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• “False Conversions: The Suicide of the Church.”

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on April 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Mark Dever preached a sermon titled “False Conversions: The Suicide of the Church” at the recent Together 4 the Gospel conference. It is well worth the time to listen to it. It is available below: http://t4g.org/media/2012/04/false-conversions-the-suicide-of-the-church/

• Provoking Israel to Jealousy

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on April 10, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Years ago I had the priviledge of taking a Greek elective on Romans from Dr Harold Hoehner when at Dallas Seminary. I remember vividly how, when he came to Romans 9-11, he used an illustration regarding jealousy. He would say,… Read More ›

• ἱκανός: I will never pass over you again!

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on December 23, 2011 • ( 2 )

  I have been busy for the past 7 weeks as my lack of posting clearly demonstrates. I ended up teaching a bit more than I anticipated this fall, and well, I am finally finished. I did enjoy my semester, but when… Read More ›

• D. A. Carson on Matthew’s genealogy

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on November 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

  In the near future I will be teaching through Matthew’s Gospel and this past week I was working through the genealogy in 1:1-17. Sometimes we tend to rush over this material like this, thinking that the good stuff is after… Read More ›

• Schreiner’s new commentary on Galatians

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on October 4, 2011 • ( 0 )

  I have been absent from blogging for the past 5 weeks. On top of being a pastor, I am teaching several courses this fall and simply could not justify any “free time.” Anyway, I caught a break this week because of a break in… Read More ›

• Be on guard against greed: A note on πλεονεξία

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on August 31, 2011 • ( 1 )

  I will be preaching through the Gospel of Luke and I was working my way through chapter 12.  In 12:15 Jesus says, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed.” The term “greed” is πλεονεξία and it is an… Read More ›

• Schnelle (again) on the Atonement in Pauline thought

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on August 10, 2011 • ( 3 )

  I mentioned in my previous post that I am reading Udo Schnelle’s Theology of the New Testament published by Baker. Schnelle has an interesting section dealing with Paul’s handling of the atonement in Romans 3:25-26a, specifically dealing with the difficulty of… Read More ›

• Udo Schnelle on Paul’s doctrine of election

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on July 31, 2011 • ( 0 )

  I am reading Udo Schnelle’s massive Theology of the New Testament published by Baker and translated into English by M. Eugene Boring. In chapter 6 Schnelle is addressing Paul as theologian and  he has a section titled, “The God who… Read More ›

• Brunelleschi’s Dome of Florence

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on July 30, 2011 • ( 0 )

  I was doing a little research on the land of my ancestors. Anyway, I came across a fellow named Brunelleschi who designed the dome of the church in Florence, the largest brick dome in the world. He was one of if… Read More ›

• A note on ὄγκος in Hebrew 12:1

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on July 5, 2011 • ( 0 )

  I just preached this past Sunday on Hebrews 12:1-3 and in verse 1, the author exhorts us to “lay aside” two things and to “run with endurance the race that is set before us.” The first verbal is an aorist… Read More ›