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Through New Eyes

by rosclarke @ 2007-03-28 - 10:55:45

I thought I'd done a proper blog about this before, but it seems not.

This is a book to read if you want your eyes opened and your mind expanded. This is a book to read if you're concerned about taking every thought captive for Christ. This is a book to read if you want to start to see things the way the Bible portrays them. This is a book to read if you feel bogged down in the world's way of thinking and you're looking for a way out.


Through New Eyes
James Jordan

You probably won't agree with every conclusion Jordan makes, but you'll have learned more things you didn't realise you didn't know than you thought possible. You'll read the bible through new eyes and you'll look at the world, yourself, and our great God through new eyes too.

Okay, here's a bit I just read that will illustrate the way Jordan works:

Why is this shell [i.e. the firmament described in Genesis 1] called “heaven”? Because the phenomena that appear in the sky are signs and symbols of things in the original heaven. Clouds remind us of God’s glory cloud. Rainbows remind us of the rainbow around His throne. Stars speak of angels. The sun speaks of Christ. The blue speaks of the heavenly sea before the Throne. And so forth.

I shall never look upwards to the heavens in the same way again!

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Tim [Visitor]
http://bfsmoms.blogspot.com/
28/03/07 @ 11:19

I've never heard of Jordan. Could you compare him to any of my favorites: Lucado, Piper, Pink, Spurgeon, Ryle? Or, is he in a class all by himself? :)

rosclarkerosclarke [Member]
28/03/07 @ 11:33

I don't really know who to compare Jordan to. He's trying to do something slightly different to the guys you mention, I think, but he certainly comes out of the same Reformed school of thought. Think Vern Poythress or Meredith Kline, or Puritan commentators. Or as I read him I'm reminded often of rabbinic midrash. The label that's been given to Jordan's school of interpretation is 'interpretive maximalism'. I have a blog post about this somewhere that I'll try to dig up for you.

Angie [Visitor]
http://bloggin-dazs.blogspot.com
28/03/07 @ 11:47

Yes, "Through New Eyes" is a fantastic book. FYI, Athanasius Press is just starting a "Through New Eyes" commentary series; Jeff Meyers' "A Table in the Mist" on Ecclesiastes is the first in the series. See here: http://tinyurl.com/yolcqg

Jordan is an excellent speaker as well as writer; you can download many of his lectures here for a few bucks each: http://www.wordmp3.com/search.asp?speaker=Jordan

And, as you probably know, you can read his past newsletters (for free) here:
http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/

Reg Barrow [Visitor]
http://www.swrb.com/
31/03/08 @ 14:14

A recent refutation of James Jordan can be found in the free MP3 series, "Liturgical Antinomianism," by Brian Schwertley beginning at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=316081559532

We (Still Waters Revival Books) also include free resources refuting James Jordan at "Reformation Worship, the Regulative Principle, Iconoclasm, etc. (Against Arminianism In Worship)" on the web at
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/freebook/refworsh.htm

In particular please see my free article "A Warning Against the False and Dangerous Views of James Jordan Concerning Worship: A Book Review of Kevin Reed's Canterbury Tales" at http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/BlastJJ.htm (or as a free MP3 at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=71005155258 ) and Kevin Reed's free book "The Canterbury Tales" at http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/Canterbu.htm

John Owen's "Concerning Liturgies And Their Imposition - Puritan/Reformation Worship Vs. Innovations of Antichrist/Rome And Her Harlot Daughters" is also free in MP3 format beginning at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=31708116598

rosclarkerosclarke [Member]
01/04/08 @ 13:57

They were making MP3's of John Owen?!?! Why did it take so long for everyone else to catch on?

Readers of this blog and my post above will not need telling what I think of the resources Reg has linked to. But it's always good to hear the other side, I suppose.

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