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• Moo commentary on Colossians and Philemon

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on March 25, 2009 • ( 2 )

  I recently purchased Doug Moo’s new commentary, The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series by Eerdmans and have appreciated reading the first 100 plus pages. Moo is an excellent New Testament scholar… Read More ›

• Christ, and him crucified

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

  Today I was working through 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 and was challenged once again regarding my charge as a preacher of the gospel. Paul is reminding the Corinthian church about how he conducted himself when he first came to the city…. Read More ›

• John Owen on sin

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on March 10, 2009 • ( 2 )

  It has been said that the Puritans were “physicians of the soul” and when you read them you quickly realize that they understood the frailties of human nature. Perhaps no Puritan writer is as well known as John Owen and… Read More ›

• Here is love…

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on March 8, 2009 • ( 0 )

  This morning I preached a sermon from 1 John 4:7-12 and was reminded, along with all the sheep, that my relationship with God is in no way based on my love for him but on his love for me. John… Read More ›

• Samuel Davies on being fitted for heaven

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

  As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am again reading Iain Murray’s book Revival and Revivalism. Murray notes how Martyn Lloyd-Jones said that Samuel Davies was “the greatest preacher” that America ever produced (p. 3). Davies was a pastor… Read More ›

• The shepherd’s greatest worry: wolves

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 24, 2009 • ( 3 )

  A few pastor friends and I are working on a book dealing with the challenges of pastoring smaller churches. In preparation for one of the chapters that I am writing, I came across an interesting online article titled “Protection Dogs… Read More ›

• Our salvation: It pleased God!

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 19, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Paul in Galatians 1:15 gives us a theological explanation as to the reason for our salvation. Paul is discussing how God saved him and called him to preach the gospel. It is an amazing treatise on the sovereignty of God… Read More ›

• What a gracious God

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

  Today I was working through 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 and I came away with another reminder of the amazing grace of God. For all the troubles in this first century church, Paul addressed them as “the church of God which is… Read More ›

• A tribute to Dr. Harold Hoehner

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 12, 2009 • ( 0 )

  I just learned that Dr. Harold Hoehner went home to be with his Lord today, February 12, 2009. There is a wonderful tribute to him posted on the Dallas Theological Seminary website that I hope you will read. Dr. Hoehner… Read More ›

• This present evil age

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 10, 2009 • ( 0 )

  I’m preparing to teach the Epistle to the Galatians in Sunday school, and as I worked through the first chapter, I was taken aback by a simple observation that I made in the text. Paul, at a very early stage… Read More ›