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Author Archives: Bob McCabe
Distorting Another Good Verse: Proverbs 29:18
In the early years of my Christian experience, I heard some messages on Proverbs 29:18: “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he” (KJV; NASB also uses “vision”). The gist of … Continue reading
Bridging Exegesis and Theology: Ecclesiastes by Peter Enns
In this past fall semester and again in January, I had the opportunity to go through the book of Ecclesiastes. One of the benefits of my two recent excursions through this book was the opportunity to examine Enns’ 2011 commentary … Continue reading
Some Theological Effects from Theistic Evolution
Last week Dr. Carl Trueman had an informative post that touches on this spring’s Gospel Coalition conference. At this conference the issue of the historicity of Adam and Eve will be treated. With some key evangelical leaders embracing theistic evolution, … Continue reading
A Few Thoughts about the Creation Consultation Meeting at the 2012 Annual Meeting of ETS
On Wednesday, Nov 14, I attended the fifth meeting of the Creation Consultation at the 64th annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Milwaukee, WI. This year’s creation meeting was entitled, “Scripture, Geology & the Age of the Earth.” … Continue reading
America’s Violation of “You Shall Not Murder”: Abortion (Part 2)
With this entry, I will finish my previous post on “America’s Violation of “You Shall Not Murder.” Having looked at the Bible’s teaching on the sanctity of life, the next question we must ask is this: What does the Bible … Continue reading
America’s Violation of “You Shall Not Murder”: Abortion
Last week John Aloisi posted an informative entry on “Abortion and the Early Church.” With this post, and another to follow, I would like to focus on the Bible’s view of abortion. The thesis of this post and the next … Continue reading
Do I Answer a Fool? Or Do I not?
In Proverbs 26:4 we are commanded not to answer a fool, but in the very next verse we’re commanded to answer a fool. On the surface I am in a quagmire since both commands seem to be in conflict with … Continue reading
Response to Bill Nye the Science Guy
Recently I saw on MSNBC’s “Today’s Entertainment” a blog post titled “Bill Nye the Science Guy asks parents not to raise creationist kids.” Nye’s title, “the Science Guy,” comes from his popular science program for children, “Bill Nye the Science … Continue reading
How to Read a Psalm
When I have preached on a psalm in a church, some people have mentioned to me that they were familiar with a verse from the psalm but they had not thought about the passage’s overall message. I have often wondered … Continue reading
How Long Lord? Will You Forget Me Forever?
I have cried out with these words from Psalm 13:1a on a few occasions. How do I know that it is legitimate to apply this verse to my life? And what about other psalms? While there are many ways to … Continue reading
The Genre of the Psalms: Part 2
In yesterday’s post I noted that a familiarity with the basic genres of the Psalms can be a real aid in reading and understanding them. Today I will cover the last three categories. 4. Kingship and covenant psalms celebrate and affirm loyalty … Continue reading
The Genre of the Psalms
An aid in reading the Psalms is to be able to arrange them in literary categories or genres. Based on thematic elements that are shared between psalms and literary features, we can more precisely classify the lyric poems of the … Continue reading
Distorting Another Good Verse: Proverbs 29:18
In the early years of my Christian experience, I heard some messages on Proverbs 29:18: “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he” (KJV; NASB also uses “vision”). The gist of … Continue reading
Bridging Exegesis and Theology: Ecclesiastes by Peter Enns
In this past fall semester and again in January, I had the opportunity to go through the book of Ecclesiastes. One of the benefits of my two recent excursions through this book was the opportunity to examine Enns’ 2011 commentary … Continue reading
Some Theological Effects from Theistic Evolution
Last week Dr. Carl Trueman had an informative post that touches on this spring’s Gospel Coalition conference. At this conference the issue of the historicity of Adam and Eve will be treated. With some key evangelical leaders embracing theistic evolution, … Continue reading
A Few Thoughts about the Creation Consultation Meeting at the 2012 Annual Meeting of ETS
On Wednesday, Nov 14, I attended the fifth meeting of the Creation Consultation at the 64th annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Milwaukee, WI. This year’s creation meeting was entitled, “Scripture, Geology & the Age of the Earth.” … Continue reading
America’s Violation of “You Shall Not Murder”: Abortion (Part 2)
With this entry, I will finish my previous post on “America’s Violation of “You Shall Not Murder.” Having looked at the Bible’s teaching on the sanctity of life, the next question we must ask is this: What does the Bible … Continue reading
America’s Violation of “You Shall Not Murder”: Abortion
Last week John Aloisi posted an informative entry on “Abortion and the Early Church.” With this post, and another to follow, I would like to focus on the Bible’s view of abortion. The thesis of this post and the next … Continue reading
Do I Answer a Fool? Or Do I not?
In Proverbs 26:4 we are commanded not to answer a fool, but in the very next verse we’re commanded to answer a fool. On the surface I am in a quagmire since both commands seem to be in conflict with … Continue reading
Response to Bill Nye the Science Guy
Recently I saw on MSNBC’s “Today’s Entertainment” a blog post titled “Bill Nye the Science Guy asks parents not to raise creationist kids.” Nye’s title, “the Science Guy,” comes from his popular science program for children, “Bill Nye the Science … Continue reading
How to Read a Psalm
When I have preached on a psalm in a church, some people have mentioned to me that they were familiar with a verse from the psalm but they had not thought about the passage’s overall message. I have often wondered … Continue reading
How Long Lord? Will You Forget Me Forever?
I have cried out with these words from Psalm 13:1a on a few occasions. How do I know that it is legitimate to apply this verse to my life? And what about other psalms? While there are many ways to … Continue reading
The Genre of the Psalms: Part 2
In yesterday’s post I noted that a familiarity with the basic genres of the Psalms can be a real aid in reading and understanding them. Today I will cover the last three categories. 4. Kingship and covenant psalms celebrate and affirm loyalty … Continue reading
The Genre of the Psalms
An aid in reading the Psalms is to be able to arrange them in literary categories or genres. Based on thematic elements that are shared between psalms and literary features, we can more precisely classify the lyric poems of the … Continue reading