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• Paul’s kindred spirit

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on October 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  People often use the expression “kindred spirit” to describe that one person in their life who gets them. In Philippians 2:20 Paul writes of Timothy, “For I have no one else of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for… Read More ›

• Salvation and suffering: Both a gift from God?

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on October 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  I am preaching through Paul’s epistle to the Philippians and this past Sunday we looked at 1:27-30. Paul is writing from prison (1:7, 13, 17) and the Philippians had sent a love offering to support Paul and the gospel ministry… Read More ›

• “Just as if I’d never sinned” – Please don’t preach this

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on July 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Normally, I don’t say much when I hear Christian clichés from the pulpit or elsewhere in church, but there is one popular saying that causes me agita (you’ll have to look that up). It is when the preacher attempts to… Read More ›

• Recapturing our first love: An examination of πρῶτος

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on May 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The church at Ephesus was commended by the Lord Jesus in Revelation 2:2-3 for four things. He commends them for their faithful service (2:2a), for rejecting evil men (2:2b), for exposing false apostles (2:2c), and for their steadfast endurance (2:3)…. Read More ›

• Dragged to salvation? An examination of John 6:44

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on May 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  One of the most prevalent examples of a Greek word study gone wrong is what James Barr called, “illegitimate totality transfer.” In this example, the entire semantic range of a term is applied in the use of that term in… Read More ›

• The growth of the kingdom: It’s automatic!

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  I’m working through Mark’s gospel for Sunday school this fall and I have been in chapters 3 and 4 the last week or so. In 3:23 Mark records that “Jesus began speaking to them in parables.” Then in chapter 4… Read More ›

• Allen Ross on how to approach the Psalms

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on December 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Allen Ross has spent 40 years studying the Psalms and the contribution of his three volume work, A Commentary on the Psalms totaling almost 3000 pages is a gift to the church. His words on how we approach the Psalms… Read More ›

• Timely advice when tempted

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on July 25, 2018 • ( 0 )

  This morning’s Morning and Evening by Charles H. Spurgeon is so practical and yet so simple. But when we are tempted we  can often lose our minds and be swept up and carried away to such a degree that we… Read More ›

• Loving God: A Brief Biblical Theology

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on July 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

  In his book, You Are What You Love, James K. A. Smith declares that all aspects of life and culture follow certain patterns or “liturgies.” These patterns, these daily habits, end up forming our loves in ways we might not… Read More ›

• Alexander MacLaren on “The destruction of Fortresses”

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on June 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  I am preaching this morning on 2 Corinthians 10:1-6. In verses 4-6 Paul writes, 4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty… Read More ›