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We’re related to Lady Jane Grey

Kinda. Well maybe not. It’s either Lady Jane Grey or Jane Seymour (King Henry VIII’s 3rd wife and the mother of King Edward VI). If you trace back in Rowena’s (David I’s only wife and the mother of Samuel I) family tree you’ll find that she is actually related to one of Lady Jane Grey or Jane Seymour’s “ladies-in-waiting“. I can’t remember which one. But anyway Rowena is related to the Royal Family!! Kinda.

this is a famous painting of her execution in 1554

Why am I sharing all this??? Well, being reasonably familiar with these characters in English history, I was really glad to have the Proclamation of Lady Jane Grey as Queen in 1553 as the document in today’s Church History exam! Yessss. She was only Queen for 9 days until Queen Mary I assumed the throne. Although not directly involved, Jane was implicated in some riots in January 1554, and was subsequently executed. She lived a tragically short life, however from the things I’ve read, I’m encouraged that Lady Jane Grey seemed to be a genuine Christian.

We’re going to watch the movie when Row gets home from Bible study.

ps – the document we were given spelt her surname with an ‘a’. it should have been an ‘e’

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Listen to Church History Lectures at Double Speed

Check out this post from May. It links to some great resources available via iTunes U. In particular there is a course on Reformation Church History – MP3’s and full manuscript.

thomas cranmer

If you happen to be studying for an exam for tomorrow they could be worth a look. To maximise your time, play them back at twice the normal speed. Two ways to do this:

  1. If you have an iPhone – there is a double/half playback feature when listening to Podcasts. Double it up!!
  2. VLC player. It’s the bomb. Download it. Install it. Then once you’ve opened the file click on “playback” in the menu and you can make it go as fast as your ears can handle!! (VLC is available for MAC and PC)

Warm fuzzy for the name of the English Reformer (above) martyred in 1556.

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Structure of 1 Corinthians

I’ve got an exam on 1 Corinthians on Monday. Here is a PDF of Ciampa & Rosner’s structure for 1 Corinthians (from a forthcoming commentary). It’s in the shape of a cross, not aiming to be tacky, just memorable. Hopefully some will find it helpful.

pic from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/629715

Not one of my class mates? Not really interested in the structure of 1 Corinthians? Start reading it here and/or check out the following sermons on the book:

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Moore College Exam Cram 09

It’s exam time. Last year I wrote a stack of posts as part of my prep. This year, I’m not sure if you’ll see any blog posts (other than this one) or not! However, yesterday I tried a little experiment on twitter. Here’s where it started: Yo #MTC Moore college peeps. Tweet what ur studying 2day & how ur encouraged by it. Use this hashtag thing: #MTCexamcram09 (from here). Check out the live feed below:

Here’s what I like about the experiment:

  1. I’m motivated to study because I see others studying
  2. There are gems among the quotes, reflections and bible verses being shared
  3. It’s a fun and maybe (?) useful way to use social media

Go join in if you’re using twitter and/or follow the live feed above – or here on twitter

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Illustrating the Cross of Jesus

This morning in MPJ’s Doctrine 2 class, we discussed the limitations of a number of popular illustrations for the explaining what happened at the cross of Jesus.

pic from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1227526

Here are 3 things I’ve been thinking since:

  1. We often stumble when the illustration involves discussion involving a father giving up the life of his son. Parallels are quickly made between God the Father and God the Son. I don’t know of any illustration that adequately explains the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. Therefore, one of the problems with these illustrations is that they’ve crossed into the impossible territory of illustrating the Trinity.
  2. For this reason, I think that it’s better to illustrate the love and sacrifice of Jesus with (albeit limited) examples of sacrificial love shown by other people. There’s the example of the husband who dies in the place of his bride (very different from this jerk) by putting himself in the line of the shark while on their honeymoon. There’s no need to allegorise the illustration so that the shark becomes a picture of God’s wrath or anything like that, but simply say that this is but a fraction of the love that Jesus has demonstrated at the cross.
  3. Don’t forget the Old Testament! Use it to illustrate the work of Jesus. About 10 years ago I heard Al Stewart explain the sacrificial system from Leviticus and used it to illustrate the work of Jesus – I’ve used a similar illustration quite a few times since. Another obvious example from the OT would be Isaiah 53 and the different images of Jesus the suffering servant.

What do you think?

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Moore College First Year Crew

I love these crazy cats. It’s our Moore College first year group (plus a husband, two wives, a fiancée and an increasing brood of children) from 2008. It’s 2009 and yes we still like each other. Maybe even love?? It’s at least a strong like!

moore college first year crew

Moore College is often caricatured as a cookie-cutting machine that produces identical looking graduates. Not true! No-one in this group is training to become an Anglican Pastor in Sydney. One family are from New Zealand and planning on returning next year. Two families are thinking about planting independent evangelical churches outside of Sydney. Two more are planning on working in the Anglican Church in the Armidale region. Another is hoping to work in German-speaking Europe. Some are studying for one year, three years and four years. One thing in common? We strongly like each other. AND love Jesus. Don’t know Jesus? Check him.

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