5 Feb 2013

If You Enjoyed the Halftime Show You Should Repent

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There, I’ve said it. OK, maybe (and I mean MAYBE) a case could be made that a mature believer could justify watching portions of the show as a means of cultural analysis and critique, but if a professing believer watched its totality as a means of entertainment or pleasure, then he or she has sinned...
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3 Feb 2013

Nestle-Aland 28 Review

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In a previous post I noted the publication of the latest edition of the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament, NA28. An excellent review of the new 28th edition has been produced by Peter Williams, Warden of Tyndale House. The textual changes come in the Catholic or General Epistles. This link will download a Word document listing the...
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1 Feb 2013

Equip and Encourage: Resolutions

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Dave Doran talks about making (and keeping) resolutions at the outset of a new year. He addresses what the book of James says about resolutions and goals, centering on the balance between our diligence and reliance on God’s sovereign control.
30 Jan 2013

Another Puzzler: Hos 11:1 in Matt 2:15

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If you’ve ever worked your way through Matthew’s gospel, looking up the Old Testament texts he cites, then you’ve surely puzzled over what he has to say about Hosea 11:1 in Matt 2:15. Matthew claims that when Jesus returned with his parents from Egypt he fulfilled Hosea’s line: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”...
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28 Jan 2013

On Reading Old Books: A Few Suggestions from the Fourth Century

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A couple of weeks ago I suggested that believers would benefit from occasionally reading older books. However, just because a work was written in a previous era does not mean that it’s necessarily worth reading today. In fact, far more old books exist that any one person could ever hope to read. So assuming the...
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27 Jan 2013

Greek Portal

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If you are interested in New Testament Greek, you might want to check out David Black’s New Testament Greek Portal. Here you will find information for beginners and experts alike. Dr. Black is Professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and some of his students are continuing to build the...
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25 Jan 2013

Interview with Chris Anderson: Writing Hymns

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Dave Doran sat down with Chris Anderson recently and asked him about pastoral ministry and modern hymn writing for the church. Chris served as church planter and pastor at Tri-County Bible Church in Madison, OH, from 1998 until just a few weeks ago. He recently assumed the role of senior pastor of Killian Hill Baptist...
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23 Jan 2013

Union with Christ or Justification as the Heart of the Gospel?

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The recent tiffs over the role of personal obedience and activity in sanctification is symptomatic of a much deeper theological struggle that has intensified in the last decade, viz., the definition of union with Christ and the relationship of that union with justification in a Reformed ordo salutis. The debate has long pitted against each...
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21 Jan 2013

Some Theological Effects from Theistic Evolution

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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, it has become a prominent topic, so this should be an interesting discussion. Drs. Al...
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19 Jan 2013

On Having No Creed but the Bible

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I just finished reading a marvelous little tome by Carl Trueman, The Creedal Imperative, and cannot help but exclaim its merits. It is, in a word, an apologetic for the discipline of systematic theology, but more than this, an apologetic for publicly chronicled and shared systematic theology, subscription to which serves as the standard of...
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