15
Mar
2022
Sinclair Ferguson on Why You Should Come to the DBTS Rice Lecture Series
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Ok, the title of this post is a bit misleading. The following quote from Sinclair Ferguson is not directly about the Rice Lecture this Friday, but it is about the book Dr. Joel Beeke co-authored on pastoral criticism, which focuses on the same topic as the lecture for this Friday. The following is from Ferguson’s... Read More
11
Mar
2022
Leadership Vision
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Anyone who has read, listened to, or studied contemporary leadership theories knows that vision is touted as “the essential ingredient for successful leadership” (Hyatt, The Vision Driven Leader, p. 21). If you are among my older readers you may have endured the misuse of “Where there is no vision the people perish” (Pro 29:18, KJV)... Read More
9
Mar
2022
The Resurrection: More than a Giant Exclamation Point
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The death and Resurrection of Christ together represent the pivotal event of the Christian Scriptures. In these two paired incidents are contained the seeds from which the whole Christian Gospel sprouts, and in them are seated the great Christian hope that I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life... Read More
1
Mar
2022
Pharisees Don’t Make Good Leaders
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That may seem like an odd title, but it captures a leadership principle that is important. I hope it is obvious that Pharisees make for terrible spiritual leaders since their core belief system is contrary to the gospel. People who trust in their own righteousness make disciples who are captured by works righteousness (cf. Matt... Read More
21
Feb
2022
Hopeful Signs
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There is a lot of talk these days about how the culture is disintegrating and about concerns for whether the next generation of Christians will have the courage and conviction to take the stands for the name of Jesus Christ that will be necessary. There are legitimate concerns about the decay in our culture, and... Read More
24
Jan
2022
Contradictions in Genesis?
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In the last year I’ve had a few conversations with lost people in which the apparent contradictions of Genesis 1 and 2 were used as examples of errors in the Bible. The accusation was made that the Bible contradicts itself; therefore, it’s a book like any other containing errors. As such it is neither true... Read More
18
Jan
2022
When to Lose an Argument
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Arguments happen all the time. They occur in a variety of places (office, home, school, church, etc.) on a variety of topics (sports, theology, politics, behaviors, policies, finances, foods, plans, etc.) and between a variety of people (friends, strangers, spouses, church members, pastors, etc.). Some arguments can be good and beneficial. They can allow the... Read More
11
Jan
2022
Newsflash: Personal Discipline Is Not Legalism
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I attended Bible College in the 1980s and seminary in the 1990s. The time I spent earning my Master of Divinity at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary still stands for me as the most grueling four years of my life. But I had accidentally prepared for it for years, under the guidance firstly of hard-working parents,... Read More
4
Jan
2022
Dunham’s Recent Biblica Article: “Political Folly and Royal Wisdom in Eccl 5,7-8”
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Kyle Dunham, our OT professor, has been working on what I think will become the definitive treatment of Ecclesiastes (to be published Evangelical Exegetical Commentary series). One of the fruits of that labor is the production of many good article-length treatments of topics that derive from his study of the book. Most recently, Kyle was... Read More
28
Dec
2021
A review of “Praying in Public” by Pat Quinn
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“But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” Acts 6:4 As the passage quoted above indicates, pastors are called to devote themselves to prayer and the ministry of the word. The first is usually considered outward-facing (preaching), while the latter is considered inward-facing (praying privately). Pat Quinn’s new volume,... Read More