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• The Local Church Deacon: A Brief Summary

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

  Here is a brief article I wrote on the local church deacon to supplement the mini-course on biblical eldership. Read it here.

• Escape…from the coming day of wrath

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 10, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Last week in our course on the Trinity at Grace Bible Institute, we discussed the wrath of God. Admittedly, we likely hear one sermon on the wrath of God for every 100 on the love of God. As the author… Read More ›

• A Lifting Up for the Downcast

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

    Many Hebrew scholars assert that Psalms 42 and 43 were at one time one Psalm given both the repeated content in Psalm 43 and that many Hebrew manuscripts contain them together in one psalm. In Psalm 42:5 and 11… Read More ›

• Separation … it has its benefits

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 3, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Solomon declared in Ecclesiastes 3 that there is a time for everything, including “a time to give birth and a time to die” (3:2). Birth and death encompass the full scope of human existence and it reminds us that we… Read More ›

• Ephesians 1:3: A Trifecta of Blessing

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

  I am preparing to preach through Ephesians later this year and was working my way through that great long Greek sentence found in 1:3-14. Immediately one’s attention is drawn to the opening verse in the section with its three different… Read More ›

• Philippians 1:6: The power of God to save … and sanctify.

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

  I have been working through some passages tonight and came across one of my favorite verses on the power of God. It has been said that believers are not called to great faith in God, but to faith in a… Read More ›

• Why should we study the doctrine of God?

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on December 31, 2016 • ( 0 )

  I came across these two quotes from A. W. Tozer in his book, Knowledge of the Holy, that express exactly why the pursuit of the knowledge of God is a worthy pursuit both for his glory and our benefit. He states, “I… Read More ›

• Leon Morris on Romans 5:8

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on December 31, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Leon Morris has this comment on Romans 5:8 regarding God demonstrating his love for us: But God’s love is greater: Christ did not die for good people, but for sinners. The cross is the means by which God demonstrates his… Read More ›

• Love is an action

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on December 31, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  I am working on my presentation for the next course on the Trinity and am dealing with God’s attributes, specifically his love. What is so interesting is that God rarely says to us, “I love you” but he leaves others… Read More ›

• The “heart” of the matter: καρδία

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on December 28, 2016 • ( 0 )

  As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve become preoccupied with 2 Corinthians 3:18 and the truth that we are in the process of being transformed into Christ’s likeness, a process that will culminate at death when sin is eradicated… Read More ›