On Thursday mornings, several men from our church meet at 6:30 am for what we call a theological discussion group. We have read a variety of theological texts that have included The Gagging of God by D.A. Carson, Let the… Read More ›
Salvation
The importance of the resurrection
In the Sunday school class I teach we are studying 1 Corinthians. As I work my way through chapter 15, I have become more and more impressed on how Paul’s treatise on the message of the gospel and the doctrine… Read More ›
Δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ and N. T. Wright
Noted Greek scholar Dan Wallace has recently posted an essay on the New Testament expression “righteousness of God” (δικαιοσυύνη θεοῦ) as found in Romans. In the essay Wallace is critical of N. T. Wright’s recent work titled Justification which was… Read More ›
Happy Reformation Day!
Today is the anniversary of Martin Luther posting his 95 theses on the castle church doors at Wittenberg, Germany in 1517, starting a chain reaction leading to the Reformation. This year also marks the 500 year anniversary of the birth… Read More ›
Wayward children: Backslidden or unregenerate?
Those of us who have pastored for a while can attest to the anguish of parents who have raised their children in church only to have them denounce their faith as adults. These are kids who had gone to Sunday… Read More ›
The sorrow of sin
It is one of those popular bible trivia questions and it goes like this: “What is the shortest verse in the bible?” The answer is then given: “John 11:35; Jesus wept.” What is rarely asked is, “Why did he weep?”… Read More ›
Don’t be eaten alive
Local churches are always on the alert from those who would perpetrate false teaching and division in the body and in the New Testament it is a recurring warning. As I am working through Galatians in Sunday school, we see… Read More ›
John Piper/N.T. Wright debate
Over at Denny Burk’s blog, Burk has posted an audio file of a discussion regarding the John Piper/N.T. Wright debate. Held at Boyce College, Burk hosted the discussion that included Tom Schreiner, Mark Seifrid, and Brian Vickers. These men responded… Read More ›
Spurgeon on pastoral ministry
I am reading Iain Murray’s book, The Forgotten Spurgeon and found two quotes very telling about the nature of pastoral ministry. Spurgeon in today’s church would have been considered very successful. He had a large church and an extensive writing… Read More ›
John Owen on sin
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 ›
God Incarnate 