Current Tunage: Mars ILL – Flirt With Fame
Rockin’ some Pirate Radio this morning, courtesy of the mighty mighty mars ill crew – dust and manchild grinnin’ big.

I’ll keep it brief, since I’m studying for my FINAL UNIVERSITY EXAM (on Shakespeare, if you’re curious). I thought this “Ask Pastor John” video was brilliant. I mean, the issue at stake (what’s relevant?) has been resolved in my mind for awhile, but I hadn’t really figured out just how that had happened – Piper illuminates:

1. What is tied to creation? It has abiding value.
2. What is carried across all of scripture? It has abiding value.
3. What is related to the gospel? It has abiding value….

Whatever doesn’t fall into these categories, generally, can be considered cultural in PRACTICE, but useful to us in PRINCIPLE.

4. What OT is rendered obsolete by the NT?

Such things, of course, are obsolete – still useful to consider with regard to their OT context, but no longer required of us (ie. animal sacrifices, circumcision).

As he notes, this deals with the majority of “culturally relevant?” questions.

Thoughts? Opinions?