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ἀφθαρσία and Paul’s benediction: Loving Christ with an incorruptible love?
I just finished the PowerPoint for the Ephesians course in the Grace Bible Institute this fall and the last verse has been preoccupying me a bit. Paul concludes the letter with a benediction in 6:24, writing “Grace be with all… Read More ›
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Καταργέω and the Law: Nullified or not?
One of the most confusing aspects of the Christian life is the relationship of the believer to the Law. Believers seem split between those who say the Law is binding for the believer, at least the moral law or 10… Read More ›
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Tyndale Fellowship Conference 2018
Every summer Tyndale House holds this conference. I can’t wait till next summer when I will be able to attend. Check out the seminars, papers, and who will be presenting! https://sites.google.com/view/tyndalefellowship
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The wisdom of Mr. Spock
In the original Star Trek Series, Spock is driven to return to Vulcan to take a wife, a woman named T’Pring who was promised to him from boyhood. When he arrives, he finds that she is not what he thought… Read More ›
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Raised saints at the cross or Sunday morning? Matthew 27:50-53
Matthew 27 contains one of the strangest events in the New Testament. As Jesus Christ hung on the cross, he “cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit” (27:50). And as he died, several startling events… Read More ›
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Dan Wallace: 15 Myths about Bible Translation
Here is an helpful article on the top myths regarding Bible translations from one of the most preeminent Greek scholars in the world. In typical Wallace fashion it is clear and very scholarly yet written in a way that is… Read More ›
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Masquerading as an Angel of Light: An example of lexicography and semantic range
Within the discipline of New Testament Greek, there are various subsets: lexicography, textual criticism, grammar, syntax, and exegetical methodology to name a few. In reference to lexicography, basically, the practice of compiling dictionaries, the Greek student must deal with the… Read More ›
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Contradictory truth? No problem!
I will be preaching through 2 Corinthians in 2018 and this morning as I was working through 11:1-6, it struck me that churches that can hold multiple theologies in tension are not anything new. Paul needed to correct the Corinthian… Read More ›
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Church attendance: the growing sin in churches
Several years ago, I stopped by a pastor friend of mine in the suburbs of a major city. It was a church of 2,400 people and he was one of six or seven pastors. When he gave us a tour… Read More ›
Featured Categories
Books ›
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Embracing Shared Leadership – follow up
September 6, 2017
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A Model for Local Church Leadership
September 5, 2017
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Cornelius Plantinga’s excellent book on the nature of sin: “Not the Way it’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin”
August 29, 2017
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“The gospel…by which your are saved” 1 Cor 15:1-2
February 16, 2017
Christ ›
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The “God of Christ”
February 27, 2017
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What was from the beginning: John 1:1 and the purpose of the Incarnation
June 11, 2014
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Born again or from above?
May 9, 2014
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A note on ἐφάπαξ: Once for all!
May 4, 2011
Church ›
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The church: a called out people? or ἐκκλησία: a case study in root fallacy
May 27, 2018
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Church attendance: the growing sin in churches
December 28, 2017
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Hellerman – follow up #2
September 8, 2017
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Unity in a church: a sign of love and maturity
May 21, 2017
Greek ›
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Recapturing our first love: An examination of πρῶτος
May 8, 2020
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Dragged to salvation? An examination of John 6:44
May 6, 2020
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Καταργέω and the Law: Nullified or not?
April 22, 2018
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Masquerading as an Angel of Light: An example of lexicography and semantic range
January 11, 2018
New Testament theology ›
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Schnelle (again) on the Atonement in Pauline thought
August 10, 2011
Publications ›
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Raised saints at the cross or Sunday morning? Matthew 27:50-53
February 3, 2018
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“I make known to you the gospel” (1 Cor 15:1a)
June 11, 2016
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New Greek Grammar by Dr. Rod Decker
August 30, 2012
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Pillar NT Commentary series: the difficulty in finishing a series first
June 23, 2012
Salvation ›
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God’s purpose based on election
May 23, 2014
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Colossians 1:14: A note on ἀπολύτρωσις
August 29, 2012
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ῥύομαι – That other word for saved!
August 27, 2012
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“False Conversions: The Suicide of the Church.”
April 12, 2012
Shepherding ›
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Princeton and Tim Keller in the Land of Oz
March 23, 2017
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Kurt and Todd
May 8, 2015
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New Book: The Trellis and the Vine
January 31, 2011
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A New Affection
July 1, 2010
Theology ›
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“Just as if I’d never sinned” – Please don’t preach this
July 2, 2020
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The Deep Things of God by Fred Sanders
May 12, 2014
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Udo Schnelle on Paul’s doctrine of election
July 31, 2011
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A warning from the past regarding Neology
April 14, 2011