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• Those pesky prepositions in compound verbs

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 3, 2011 • ( 1 )

  The significance of Greek prepositions in compound verbs is one of those issues in Greek studies where there is no real agreement. I read with interest Rod Decker’s blog where he offered a question in response to Dave Black’s post,… Read More ›

• New Book: The Trellis and the Vine

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

  Our elders have begun reading a new book titled, The Trellis and the Vine. The basic premise is churches are often buried in trellis work, the maintaining of the bureaucracy that often builds up around churches, and have little time for working… Read More ›

• New book on Bonhoeffer

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on December 30, 2010 • ( 0 )

  I am about a third of the way through a new book by Eric Metaxas, titled Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. I enthusiastically recommend the book. It is well written, well researched, and an easy read, even though it is… Read More ›

• Merry Christmas

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on December 25, 2010 • ( 0 )

  μορφῇ θεοῦ … μορφὴν δούλου (Phil 2:6-7)   Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord, late in time behold him come, offspring of a Virgin’s womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see: hail, the incarnate Deity, pleased as… Read More ›

• Prayer and God’s sovereignty

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on December 1, 2010 • ( 2 )

  I just picked up the festschrift in honor of John Piper titled, For the Fame of God’s Name. It is edited by Sam Storms and Justin Taylor and published by Crossway Books.  I have only read the first several chapters… Read More ›

• Loving people more than plants

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on November 11, 2010 • ( 0 )

  I have not posted for a few weeks for the simple reason that I have been too busy. I like posting and reading other people’s posts, but I have not done much of that either. In addition to pastoring a… Read More ›

• The Church with a godly reputation: Lessons to live by from the church of the Thessalonians

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on October 14, 2010 • ( 2 )

  In an age when the evangelical church is best known in the world by its philosophy of pragmatism, endless preoccupation with building larger and larger churches, division, leadership by polling data, as well as ungodly men running and ruining churches… Read More ›

• Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on September 28, 2010 • ( 2 )

  Last week I attended the Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics at Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pa where I presented a paper titled, “A Lexical and Exegetical Examination of οἰκονομία.” I have posted a slightly updated version of the paper… Read More ›

• Don’t put off Greek

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on September 9, 2010 • ( 2 )

  When I was young, my father tried to get me to eat tomatoes and peppers. I looked at them and said, “I don’t like them.” He said, “You will.” He was right. That analogy works pretty well with men training… Read More ›

• I thought I knew you

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on August 28, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Tomorrow morning I will finish preaching through the book of Job. Job waited for God to show up and vindicate him and when he did, God was not what Job expected. After God educated Job about his dealings in the… Read More ›