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• Enoch walked with God…

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on November 28, 2009 • ( 0 )

  My favorite Old Testament character is Enoch. We know so little of him yet we have so much to learn from him. Enoch made it into the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11:5!  The record in Hebrews tells us he was… Read More ›

• The importance of the resurrection

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on November 11, 2009 • ( 4 )

  In the Sunday school class I teach we are studying 1 Corinthians. As I work my way through chapter 15, I have become more and more impressed on how Paul’s treatise on the message of the gospel and the doctrine… Read More ›

• Δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ and N. T. Wright

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on November 2, 2009 • ( 3 )

  Noted Greek scholar Dan Wallace has recently posted an essay on the New Testament expression “righteousness of God” (δικαιοσυύνη θεοῦ) as found in Romans. In the essay Wallace is critical of N. T. Wright’s recent work titled Justification which was… Read More ›

• Happy Reformation Day!

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on October 31, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Today is the anniversary of Martin Luther posting his 95 theses on the castle church doors at Wittenberg, Germany in 1517, starting a chain reaction leading to the Reformation. This year also marks the 500 year anniversary of the birth… Read More ›

• 2012? 2009 has enough trouble of its own!

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on October 22, 2009 • ( 2 )

  The 2012 phenomenon that is prevalent in the popular culture holds to a series of cataclysmic events that will occur on the earth in 2012 ushering in the end of the world as we know it. These events are rooted… Read More ›

• God’s strong call

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on October 14, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Justin Taylor over at the Gospel Coalition has just posted a blog about the calling of John Piper into pastoral ministry. While it should be read by anyone considering pastoral ministry, it is a profitable read for any believer.

• The motive of repentance: love to God

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on October 12, 2009 • ( 4 )

  

     I am reading the book, The Doctrine of Repentance by the great Puritan writer, Thomas Watson. In it Watson gives six elements of true repentance: Sight of sin Sorrow for sin Confession of sin Shame for sin Hatred for… Read More ›

• The gospel that divides

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on October 6, 2009 • ( 0 )

  This morning I was studying Mark 13 in preparation for a sermon and was confronted with something that I must confess I give little thought to. Jesus had been “informed” by one of his disciples about the splendid stones and… Read More ›

• The Church’s relationship to the New Covenant

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on September 27, 2009 • ( 0 )

  This past week I attended the second annual “Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics” held at Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pa. This year’s theme revolved around the dispensational understanding of the new covenant. For those of you familiar with the… Read More ›

• The Hidden Smile of God

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on September 15, 2009 • ( 0 )

  A small group study I lead just began reading John Piper’s book, The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd. It is the second volume in  a series… Read More ›