Great Lakes Christian College

ABSTRACTThe apparent tension between the moral codes of the Old and New Testaments constitutes a perennial problem for Christian ethics. Scholars who have taken this problem seriously have often done so in ways that presume sharp discontinuity between the Testaments. They then proceed to devise a system for identifying what is or is not relevant today, or what pertains to this or that particular social sphere. John Howard Yoder brings fresh perspectives to this perennial problem by refuting the presumption of intratestamental discontinuity. Throughout multiple scattered works on the Old Testament, Yoder offers a coherent and provocative narration that culminates in the way of Christ and establishes the ethical continuity of the entire biblical canon. This essay presents the basic parameters of Yoder's Old Testament narration, suggests points where revision is needed, and highlights several implications for social ethics.

EIGHT CARRIAGES, a sleigh and miscellaneous carriage accoutrements from the Royal Danish Stables were sold at auction at the Mews of Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen on 24 November 2007. The highest price was fetched by a black landau built in Russia and ornamented with the crowned royal arms of Denmark encircled by the Chain and Order of the Elephant. Five of the carriages three coupes, a landaulet and a milord were by the noted Copenhagen carriage maker, Henry Fife. The sleigh was a two-seater in the shape of a sea-shell and equipped with a snow shield. The Danish court continued to travel regularly by horse-drawn conveyance until the year 1912. Born in 1818, King Christian IX (reigned 1863-1906) rode in an automobile only once in his lifetime. This occurred in the vicinity of Frankfurt am Main on 26 July 1904, when the King rode with the director of the Adlerwerke factory at the wheel and his own Physician in Ordinary safely at his side.1 It was not a pleasant experience. Thereafter and until the death of his successor, the Danish court, when travelling on the highway, used horse-drawn vehicles or rode on horseback. Many carriages were required. Whenever the Queen left the palace, ladies-inwaiting followed in a carriage of their own. The royal family was active, and there were often visitors who needed a carriage as well as horses and coachmen, not least during family gatherings at the summer residence of Fredensborg Castle, north of Copenhagen. The six children of King Christian IX and Queen Louise were Queen Alexandra of Britain, Empress Dagmar of Russia, King Frederik VIII of Denmark, King George I of the Hellenes, the Duchess of Cumberland and Prince Valdemar of Denmark, who married Princess Marie of Orleans.2 The gigantic, high-spirited Tsar Alexander III relished the informality of these occasions as a relief from Russian court ceremony, and the children adored him. At the