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• 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 ›

• Revival and Revivalism

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 5, 2009 • ( 3 )

  I am re-reading Iain H. Murray’s book Revival and Revivalism: The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism 1750-1858. His book chronicles the work of God in America during the First and Second Great Awakening. Murray’s work exposes the erroneous view… Read More ›

• John Piper on Retirement

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 2, 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  John Piper is one of my favorite authors and his ministry makes vast amounts of his teaching and preaching ministry available at no cost. I recently became aware of a free online book available on his website Desiring God titled… Read More ›

• The New Evangelism

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on January 29, 2009 • ( 6 )

  Pastors are noticing a shift in this post-modern world regarding how churches view what used to be known as evangelism. Evangelism has been replaced by the generic and empty concept of “outreach.” There are many reasons for this but the… Read More ›

• What a promise!

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on January 25, 2009 • ( 1 )

  This morning I was preaching in 1 John 2 and I was struck right in the middle of the sermon with the reality of God’s unbelievable promise to me, a sinner from birth. In 2:18 John writes, “This is the… Read More ›

• Some thoughts about emperor worship

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on January 21, 2009 • ( 0 )

  I am currently teaching through the book of Revelation in Sunday school and this past week we were in chapter 17 which begins with John being invited by one of the seven angels who poured out the seven bowls to… Read More ›

• Temptation: A form of suffering

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on January 16, 2009 • ( 0 )

  We often don’t think of temptation as a form of suffering, but the New Testament does support such an idea. God calls us to himself in salvation and then calls us to live a godly life while still possessing our sinful… Read More ›