Tackling Tradition 95: Kat Boan Vs. Paul (On Baptism)

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One can’t help but notice she demands a prooftext without any exposition of the text.     Yet embedded in her own meme are 3 statements that are intended to inform us of what she believes the text to mean.   It (her prooftext) doesn’t say, “Christ sent me primarily to preach the Gospel. It does not say, “Baptism is important, just not the center of my ministry. It does not say, “Christ sent me to preach AND water baptize.” One the one hand, “I don’t need a paraphrase explaining what you think Paul meant,” yet on the other, she provides 3 statements that form either 3 short, one sentence  paragraphs or 3 short statements that form a single paragraph.   It’s obvious that she engages in the very behavior she herself eschews from any who dare challenge her.   Why should anyone take her seriously?     She’s just another tantruming child testing people’s alleged biblical/theological illiteracy/ignorance as if she is in possession of ...
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Tackling Tradition 11 - Rainbow Bright

This is the time of year in which the chattering class reminds everyone that the rainbow is a symbol of God’s promise not to destroy the world by way of a Flood.  Any references to it as a symbol of unity & diversity are overlooked, censored, and/or just plain forbidden.  

The rainbow is far more than that.  It represents God’s battle bow turned upward because He would rather destroy Himself than fail His promises.  It also symbolizes God’s aegis, His own instrument of protection that prophesied over us all, reminding us of His aegis & that we ourselves, as lights in the world, are His aegis. 

God’s covenant is both cut in love & underwritten by love.  Love liberates & protects (1 Corinthians 13). 

The rainbow also symbolizes unity & diversity within the terms of the covenant itself.  How so? The terms of the covenant are with **all living beings** not just with a subset of them.

The text repeats those terms five times - yet somehow the only takeaway people seem to get is that it symbolizes God’s promise not to destroy us all by watery means. 

Genesis 9:8–17 (ESV): Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

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