I will be preaching through the epistle of 1 John later this year and began studying through the book today. Immediately one is confronted with the expression in the first verse: “What was from the beginning.” The question calling for… Read More ›
Salvation
God’s purpose based on election
I spent the past week with a friend working through Romans 9:6-13 resulting in some animated discussion back and forth. When the dust settled, we came to an agreement on the outline of the passage and how it would be best… Read More ›
Born again or from above?
This week the students in my second year Greek Exegetical Methods class finished their final research paper and one of the two passages they could choose to write the paper on was John 3:1-8. One issue that the student must wrestle with is the… Read More ›
Colossians 1:14: A note on ἀπολύτρωσις
Students in my class were assigned to propose a short biblical theology defining redemption based solely on the content found in the book of Colossians. In other words, what is redemption based just on the epistle. It is a short… Read More ›
ῥύομαι – That other word for saved!
The New Testament often employs the verb σῴζω to describe several things including the saving of the soul from eternal destruction as well as for denoting the rescue or deliverance out of other difficult physical or temporal circumstances. It is… Read More ›
“False Conversions: The Suicide of the Church.”
Mark Dever preached a sermon titled “False Conversions: The Suicide of the Church” at the recent Together 4 the Gospel conference. It is well worth the time to listen to it. It is available below: http://t4g.org/media/2012/04/false-conversions-the-suicide-of-the-church/
Hoehner on “he chose us” (ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς) in Ephesians 1:4
I am completely reworking my notes on Ephesians as I prepare to teach through the epistle in Sunday school. As I was working through the great opening sentence (1:3-14), I was dealing with the verb “chose” (ἐκλέγομαι) in the expression… Read More ›
Good Friday: It is good to be reminded
If pastors are to have a favorite service of the year, mine is Good Friday. I cannot get my mind around the fact that not only did God become a man, but as the God-Man, Christ died for me. Our… Read More ›
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the new paganism
I am reading Iain Murray’s two-volume biography on D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. If I were to teach a class on pastoral ministry, I would make it required reading. Lloyd-Jones was in many ways, years ahead of his time. He pastored in… Read More ›
A sobering reminder: the fate of the unbeliever
I am almost finished working my way through 2 Thessalonians as I prepare to preach the epistle in a few weeks. I work on sermons several months before I preach them. I like to have studied a book completely before… Read More ›
God Incarnate 