Noon Hour Prayer

Halley’s “Bible Handbook:” an overview of Genesis is offered, simply. For Psalm 28, Prof. Calvin notes that David “leads” his readers in praise. Zondervan Pictorial Bible: “Isaac:” comments on Abraham, Isaac and Jacob being alive and the elect being seated with them. ISBE on “Leviticus:” gloriously comments on the theology of Leviticus. Several themes emerge. The “Presence” of God is one major theme. For Genesis 20: Prof. Keil comments on the story of Abraham, Abimelech, and the sojourn in Kerah. For Judges 12.1ff., Prof. Keil deals with J and E in the story of Jepthah. For Isaiah 12.3-4, Prof. Henry comments on this “Song of Praise.” ISBE on Johannine Theology, Prof. I. Howard Marshall comments on “eternal life.” For Mathew 10.5-15, Prof. Jamieson discusses the missionaries’ rules of engagement. If they accept you, good. If not, shake off the dust from the feet. For Romans 7, Prof. Hodge gives an overview and analysis of 7.14-25. For Acts 2.1ff., Prof. Henry discusses the time and place of the gathered disciples awaiting Pentecost. Frederick Copleston’s “History of Philosophy: Greece and Rome (1.1):” Protagoras, the Sophist, is discussed. EDT: “Abraham Kuyper:” discusses “common grace” and “sphere sovereignty.” For Systematic Theology (locus 2), Prof. Hodge hosts Hume’s and Kant’s obiter dicta, dogmatic dicta, over the teleological argument. Ich theologie of Hume and Kant’s repressions. For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond discusses “creatio ex nihilo.” For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Berkhof locates locus 2 in relation to the other loci. The other loci are, properly, under the penumbra of locus 1 and locus 2. ODCC: Hinchmar of Rheims (803-872): allegedly, an author of a biography of Remigius. For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (1-100) Prof. Schaff describes the Baur school of Peter versus Paul in Acts 15 and Galatians 2. For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff describes the backdrop to “torture” in the Graeco-Roman period. Just awful. For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff describes the theo-political parties of Geneva. For Dr. Cranmer, Prof. MacCulloch comments on the tenuous but surviving relationship between Dr. Cranmer, Bucer, Capito and Strassburg, a softer approach towards the Lutherans yet without fully embracing them. For the Creeds of Christendom, Vol. 1, Prof. Schaff describes the Eucharistic theology of the Formula of Concord, 1577. 1994 CCC: our infallibilists in paragraphs #690 describes the title of the Holy Spirit. Westminster Confession of Faith 10.1: CHAPTER 10 Of Effectual Calling 1. All those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, he is pleased, in his appointed and accepted time, effectually to call, by his Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death, in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation, by Jesus Christ; enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God, taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them a heart of flesh; renewing their wills, and, by his almighty power, determining them to that which is good, and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ: yet so, as they come most freely, being made willing by his grace.