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• We are not in Kansas anymore

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

  Sometimes we pastors try to impress on our people the fact that not only is the world changing, but so too the church. There was a time in America where the church influenced the culture. Then came the modern world… Read More ›

• Open theism, free-will libertarianism, and evil

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on August 27, 2009 • ( 2 )

  If you are looking to challenge your mind and heart a bit, I encourage you to pick up the book I referred to in the previous post, Suffering and the Sovereignty of God. I have been reading through Mark Talbot’s… Read More ›

• God’s sovereignty even in our temptations

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on August 24, 2009 • ( 0 )

  I have just started reading the book, Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, a compendium of articles edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor. The first chapter, written by Piper, discusses ten aspects of God’s sovereignty over Satan. The eighth… Read More ›

• D. A. Carson on his (extra)ordinary dad

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on August 17, 2009 • ( 0 )

  I just finished reading D. A. Carson’s book, Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor. Carson has done the church a service with this book.   I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who said (a paraphrase I’m sure), “God must love the common man… Read More ›

• Learning Greek is cheap; relatively speaking

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on August 5, 2009 • ( 11 )

  My daughter is a biology major and will be a junior in college this fall. She just gave me the list of books she needs for class, and as usual, I was stunned. She gave me the titles and links… Read More ›

• Wayward children: Backslidden or unregenerate?

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on July 22, 2009 • ( 5 )

  Those of us who have pastored for a while can attest to the anguish of parents who have raised their children in church only to have them denounce their faith as adults. These are kids who had gone to Sunday… Read More ›

• Thomas Schreiner moves to premill view of Rev 20

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

  Thomas Schreiner, in a sermon on Revelation 20:1-15, has stated that his view of the millennium has switched from amillennial to premillennial as a result of his study of the passage. I just listened to the sermon and would recommend… Read More ›

• A note on μεταμορφόω

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on July 2, 2009 • ( 0 )

  I was preparing a message on Mark 9:1-13 this week and decided to track down the Greek term rendered “transfigured” in 9:2. The term μεταμορφόω is used only 3 other times in the NT: the parallel account in Matthew 17:2,… Read More ›

• Some thoughts about the cross

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on June 24, 2009 • ( 2 )

  This morning I was working in Mark 8, where, after extracting a confession from his disciples through Peter as to his identity (8:29) and then explaining his impending passion (8:31-32), Jesus addresses the multitudes along with the disciples regarding the… Read More ›

• Mark’s “Amazing” Gospel

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

  As I mentioned in an earlier post (5/22/09), I am preaching through Mark’s Gospel. As I am working my way through the book in sermon preparation, I have observed something that I would have never expected from Mark: a vivid… Read More ›