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Oct
2012
Who Is Jesus? Mark's Two Options
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I’ve been reading the Gospel of Mark together with some Christians and “seekers” over the past several weeks. (We’ve been using a fantastic study put out by the folks at The Good Book Company entitled Christianity Explored.) One thing that has struck me while re-reading Mark is that no one in the narrative doubts that... Read More
27
Oct
2012
Dispensational Understanding of the New Covenant
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Dispensational Understanding of the New Covenant is the title of a new book from Regular Baptist Press, edited by Mike Stallard, Dean and Professor of Systematic Theology at Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, PA. Dispensationalists have had some disagreement as to exactly how the church is related to the new covenant. This book attempts to... Read More
26
Oct
2012
Equip and Encourage
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Dave Doran continues his talk about church revitalization, describing the process of church decline and inept responses to it. 0:34 challenge of church revitalization in older, established churches 1:34 Trend of church health and decline: – Upward: Dream > Beliefs > Goals > Structure > Ministry – Downward: Ministry > Nostalgia > Questioning > Polarization > Drop-Out (model from To Dream Again by Robert... Read More
24
Oct
2012
Teaching Abroad: Central Africa Baptist College
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A number of recent DBTS graduates are currently involved in theological education abroad, and several more alumni are in the process of deputation with the goal of teaching overseas. This kind of ministry represents a great opportunity for our graduates to help equip Christian leaders in places where theological education is much harder to come... Read More
22
Oct
2012
Pulpit Ministry & the Presidential Election: Part 2
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In my last post, I suggested that the role of the pulpit in preparing a congregation for the upcoming presidential election is more complex than simply identifying relevant biblical values at stake in the election and offering corroborating textual support. Instead, we need to offer a theological matrix whereby the believer may successfully identify the... Read More
20
Oct
2012
Pulpit Ministry & the Presidential Election: Part 1
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As an interim pastor charged in part with exposing the Scriptures so as to inform the moral and ethical decision-making of a congregation, I have been forced to consider the role that the pulpit should play in the upcoming presidential election. The simplest model, and one that will no doubt feature prominently in many pulpits... Read More
19
Oct
2012
Equip and Encourage
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E&E: Church Revitalization 1 from DBTS.
18
Oct
2012
Can I Digest Sin Without Bitterness?
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I am reading through John Owen’s Of the Mortification of Sin in Believer’s, Etc in Vol VI of his Works with a brother here in our church. One passage caused me to stop and think of how I view my own sins and to be renewed in fighting them, for, as Owen said, “be killing... Read More
16
Oct
2012
America's Violation of "You Shall Not Murder": Abortion (Part 2)
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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 teach concerning the inception of human life? A key passage is Psalm 51. This is... Read More
14
Oct
2012
The Gospel of Jesus Wife: Update
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In my previous post I described the announcement of a papyrus fragment that Harvard professor Karen L. King titled “The Gospel of Jesus Wife” because it apparently contains the phrase “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife….'” I suggested then some scholars had already pointed to a number of problems that suggested the writing on the papyrus is... Read More