Recent Posts
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A challenge to pastors
Dan Wallace on his blog, The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, reviewed the excellent book by Craig Blomberg, Can We Still Believe the Bible. In his book Blomberg was addressing Bart Ehrman’s comments on various textual readings… Read More ›
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The Covid-19 Vaccine is the Mark of the Beast? Stop this foolishness!
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Paid in full! A look at “It is finished” in John 19:30
As he hung on a cruel Roman cross late Friday afternoon some 2000 years ago, Jesus, “knowing that all things had already been accomplished,” declared, “I am thirsty” (John 19:28). Although fully God, he was also fully human and therefore… Read More ›
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Concerning his Son…who was declared the Son of God (Rom 1:3, 4)
I have been meditating on the resurrection of Christ in anticipation of Good Friday and Easter services. As I did my mind was brought back to that unusual expression of Paul in the first chapter of his letter to the… Read More ›
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Love those grants!
Anyone who has had the pleasure of filling out FAFSA forms for their college or their children’s financial aid, knows the difference between a grant or a loan. A grant is a gift. It need not be paid back. Now… Read More ›
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When will I stop sinning?
One of our great desires as Christians is to be free from our sin. We know that we have been freed from the penalty of our sin (Rom 8:1). We also know that we have been freed from the power… Read More ›
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“Behold your God!” Hubble’s view of the universe
The Hubble Deep Field image of a small section of the universe might help you begin to appreciate the size of creation. Over the course of 10 consecutive nights in December of 2004, Hubble took an image of a very… Read More ›
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“Behold, the Lamb of God”
As I continue preaching through the Gospel of John, I am awestruck once again by the simple, yet elegant words of John the Baptist in 1:29: “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” We… Read More ›
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“The only begotten?” (μονογενής): A quick revisit
I am preaching through the Gospel of John in 2021 and in the first chapter we are introduced to two uses of the adjective μονογενής (1:14, 18). Both uses present a challenge to the interpreter: And the Word became flesh,… Read More ›
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“Does he make you shake?”
I am preparing notes for a three week course on angels for the Grace Bible Institute, and was working through the fact that angels (both good and evil) express the characteristics of personality. In particular, they possess what is generally… Read More ›
Featured Categories
Books ›
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Embracing Shared Leadership – follow up
September 6, 2017
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A Model for Local Church Leadership
September 5, 2017
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Cornelius Plantinga’s excellent book on the nature of sin: “Not the Way it’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin”
August 29, 2017
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“The gospel…by which your are saved” 1 Cor 15:1-2
February 16, 2017
Christ ›
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The “God of Christ”
February 27, 2017
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What was from the beginning: John 1:1 and the purpose of the Incarnation
June 11, 2014
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Born again or from above?
May 9, 2014
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A note on ἐφάπαξ: Once for all!
May 4, 2011
Church ›
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The church: a called out people? or ἐκκλησία: a case study in root fallacy
May 27, 2018
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Church attendance: the growing sin in churches
December 28, 2017
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Hellerman – follow up #2
September 8, 2017
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Unity in a church: a sign of love and maturity
May 21, 2017
Greek ›
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Paid in full! A look at “It is finished” in John 19:30
April 3, 2021
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Recapturing our first love: An examination of πρῶτος
May 8, 2020
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Dragged to salvation? An examination of John 6:44
May 6, 2020
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Καταργέω and the Law: Nullified or not?
April 22, 2018
New Testament theology ›
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Schnelle (again) on the Atonement in Pauline thought
August 10, 2011
Publications ›
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Raised saints at the cross or Sunday morning? Matthew 27:50-53
February 3, 2018
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“I make known to you the gospel” (1 Cor 15:1a)
June 11, 2016
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New Greek Grammar by Dr. Rod Decker
August 30, 2012
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Pillar NT Commentary series: the difficulty in finishing a series first
June 23, 2012
Salvation ›
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God’s purpose based on election
May 23, 2014
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Colossians 1:14: A note on ἀπολύτρωσις
August 29, 2012
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ῥύομαι – That other word for saved!
August 27, 2012
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“False Conversions: The Suicide of the Church.”
April 12, 2012
Shepherding ›
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Princeton and Tim Keller in the Land of Oz
March 23, 2017
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Kurt and Todd
May 8, 2015
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New Book: The Trellis and the Vine
January 31, 2011
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A New Affection
July 1, 2010
Theology ›
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“Just as if I’d never sinned” – Please don’t preach this
July 2, 2020
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The Deep Things of God by Fred Sanders
May 12, 2014
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Udo Schnelle on Paul’s doctrine of election
July 31, 2011
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A warning from the past regarding Neology
April 14, 2011