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• God’s power through us: God’s work in bringing us to maturity through suffering

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on July 13, 2017 • ( 0 )

  I’ve been challenged about the role of suffering in the discipleship process. I have all kinds of questions going off in my head and this post will help me sort them out. It is a work in process for sure… Read More ›

• Bill Arp is with the Lord

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on July 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Sad news out of Clarks Summit, PA. Bill Arp, who has taught Greek at Baptist Bible Seminary for well over 40 years, went home to be with the Lord. Bill was a faithful witness of the gospel of Jesus Christ,… Read More ›

• Catching up on Verbal Aspect: 25 years later

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on June 30, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  My copy just arrived! Twenty five years ago, two scholars, Stanley Porter and Buist Fanning, working synonymously on their PhD dissertations at Cambridge and Oxford respectively, came to very similar conclusions regarding the nature of the Greek verb. They concluded… Read More ›

• The Great Exchange

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on May 26, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Without doubt, the most tragic exchange in history was that which took place when man rejected God in exchange for those things that the Creator God made: the earth, himself, and all other creatures. In the exchange, man set aside… Read More ›

• Unity in a church: a sign of love and maturity

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on May 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  This morning I preached on Ephesians 4:1-6 where I stressed that when unity is present in a local church, it is a mark of love and spiritual maturity. Conversely, when we find schisms, a lack of unity and division in… Read More ›

• Anger: How it destroys relationships

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on March 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  I am preaching through Ephesians and was reviewing Paul’s teaching on anger and it got me thinking about anger in my own life and how as a pastor I have seen anger’s consequences in relationships. And my observation is this:… Read More ›

• Princeton and Tim Keller in the Land of Oz

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on March 23, 2017 • ( 1 )

  When Dorothy awoke in the Land of Oz, she experienced a world completely different from what she knew. In a similar way, if B. B. Warfield, Charles Hodge, and Gresham Machen were transported to 21st century Princeton, NJ, they wouldn’t… Read More ›

• The “God of Christ”

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 27, 2017 • ( 0 )

  I was asked to look at two expressions in Ephesians 1:3 and 1:17 that speak of God as “the God…of Christ.” Here is my treatment which is not exhaustive nor finished. Perhaps it will serve as grist for the mill… Read More ›

• What exactly is a disciple? 6 characteristics

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  I have been thinking about the nature and goal of a disciple lately and I did a quick overview of the use of the term μαθητής in the New Testament. You can read it here.

• “The gospel…by which your are saved” 1 Cor 15:1-2

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 16, 2017 • ( 0 )

  I mentioned in an earlier post that I am working (slowly) on a theological exposition of 1 Corinthians 15 that I hope to have published one day. In that post I linked to an excerpt from 15:1-2. The rest of… Read More ›