6
Sep
2012
James 1:19–25, Ben Edwards
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The fall semester for Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary has begun. Yesterday in chapel we heard from Ben Edwards, DBTS grad and Executive Pastor of Inter-City Baptist Church. I think you will enjoy his message from James 1:19–25.
4
Sep
2012
Response to Bill Nye the Science Guy
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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 Guy,” that ran from 1993–98. In this blog entry attention is called to Nye’s YouTube... Read More
2
Sep
2012
Meet the Skeptic
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This is a guest post by my friend David Doran, Jr., who is the Director of Outreach at Inter-City Baptist Church and a student at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. If you were anywhere within 1,000 miles of another human being this summer—let alone a TV—you heard about the mega-blockbuster movie, The Avengers. Superhero movies have captured... Read More
31
Aug
2012
The Active Obedience of Christ and Dispensational Theology: A Follow-Up
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Being a major election year, attention to voter eligibility has again become an issue. Each side wants to make sure that every person who might vote for its candidate is eligible and registered to vote. But there is one class of citizens that in many states is permanently disbarred from voting: convicted felons. The legitimacy... Read More
29
Aug
2012
Is Preservation the Corollary of Inspiration?
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Webster defines corollary as “(1) a proposition inferred immediately from a proved proposition with little or no additional proof, (2a) something that naturally follows: result, and (2b) something that incidentally or naturally accompanies or parallels.” Thus to say that preservation is the corollary of inspiration means that preservation is a doctrine that can be “inferred immediately”... Read More
26
Aug
2012
The Active Obedience of Christ: A Brief Reply
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During the summer of 2000, my wife and I travelled through Iowa on the way to visit family. Along the way we stopped in Ankeny to attend church and catch up with some old friends. After the evening service, Myron Houghton took us out for pie at Baker’s Square. It was a generous gesture, and... Read More
24
Aug
2012
Nestle-Aland 28
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The standard editions of the Greek New Testament are the Nestle-Aland and the United Bible Societies editions. The current versions are the NA 27th and the UBS 4th, both published in 1993. The NA 28th edition is scheduled to be published in September. The German Bible Society has launched a new website with information about... Read More
22
Aug
2012
Harmonizing a Theology of the Cross with a Doxological Center
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One of the persistent themes of the conservative evangelical movement has been a recovery of a “theology of the cross” from its eclipse by a “theology of glory.” In general, this is a positive development. The distinction between these two categories is generally attributed to Martin Luther. In brief, a theology of glory reflects in... Read More
20
Aug
2012
How to Read a Psalm
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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 if believers have a good reading strategy for getting the most out of a psalm.... Read More
18
Aug
2012
Special Price on a Faculty Publication
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I was just informed that iTunes is offering an electronic version of Coming to Grips with Genesis for the special low price of $2.99. This special is good for the month of August only. This collection includes a number of scholarly essays on the book of Genesis from the standpoint of Young Earth Creationism, one of... Read More