as being JEHOVAH, the eternal, immutable, and almighty God; having his being in and of himself, and giving being to all his words and works: and that he is a God in covenant, as with Israel of old, so with all his people; who, as he brought them out of their bondage in Egypt, so he delivereth us from our spiritual thraldom; and that therefore we are bound to take him for our God alone, and to keep all his commandments.